25.0551.06000
Sixty-ninth
Legislative Assembly
of North Dakota
Introduced by
Senators Boehm, Myrdal, Paulson
Representatives McLeod, S. Olson, Rohr
A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 15.1-09 of the North Dakota
Century Code, relating to human trafficking and exploitation prevention and awareness
education for students at public schools and tribal schools; and to provide an appropriation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA:
SECTION 1. A new section to chapter 15.1-09 of the North Dakota Century Code is created
and enacted as follows:
Human trafficking and exploitation prevention and awareness education .
1.The board of a school district and the governing board of a school operated by a tribal
government shall:
a.Adopt a policy regarding human trafficking and exploitation prevention and
awareness education for students and faculty. As used in this section, "human
trafficking" includes sex trafficking.
b.Require schoolwide education addressing human trafficking and exploitation
prevention and awareness for all students in grades four through twelve.
c.Offer to parents and legal guardians optional workshops or materials or both to
support the education of the child of the parent or legal guardian on personal
safety and grooming prevention.
2.The education under this section:
a.May be provided by a nonprofit organization specializing in outreach and
education on human trafficking and exploitation.
b.Must be developmentally appropriate, culturally sensitive, and use evidence-
based practices.
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c.Must be provided annually to students .
d.May include:
(1)Definitions and the nature of human trafficking and exploitation;
(2)State laws regarding human trafficking and exploitation;
(3)Facts and statistics regarding human trafficking and exploitation in the state
and across the United States;
(4)The victim profiling tactics of human traffickers;
(5)The role of online computer activity and pornography;
(6)Methods to identify a potential victim and actions to take following
identification of a victim;
(7)Information regarding:
(a)Force, fraud, and coercion;
(b)Grooming;
(c)The complexities of abuse, indoctrination, and manipulation;
(d)The traits of a human trafficking victim;
(e)The difference between human trafficking and prostitution; and
(f)How human trafficking and exploitation demand is created and which
industries influence human trafficking and exploitation; and
(8)Actionable steps to take against human trafficking and exploitation,
including reporting information to the proper authorities.
SECTION 2. APPROPRIATION - SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION -
HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND EXPLOITATION PREVENTION AND AWARENESS
EDUCATION. There is appropriated out of any moneys in the general fund in the state treasury,
not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $48,000, or so much of the sum as may be necessary, to
the superintendent of public instruction for the purpose of implementing human trafficking and
exploitation prevention and awareness education, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2025, and
ending June 30, 2027.
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