Bill Text: OH HB466 | 2011-2012 | 129th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: To require that employees and students at state institutions of higher education who work with children receive training in child abuse prevention.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-28 - To Education [HB466 Detail]
Download: Ohio-2011-HB466-Introduced.html
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Representative Patmon
Cosponsor:
Representative Yuko
To enact section 3345.37 of the Revised Code to | 1 |
require that employees and students at state | 2 |
institutions of higher education who work with | 3 |
children receive training in child abuse | 4 |
prevention. | 5 |
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That section 3345.37 of the Revised Code be | 6 |
enacted to read as follows: | 7 |
Sec. 3345.37. (A) As used in this section, "state | 8 |
institution of higher education" has the same meaning as in | 9 |
section 3345.011 of the Revised Code. | 10 |
(B) The board of trustees of every state institution of | 11 |
higher education shall adopt or adapt the curriculum developed by | 12 |
the department of education for, or shall develop in consultation | 13 |
with public or private agencies or persons involved in child abuse | 14 |
prevention or intervention programs, a program of in-service | 15 |
training in the prevention of child abuse, violence, and substance | 16 |
abuse and the promotion of positive youth development. Each person | 17 |
employed by a public institution of higher education and who, as | 18 |
part of the person's employment, works with children shall | 19 |
complete at least four hours of the in-service training within | 20 |
thirty days after the effective date of this section or within | 21 |
thirty days after commencing employment with the institution, | 22 |
whichever is later, and every two years thereafter. | 23 |
(C) Every person enrolled as a student in a state institution | 24 |
of higher education who works with children as a part of the | 25 |
student's course work or employment with the institution shall | 26 |
complete the training program required of the institution's | 27 |
employees under division (B) of this section before beginning the | 28 |
course work or employment and every two years thereafter as long | 29 |
as the person continues in such course work or employment. If the | 30 |
person began the course work or employment before the effective | 31 |
date of this section, the person shall complete the initial | 32 |
training program within thirty days after that effective date. | 33 |