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| 1 | - | 25.1312.01002 | |
| 2 | - | Title.02000 | |
| 3 | - | Adopted by the Education Committee | |
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| 4 | 2 | Sixty-ninth | |
| 5 | - | February 18, 2025 | |
| 6 | 3 | Legislative Assembly | |
| 7 | 4 | of North Dakota | |
| 8 | 5 | Introduced by | |
| 9 | 6 | Representatives Richter, Brandenburg, Davis, Finley-DeVille, Kiefert, S. Olson, Satrom | |
| 10 | 7 | Senators Conley, Marcellais, Myrdal, Sorvaag, Clemens | |
| 11 | 8 | A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 15.1-21 of the North Dakota | |
| 12 | - | Century Code, relating to | |
| 9 | + | Century Code, relating to sex trafficking awareness and prevention curriculum. | |
| 13 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA: | |
| 14 | 11 | SECTION 1. A new section to chapter 15.1-21 of the North Dakota Century Code is created | |
| 15 | 12 | and enacted as follows: | |
| 16 | - | Sex | |
| 13 | + | Sex trafficking awareness and prevention - Curriculum. | |
| 17 | 14 | 1.Beginning no later than the 2027 - 28 school year, a school district shall offer instruction | |
| 18 | - | on | |
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| 15 | + | on sex trafficking awareness and prevention to each student at least once before the | |
| 16 | + | student completes grade twelve. | |
| 20 | 17 | 2.The superintendent of public instruction shall review and approve curriculum before | |
| 21 | 18 | the curriculum is used by a school district, or provide a school district with approved | |
| 22 | 19 | curriculum. | |
| 23 | 20 | 3.A school district may offer instruction under this section beginning in grade seven. | |
| 24 | 21 | 4.The curriculum may be integrated into a relevant course. | |
| 25 | 22 | 5.The curriculum must include: | |
| 26 | 23 | a.Information about the race, gender, and socioeconomic status of sex trafficking | |
| 27 | 24 | victims and perpetrators; | |
| 28 | - | b. Medically and legally accurate definitions of sex human trafficking and information | |
| 29 | - | about the term stigmatization and how it may reduce reporting and increase the | |
| 30 | - | difficulty of detecting and prosecuting sex human trafficking crimes; | |
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| 25 | + | b.Medically and legally accurate definitions of sex trafficking and information about | |
| 26 | + | the term stigmatization and how it may reduce reporting and increase the | |
| 27 | + | difficulty of detecting and prosecuting sex trafficking crimes; | |
| 28 | + | c.Information about reporting systems and community engagement opportunities | |
| 29 | + | with local, state, or national organizations against sex trafficking; | |
| 30 | + | d.Basic identification training to determine if an individual is at risk of or has been | |
| 31 | + | sex trafficked; and | |
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| 55 | - | c. b. Information about reporting systems and community engagement opportunities | |
| 56 | - | with local, state, or national organizations against sex human trafficking; | |
| 57 | - | d. c. Basic identification training to determine if an individual is at risk of or has been | |
| 58 | - | sex human trafficked; and | |
| 59 | - | e. d. Information to help students recognize the signs and behavior changes in others | |
| 60 | - | that may indicate grooming for sex human trafficking or other unlawful, coercive | |
| 60 | + | e.Information to help students recognize the signs and behavior changes in others | |
| 61 | + | that may indicate grooming for sex trafficking or other unlawful, coercive | |
| 61 | 62 | relationships. | |
| 62 | 63 | 6.A school district may receive funds or donations to implement this section, as long as | |
| 63 | 64 | any curriculum provided to the school district satisfies subsection 2. | |
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