Bill Text: FL S0642 | 2010 | Regular Session | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Public K-12 Education/Teen Dating Violence & Abuse [SPSC]

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-30 - Withdrawn from Education Pre-K - 12 Appropriations -SJ 01241; Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading; Placed on Special Order Calendar; Read 2nd time -SJ 01245; Substituted CS/HB 467 -SJ 01245; Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 467 (Ch. 2010-217) -SJ 01245 [S0642 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-S0642-Comm_Sub.html

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Florida Senate - 2010                              CS for SB 642 
 
By the Committee on Education Pre-K - 12; and Senators Smith and 
Sobel 
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1                        A bill to be entitled 
2         An act relating to public K-12 education; amending s. 
3         1003.42, F.S.; providing that comprehensive health 
4         education taught in the public schools shall include a 
5         component on teen dating violence and abuse for 
6         students in grades 7 through 12; creating s. 1006.148, 
7         F.S.; requiring district school boards to adopt and 
8         implement a dating violence and abuse policy; 
9         providing policy requirements; requiring the 
10         Department of Education to develop a model policy; 
11         requiring school personnel training; providing an 
12         effective date. 
13 
14  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
15 
16         Section 1. Paragraph (n) of subsection (2) of section 
17  1003.42, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 
18         1003.42 Required instruction.— 
19         (2) Members of the instructional staff of the public 
20  schools, subject to the rules of the State Board of Education 
21  and the district school board, shall teach efficiently and 
22  faithfully, using the books and materials required that meet the 
23  highest standards for professionalism and historic accuracy, 
24  following the prescribed courses of study, and employing 
25  approved methods of instruction, the following: 
26         (n) Comprehensive health education that addresses concepts 
27  of community health; consumer health; environmental health; 
28  family life, including an awareness of the benefits of sexual 
29  abstinence as the expected standard and the consequences of 
30  teenage pregnancy; mental and emotional health; injury 
31  prevention and safety; nutrition; personal health; prevention 
32  and control of disease; and substance use and abuse. The health 
33  education curriculum for students in grades 7 through 12 shall 
34  include a teen dating violence and abuse component that 
35  includes, but is not limited to, the definition of dating 
36  violence and abuse, the warning signs of dating violence and 
37  abusive behavior, the characteristics of healthy relationships, 
38  measures to prevent and stop dating violence and abuse, and 
39  community resources available to victims of dating violence and 
40  abuse. 
41 
42  The State Board of Education is encouraged to adopt standards 
43  and pursue assessment of the requirements of this subsection. 
44         Section 2. Section 1006.148, Florida Statutes, is created 
45  to read: 
46         1006.148 Dating violence and abuse prohibited.— 
47         (1) Each district school board shall adopt and implement a 
48  dating violence and abuse policy. The policy shall: 
49         (a) Prohibit dating violence and abuse by any student on 
50  school property, during a school-sponsored activity, or during 
51  school-sponsored transportation. 
52         (b) Provide procedures for responding to such incidents of 
53  dating violence or abuse, including accommodations for students 
54  experiencing dating violence or abuse. 
55         (c) Define dating violence and abuse and provide for a teen 
56  dating violence and abuse component in the health education 
57  curriculum, according to s. 1003.42(2)(n), with emphasis on 
58  prevention education. 
59         (d) Be implemented in a manner that is integrated with a 
60  school district’s discipline policies. 
61         (2) No later than January 1, 2011, the Department of 
62  Education shall develop a model policy to serve as a guide for 
63  district school boards when developing the dating violence and 
64  abuse policy described in subsection (1). 
65         (3) Each district school board shall provide training for 
66  teachers, staff, and school administrators to implement this 
67  section. 
68         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.