House Bill No. 3149 proposes the addition of a new section, 28.0121, to the Education Code, which allows public high school districts and open-enrollment charter schools to offer instruction on hunter education as part of their high school curriculum. This instruction must be based on curriculum guidelines that will be developed by the State Board of Education in collaboration with the Parks and Wildlife Department. The guidelines are required to meet the standards necessary for students to obtain a hunter education certificate as outlined in the Parks and Wildlife Code.

The bill mandates that the State Board of Education create these curriculum guidelines as soon as practicable after the bill's effective date. The implementation of this hunter education program is set to begin with the 2025-2026 school year. The bill will take effect immediately if it receives a two-thirds majority vote from both houses of the legislature; otherwise, it will take effect on September 1, 2025.

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