SECTION 1. Chapter 71 of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding the following section:-

Section 99. (a) The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education shall develop model content for the safe storage of firearms in consultation with the executive office of public safety and security for school districts, as defined by section 2 of chapter 70, in order for the districts to disseminate that content to families. Said model content shall include information for students and their families, parents, and guardians regarding the importance of secure gun storage to protect minors from accessing firearms, the risks of access to firearms, secure firearm storage requirements, and suicide prevention and other behavioral health resources.

(b) School districts, as defined by section 2 of chapter 70, shall annually distribute pamphlets containing information developed pursuant to subsection (a) to all enrolled students and their parents or guardians, in English or Spanish, and make said information electronically accessible on the district’s webpage.