Three of the state’s elected officials sponsored the bill that mandates three weeks out of the year be spent glorifying the right to bear arms. Moreover, “the State Superintendent of Education shall adopt a curriculum developed or recommended by the National Rifle Association or its successor organization.”
Called the Second Amendment Act of 2015, the bill requires the state’s public elementary, middle, and high schools to devote the full amount of time to the unit. According to a review of curriculum conducted by Think Progress, high schools typically spend far less than three weeks on major aspects of U.S. history like slavery and the Civil War.
The bill also has posits that every December 15th will be “Second Amendment Awareness Day,” attached to which will be an essay contest with the theme “The Right To Bear Arms; One American Right Protecting All Others” in which students at all age groups are allowed to participate.
The bill does not specify what the the NRA-approved curriculum would include (i.e., use, safety, purchase, licensing, etc).
