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  By: Parker, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Hughes) H.B. No. 1342
         (In the Senate - Received from the House May 5, 2017;
  May 11, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on
  Education; May 23, 2017, reported favorably, as amended, by the
  following vote:  Yeas 8, Nays 1; May 23, 2017, sent to printer.)
Click here to see the committee vote
 
  COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1 By:  Taylor of Galveston
 
 
  Amend H.B. No. 1342 (house engrossed version) in SECTION 1 of
  the bill as follows:
         (1)  In amended Section 38.004(b), Education Code (page 1,
  between lines 13 and 14), insert the following appropriately
  numbered subdivision and renumber subsequent subdivisions
  accordingly:
               (_)  choose the provider and the method of delivery of
  the training;
         (2)  Strike added Section 38.004(d), Education Code (page 2,
  lines 5 through 8), and substitute the following:
         (d)  The agency shall compile a list of objectives that must
  be met by a school district's child sexual abuse prevention
  training required under Subsection (b).
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  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.
 
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