By: Parker, et al. H.B. No. 1342
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to child sexual abuse prevention training for public
school students.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 38.004, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read
as follows:
(b) Each school district shall provide child abuse
antivictimization programs in elementary and secondary schools.
The programs must include annual age-appropriate, research-based
child sexual abuse prevention training designed to promote
self-protection and prevent sexual abuse and trafficking of
children. The district shall:
(1) each year include a description of the training:
(A) in an informational handbook provided to
students, parents, and guardians; or
(B) on the Internet website of the school
district, if the district does not provide an informational
handbook to students, parents, and guardians;
(2) ensure that each student enrolled in the district
attends the training each year; and
(3) provide at least two opportunities each year for a
student to attend the training required that year.
(c) Not later than September 1 of each year, each school
district shall submit to the agency a report on the number and
percentage of students enrolled in the district who attended the
child sexual abuse prevention training required by Subsection (b)
during the preceding school year.
(d) The agency shall compile a list of child sexual abuse
prevention training programs from which a school district must
choose in providing the child sexual abuse prevention training
required under Subsection (b).
SECTION 2. It is not the intent of the legislature that the
changes in law made by this Act be interpreted as requiring the
provision of human sexuality instruction.
SECTION 3. A school district shall submit the initial
report required by Section 38.004(c), Education Code, as added by
this Act, not later than September 1, 2018.
SECTION 4. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018
school year.
SECTION 5. 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.