Bill Text: IA HF192 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to child sexual abuse and child sexual assault awareness and prevention.(See HF 414.)
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-02-08 - Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 414. [HF192 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-HF192-Introduced.html
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Introduced
HOUSE
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BY
MOHR
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
child
sexual
abuse
and
child
sexual
assault
1
awareness
and
prevention.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
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Section
1.
Section
256.9,
subsection
46,
paragraph
a,
Code
1
2021,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
a.
Develop
and
make
available
to
school
districts,
examples
3
of
age-appropriate
and
research-based
materials
and
lists
4
of
resources
which
parents
may
use
to
teach
their
children
5
to
recognize
unwanted
physical
and
verbal
sexual
advances,
6
to
not
make
unwanted
physical
and
verbal
sexual
advances,
7
to
effectively
reject
unwanted
sexual
advances,
that
it
is
8
wrong
to
take
advantage
of
or
exploit
another
person,
about
9
the
dangers
of
sexual
exploitation
by
means
of
the
internet
10
including
specific
strategies
to
help
students
protect
11
themselves
and
their
personally
identifiable
information
12
from
such
exploitation,
and
about
counseling,
medical,
and
13
legal
resources
available
to
survivors
of
sexual
abuse
and
14
sexual
assault,
including
resources
for
escaping
violent
15
relationships.
The
materials
and
resources
shall
cover
verbal,
16
physical,
and
visual
sexual
harassment,
including
nonconsensual
17
sexual
advances,
and
nonconsensual
physical
sexual
contact
,
18
and
child
sexual
abuse
and
child
sexual
assault
awareness
and
19
prevention
.
In
developing
the
materials
and
resource
list,
the
20
director
shall
consult
with
entities
that
shall
include
but
not
21
be
limited
to
the
departments
of
human
services,
public
health,
22
and
public
safety,
education
stakeholders,
and
parent-teacher
23
organizations.
School
districts
shall
provide
age-appropriate
24
and
research-based
materials
and
a
list
of
available
community
25
and
internet-based
resources
to
parents
at
registration
and
26
shall
also
include
the
age-appropriate
and
research-based
27
materials
and
resource
list
in
the
student
handbook.
School
28
districts
are
encouraged
to
work
with
their
communities
to
29
provide
voluntary
parent
education
sessions
to
provide
parents
30
with
the
skills
and
appropriate
strategies
to
teach
their
31
children
as
described
in
this
subsection
.
School
districts
32
shall
incorporate
the
age-appropriate
and
research-based
33
materials
into
relevant
curricula
and
shall
reinforce
the
34
importance
of
preventive
measures
when
reasonable
with
parents
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and
students.
1
Sec.
2.
Section
272.2,
Code
2021,
is
amended
by
adding
the
2
following
new
subsection:
3
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
24.
Adopt
rules
pursuant
to
chapter
17A
4
establishing
continuing
education
requirements
for
renewal
of
a
5
license,
certificate,
statement
of
professional
recognition,
or
6
authorization.
Continuing
education
activities
may
include
but
7
are
not
limited
to
participating
in
or
presenting
at
in-service
8
training
programs
on
child
sexual
abuse
and
sexual
assault
9
awareness
and
prevention.
10
Sec.
3.
Section
279.50,
subsection
2,
Code
2021,
is
amended
11
to
read
as
follows:
12
2.
Each
school
board
shall
provide
age-appropriate
and
13
research-based
instruction
in
human
growth
and
development
14
including
instruction
regarding
human
the
following:
15
a.
Human
sexuality,
self-esteem,
stress
management,
16
interpersonal
relationships,
domestic
abuse,
HPV
and
the
17
availability
of
a
vaccine
to
prevent
HPV,
and
acquired
immune
18
deficiency
syndrome
as
required
in
section
256.11
,
in
grades
19
one
through
twelve.
20
b.
Child
sexual
abuse
and
child
sexual
assault
awareness
21
and
prevention
in
kindergarten
through
grade
twelve,
and
in
22
prekindergarten
if
the
school
district
offers
a
prekindergarten
23
program.
24
Sec.
4.
STATE
MANDATE
FUNDING
SPECIFIED.
In
accordance
25
with
section
25B.2,
subsection
3,
the
state
cost
of
requiring
26
compliance
with
any
state
mandate
included
in
this
Act
shall
27
be
paid
by
a
school
district
from
state
school
foundation
aid
28
received
by
the
school
district
under
section
257.16.
This
29
specification
of
the
payment
of
the
state
cost
shall
be
deemed
30
to
meet
all
of
the
state
funding-related
requirements
of
31
section
25B.2,
subsection
3,
and
no
additional
state
funding
32
shall
be
necessary
for
the
full
implementation
of
this
Act
33
by
and
enforcement
of
this
Act
against
all
affected
school
34
districts.
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EXPLANATION
1
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
2
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
3
This
bill
relates
to
child
sexual
abuse
and
sexual
assault
4
awareness
and
prevention
by
providing
that
continuing
education
5
activities
authorized
by
the
board
of
educational
examiners
6
for
purposes
of
renewing
a
license,
certificate,
statement
7
of
professional
recognition,
or
authorization
may
include
8
participating
in
or
presenting
at
in-service
training
programs
9
on
child
sexual
abuse
and
child
sexual
assault
awareness
and
10
prevention.
The
bill
also
requires
school
districts
to
provide
11
age-appropriate
and
research-based
instruction
in
child
sexual
12
abuse
and
child
sexual
assault
awareness
and
prevention
as
part
13
of
its
human
growth
and
development
instruction
in
kindergarten
14
through
grade
12,
and
in
prekindergarten
if
the
school
district
15
offers
a
prekindergarten
program.
16
Currently,
the
director
of
the
department
of
education
has
a
17
duty
to
develop
and
make
available
to
school
districts
examples
18
of
age-appropriate
and
research-based
materials.
The
bill
19
specifies
that
the
age-appropriate
and
research-based
materials
20
and
resources
shall
also
cover
child
sexual
abuse
and
child
21
sexual
assault
awareness
and
prevention.
22
The
bill
may
include
a
state
mandate
as
defined
in
Code
23
section
25B.3.
The
bill
requires
that
the
state
cost
of
24
any
state
mandate
included
in
the
bill
be
paid
by
a
school
25
district
from
state
school
foundation
aid
received
by
the
26
school
district
under
Code
section
257.16.
The
specification
27
is
deemed
to
constitute
state
compliance
with
any
state
mandate
28
funding-related
requirements
of
Code
section
25B.2.
The
29
inclusion
of
this
specification
is
intended
to
reinstate
the
30
requirement
of
political
subdivisions
to
comply
with
any
state
31
mandates
included
in
the
bill.
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