Bill Text: DE HB104 | 2021-2022 | 151st General Assembly | Draft

Delaware House Bill 104 (Prior Session Legislation)

Draft

Bill Title: An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Teen Dating Violence And Sexual Assault.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-4)

Status: (Passed) 2021-08-04 - Signed by Governor [HB104 Detail]

Download: Delaware-2021-HB104-Draft.html

SPONSOR:	Rep. Griffith & Rep. Michael Smith & Rep. K. Williams & Sen. Poore
Reps. Baumbach, Brady, Heffernan, K. Johnson, Lambert, Longhurst, Osienski, Ramone; Sens. Hansen, S. McBride, Pettyjohn, Walsh

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

151st GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HOUSE BILL NO. 104

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO TEEN DATING VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE:

Section 1. Amend Subchapter II, Chapter 41, Title 14 of the Delaware Code by making deletions as shown by strike through and insertions as shown by underline as follows:

§ 4166 Teen dating violence and sexual assault awareness and prevention.

(e) Dissemination of policy and accountability — (1) Each school district and charter school shall adopt a policy consistent with subsection (b) of this section. Following review by the Domestic Violence Coordinating Council, each school district and charter school shall submit a copy to the Department of Education by January 5, 2015, or by January 5 of a newly approved charter school’s first year of operation.

(2) Each school district and charter school shall ensure that its policy adopted under subsection (b) of this section appears in the student and staff handbook. If no handbook is available, or if it is not practical to reprint new handbooks, each school district and charter school shall ensure that a copy of the policy is distributed annually to all students, parents, faculty, and staff.

(3) The Department of Education shall prepare an annual report, which shall include a summary of reported incidences of teen dating violence and sexual assault. The Department shall submit the report to the Domestic Violence Coordinating Council by August 1 October 15 of each year.

SYNOPSIS

This Act moves the date by which the Department of Education shall submit its annual report to the Domestic Violence Coordinating Council from August 1 to October 15 of each year. Moving the date to October 15 will better accommodate the data collection, quality control, and certification process utilized by the Department of Education. Schools and districts are required to enter their data by July 1 and the process of verifying the information and making any corrections necessary to certify the data is usually finished by October 1.