Bill Text: TX HB1342 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Relating to child sexual abuse prevention training for public school students.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: (Vetoed) 2017-06-15 - Vetoed by the Governor [HB1342 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1342-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Relating to child sexual abuse prevention training for public school students.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: (Vetoed) 2017-06-15 - Vetoed by the Governor [HB1342 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1342-Engrossed.html
| By: Parker, et al. | H.B. No. 1342 | |
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| relating to child sexual abuse prevention training for public | ||
| school students. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 38.004, Education Code, is amended by | ||
| amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read | ||
| as follows: | ||
| (b) Each school district shall provide child abuse | ||
| antivictimization programs in elementary and secondary schools. | ||
| The programs must include annual age-appropriate, research-based | ||
| child sexual abuse prevention training designed to promote | ||
| self-protection and prevent sexual abuse and trafficking of | ||
| children. The district shall: | ||
| (1) each year include a description of the training: | ||
| (A) in an informational handbook provided to | ||
| students, parents, and guardians; or | ||
| (B) on the Internet website of the school | ||
| district, if the district does not provide an informational | ||
| handbook to students, parents, and guardians; | ||
| (2) ensure that each student enrolled in the district | ||
| attends the training each year; and | ||
| (3) provide at least two opportunities each year for a | ||
| student to attend the training required that year. | ||
| (c) Not later than September 1 of each year, each school | ||
| district shall submit to the agency a report on the number and | ||
| percentage of students enrolled in the district who attended the | ||
| child sexual abuse prevention training required by Subsection (b) | ||
| during the preceding school year. | ||
| (d) The agency shall compile a list of child sexual abuse | ||
| prevention training programs from which a school district must | ||
| choose in providing the child sexual abuse prevention training | ||
| required under Subsection (b). | ||
| SECTION 2. It is not the intent of the legislature that the | ||
| changes in law made by this Act be interpreted as requiring the | ||
| provision of human sexuality instruction. | ||
| SECTION 3. A school district shall submit the initial | ||
| report required by Section 38.004(c), Education Code, as added by | ||
| this Act, not later than September 1, 2018. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018 | ||
| school year. | ||
| SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
