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AN ACT
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relating to child sexual abuse prevention training for public |
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school students. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 38.004, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsections (c), (d), and (e) to |
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read as follows: |
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(b) Each school district shall provide child abuse |
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antivictimization programs in elementary and secondary schools. |
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The programs must include annual age-appropriate, research-based |
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child sexual abuse prevention training designed to promote |
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self-protection and prevent sexual abuse and trafficking of |
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children. The district shall: |
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(1) choose the provider and the method of delivery of |
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the training; |
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(2) each year include a description of the training: |
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(A) in an informational handbook provided to |
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students, parents, and guardians; or |
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(B) on the Internet website of the school |
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district, if the district does not provide an informational |
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handbook to students, parents, and guardians; |
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(3) ensure that each student enrolled in the district |
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attends the training each year; and |
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(4) provide at least two opportunities each year for a |
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student to attend the training required that year. |
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(c) Not later than September 1 of each year, each school |
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district shall submit to the agency a report on the number and |
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percentage of students enrolled in the district who attended the |
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child sexual abuse prevention training required by Subsection (b) |
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during the preceding school year. |
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(d) The agency shall compile a list of objectives that must |
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be met by a school district's child sexual abuse prevention |
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training required under Subsection (b). |
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(e) This section and Section 38.0041 may be cited as Jenna's |
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Law. |
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SECTION 2. It is not the intent of the legislature that the |
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changes in law made by this Act be interpreted as requiring the |
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provision of human sexuality instruction. |
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SECTION 3. A school district shall submit the initial |
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report required by Section 38.004(c), Education Code, as added by |
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this Act, not later than September 1, 2018. |
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SECTION 4. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1342 was passed by the House on May 4, |
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2017, by the following vote: Yeas 128, Nays 15, 2 present, not |
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voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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No. 1342 on May 26, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 130, Nays 10, |
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3 present, not voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1342 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 27, Nays |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |