Requiring school districts to adopt a child sexual abuse prevention instructional program for students in kindergarten through grade twelve

This bill requires the board of directors of each school district to adopt and implement a child sexual abuse prevention instructional program for students in kindergarten through grade 12. The program shall include developmentally appropriate, culturally sensitive, and evidence-based instruction; a minimum of four instructional sessions per school year, with each year’s instruction building on the previous year’s instruction; age-appropriate curriculum including role-playing, discussion, activities, and books to educate students regarding child sexual abuse prevention; instruction providing students with the knowledge and tools to communicate incidents of sexual abuse; instruction in how to recognize, escape, and report sexual abuse; skills to reduce vulnerability and encouragement to report child sexual abuse; an evaluation component with measurable outcomes; a professional training component for school personnel; and a parental involvement component to inform parents about child sexual abuse topics. Program instruction may be delivered by practitioners, school counselors, and outside agency prevention educators, provided the instructors have knowledge of and training in child sexual abuse prevention.3.16.2. The inclusion of this specification is intended to reinstate the requirement of political subdivisions to comply with any state mandates included in the bill.