Bill Title: As enacted, requires the department of children's services to develop guidelines on the best practices for identifying and reporting signs of child abuse, child sexual abuse, and human trafficking in which the victim is a child; requires the department of education to use the guidelines to identify child abuse training programs appropriate for teachers; requires local education agencies and public charter schools to ensure teachers complete a child abuse training program. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 1, Part 4; Title 49, Chapter 5, Part 1; Title 63, Chapter 23; Title 63, Chapter 6, Part 2; Title 63, Chapter 7, Part 1 and Title 63, Chapter 9.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-6)

Status: (Passed) 2018-05-23 - Comp. became Pub. Ch. 983 [HB1337 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

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