S.B. No. 2039

	AN ACT
	relating to the development and use of instructional modules and
	training for public schools on the prevention of sexual abuse and
	sex trafficking and participation by the human trafficking
	prevention task force in that development.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 28, Education Code, is
	amended by adding Section 28.017 to read as follows:
	Sec. 28.017.  INSTRUCTION ON PREVENTION OF SEXUAL ABUSE AND
	SEX TRAFFICKING. (a)  The commissioner, in cooperation with the
	human trafficking prevention task force created under Section
	402.035, Government Code, and any other persons the commissioner
	considers appropriate, shall develop one or more sexual abuse and
	sex trafficking instructional modules that a school district may
	use in the district's health curriculum.  The modules may include:
	(1)  information on the different forms of sexual abuse
	and assault, sex trafficking, and risk factors for sex trafficking;
	(2)  the procedures for reporting sexual abuse and sex
	trafficking or suspected sexual abuse or sex trafficking;
	(3)  strategies for sexual abuse and assault prevention
	and overcoming peer pressure;
	(4)  information on establishing healthy boundaries
	for relationships, recognizing potentially abusive or harmful
	relationships, and avoiding high-risk activities;
	(5)  the recruiting tactics of sex traffickers and peer
	recruiters, including recruitment through the Internet;
	(6)  the legal aspects of sexual abuse and sex
	trafficking under state and federal law; and
	(7)  the influence of culture and mass media on
	perceptions of sexual abuse and sex trafficking, including
	stereotypes and myths about victims and abusers, victim blaming,
	and the role of language.
	(b)  The module or modules developed under Subsection (a)
	must emphasize compassion for victims of sexual abuse or sex
	trafficking and the creation of a positive reentry experience for
	survivors of sexual abuse or sex trafficking into schools.
	(c)  Before the beginning of each school year, a school
	district that elects to use a module developed under Subsection (a)
	in the district's health curriculum shall provide written notice to
	the parent of each student enrolled in the district that includes
	the following:
	(1)  a statement that the district will provide
	instruction relating to sexual abuse and sex trafficking awareness
	to students enrolled in the district;
	(2)  a description of the material that will be used in
	providing instruction to students; and
	(3)  a statement that the parent has the right to review
	the material and remove the parent's student from the instruction.
	(d)  If a school district does not comply with the
	requirements of Subsection (c), a parent of a student enrolled in
	the district may file a complaint in accordance with the district's
	grievance procedure developed under Section 26.011.
	SECTION 2.  Section 38.0041, Education Code, is amended by
	amending Subsections (a), (b), and (c) and adding Subsection (a-1)
	to read as follows:
	(a)  Each school district and open-enrollment charter school
	shall adopt and implement a policy addressing sexual abuse, sex
	trafficking, and other maltreatment of children, to be included in
	the district improvement plan under Section 11.252 and any
	informational handbook provided to students and parents.
	(a-1)  A school district may collaborate with local law
	enforcement and outside consultants with expertise in the
	prevention of sexual abuse and sex trafficking to create the policy
	required under Subsection (a), and to create a referral protocol
	for high-risk students.
	(b)  A policy required by this section must address:
	(1)  methods for increasing staff, student, and parent
	awareness of issues regarding sexual abuse, sex trafficking, and
	other maltreatment of children, including prevention techniques
	and knowledge of likely warning signs indicating that a child may be
	a victim of sexual abuse, sex trafficking, or other maltreatment,
	using resources developed by the agency under Section 38.004 or by
	the commissioner under Section 28.017;
	(2)  actions that a child who is a victim of sexual
	abuse, sex trafficking, or other maltreatment should take to obtain
	assistance and intervention; and
	(3)  available counseling options for students
	affected by sexual abuse, sex trafficking, or other maltreatment.
	(c)  The methods under Subsection (b)(1) for increasing
	awareness of issues regarding sexual abuse, sex trafficking, and
	other maltreatment of children must include training, as provided
	by this subsection, concerning prevention techniques for and
	recognition of sexual abuse, sex trafficking, and all other
	maltreatment of children.  The training:
	(1)  must be provided, as part of a new employee
	orientation, to all new school district and open-enrollment charter
	school employees and to existing district and open-enrollment
	charter school employees on a schedule adopted by the agency by rule
	until all district and open-enrollment charter school employees
	have taken the training; and
	(2)  must include training concerning:
	(A)  factors indicating a child is at risk for
	sexual abuse, sex trafficking, or other maltreatment;
	(B)  likely warning signs indicating a child may
	be a victim of sexual abuse, sex trafficking, or other
	maltreatment;
	(C)  internal procedures for seeking assistance
	for a child who is at risk for sexual abuse, sex trafficking, or
	other maltreatment, including referral to a school counselor, a
	social worker, or another mental health professional;
	(D)  techniques for reducing a child's risk of
	sexual abuse, sex trafficking, or other maltreatment; and
	(E)  community organizations that have relevant
	existing research-based programs that are able to provide training
	or other education for school district or open-enrollment charter
	school staff members, students, and parents.
	SECTION 3.  Section 402.035(h), Government Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	(h)  This section expires September 1, 2019 [2017].
	SECTION 4.  This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018
	school year.
	SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect only if a specific
	appropriation for the implementation of the Act is provided in a
	general appropriations act of the 85th Legislature.
	SECTION 6.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
	Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2039 passed the Senate on
	May 8, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 27, Nays 4; and that the
	Senate concurred in House amendment on May 28, 2017, by the
	following vote: Yeas 26, Nays 5.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2039 passed the House, with
	amendment, on May 24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 141,
	Nays 5, two present not voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	Approved:
	______________________________
	Date
	______________________________
	Governor