Relating to child sexual abuse and child sexual assault awareness and prevention

This bill relates to child sexual abuse and child sexual assault awareness and prevention. Current law requires the director of the department of education to develop and make available to school districts examples of age-appropriate and research-based materials. The bill provides that the age-appropriate and research-based materials shall also cover child sexual abuse and child sexual assault awareness and prevention. The bill requires the board of educational examiners to adopt rules that establish continuing education requirements for renewal of a license, certificate, authorization, or statement of recognition. The bill establishes that continuing education activities may include participating in or presenting at in-service training programs related to child sexual abuse and child sexual assault awareness and prevention. The bill requires school districts to provide age-appropriate and research-based instruction related to child sexual abuse and child sexual assault awareness and prevention as part of its human growth and development instruction in kindergarten through grade 12, and in prekindergarten if the school district offers a prekindergarten program.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.