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Relating to mandatory reporting to the board of educational examiners of licensed school employees who engage in grooming behavior toward students
Sponsored by the House Education Committee
Proposed by the Department of Education · all agency proposals
Topics:K–12 education
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 21, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 21, 2025
- Done: House committeeJanuary 28, 2025
- Done: Passes the HouseApril 6, 202692–0
- Skipped: Senate committeeSkipped
- Done: Passes the SenateMarch 19, 202545–2
- Done: To the GovernorMay 2, 2026
- Done: Signed into lawMay 2, 2026
SF 273 became law → The same legislation passed as SF 273, so this version was set aside. Go to SF 273 What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary School leaders and administrators must report licensed school employees to the Board of Educational Examiners if they take disciplinary action against them for inappropriate behavior. This change updates the definition of grooming behavior to mean building trust and emotional connections with a student to exploit them. These rules apply to school districts, area education agencies, and accredited nonpublic schools.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to mandatory reporting to the board of educational examiners (BOEE) of licensed school employees who engage in grooming behavior toward students. Current law requires the board of directors of a school district or area education agency, the superintendent of a school district, the chief administrator of an area education agency, and the authorities in charge of an accredited nonpublic school, to report to the BOEE any instance of disciplinary action taken against a licensed school employee for conduct constituting soliciting, encouraging, or consummating a sexual or physical relationship with a student, grooming behavior toward a student, or an otherwise inappropriate relationship with a student. For purposes of this provision, current law defines “grooming behavior” to mean any behavior, which in light of all relevant circumstances, constitutes actions to entice or entrap a student or students with the intent to make such student or students engage in a sex act. The bill modifies “grooming behavior” to mean the process of building trust and emotional connections with a student with the intent to exploit such student.
Why it matters. School district leaders, area education agency administrators, and nonpublic school authorities would be required to report licensed school employees to the board of educational examiners if they engage in grooming behavior. The change updates the definition of grooming behavior to focus on the process of building trust and emotional connections with a student to exploit them.2
House subcommittee
Named January 21, 2025 (as HSB 46). On January 28, 2025 it recommended passage.
Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part
4 written public comments to its subcommittee: February 4, 2025 (1), January 30, 2025 (2), January 28, 2025 (1) · on the Legislature’s site
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