Bill Text: IA HF2562 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to child sexual abuse and child sexual assault awareness and prevention. (Formerly HF 2154.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-03-05 - Amendments H-8092, H-8093 and H-8095 filed. H.J. 516. [HF2562 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-HF2562-Introduced.html
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
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BY
COMMITTEE
ON
PUBLIC
SAFETY
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HF
2154)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
child
sexual
abuse
and
child
sexual
assault
1
awareness
and
prevention.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
256.9,
subsection
46,
paragraph
a,
Code
1
2020,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
a.
Develop
and
make
available
to
school
districts,
examples
3
of
age-appropriate
and
research-based
materials
and
lists
4
of
resources
which
parents
may
use
to
teach
their
children
5
to
recognize
unwanted
physical
and
verbal
sexual
advances,
6
to
not
make
unwanted
physical
and
verbal
sexual
advances,
7
to
effectively
reject
unwanted
sexual
advances,
that
it
is
8
wrong
to
take
advantage
of
or
exploit
another
person,
about
9
the
dangers
of
sexual
exploitation
by
means
of
the
internet
10
including
specific
strategies
to
help
students
protect
11
themselves
and
their
personally
identifiable
information
12
from
such
exploitation,
and
about
counseling,
medical,
and
13
legal
resources
available
to
survivors
of
sexual
abuse
and
14
sexual
assault,
including
resources
for
escaping
violent
15
relationships.
The
materials
and
resources
shall
cover
verbal,
16
physical,
and
visual
sexual
harassment,
including
nonconsensual
17
sexual
advances,
and
nonconsensual
physical
sexual
contact
18
and
shall
also
cover
child
sexual
abuse
and
child
sexual
19
assault
awareness
and
prevention
.
In
developing
the
materials
20
and
resource
list,
the
director
shall
consult
with
entities
21
that
shall
include
but
not
be
limited
to
the
departments
of
22
human
services,
public
health,
and
public
safety,
education
23
stakeholders,
and
parent-teacher
organizations.
School
24
districts
shall
provide
age-appropriate
and
research-based
25
materials
and
a
list
of
available
community
and
internet-based
26
resources
to
parents
at
registration
and
shall
also
include
27
the
age-appropriate
and
research-based
materials
and
resource
28
list
in
the
student
handbook.
School
districts
are
encouraged
29
to
work
with
their
communities
to
provide
voluntary
parent
30
education
sessions
to
provide
parents
with
the
skills
and
31
appropriate
strategies
to
teach
their
children
as
described
32
in
this
subsection
.
School
districts
shall
incorporate
the
33
age-appropriate
and
research-based
materials
into
relevant
34
curricula
and
shall
reinforce
the
importance
of
preventive
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measures
when
reasonable
with
parents
and
students.
1
Sec.
2.
Section
256.9,
subsection
46,
Code
2020,
is
amended
2
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
3
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
c.
Provide
a
resource
list
to
school
4
districts
of
national,
state,
or
local
nonprofit
organizations
5
which
provide
free
or
low-cost
research-based
child
sexual
6
abuse
and
child
sexual
assault
awareness
and
prevention
7
programs
for
children
prekindergarten
through
grade
twelve.
8
A
school
district
may
partner
with
a
nonprofit
organization
9
with
expertise
in
child
sexual
abuse
and
child
sexual
assault
10
awareness
and
prevention
to
meet
the
requirements
of
paragraph
11
“a”
.
12
Sec.
3.
Section
272.2,
Code
2020,
is
amended
by
adding
the
13
following
new
subsection:
14
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
23.
Adopt
rules
establishing
continuing
15
education
requirements
for
renewal
of
a
license,
certificate,
16
statement
of
professional
recognition,
or
authorization.
17
Continuing
education
activities
may
include
but
are
not
limited
18
to
participating
in
or
presenting
at
in-service
training
19
programs
on
child
sexual
abuse
and
sexual
assault
awareness
and
20
prevention.
21
Sec.
4.
Section
279.50,
subsection
2,
Code
2020,
is
amended
22
to
read
as
follows:
23
2.
Each
school
board
shall
provide
age-appropriate
and
24
research-based
instruction
in
human
growth
and
development
,
25
unless
a
pupil’s
parent
or
guardian
has
requested
the
pupil
26
be
excused
from
such
instruction
as
provided
in
subsection
5,
27
including
instruction
regarding
human
the
following:
28
a.
Human
sexuality,
self-esteem,
stress
management,
29
interpersonal
relationships,
domestic
abuse,
HPV
and
the
30
availability
of
a
vaccine
to
prevent
HPV,
and
acquired
immune
31
deficiency
syndrome
as
required
in
section
256.11
,
in
grades
32
one
through
twelve.
33
b.
Child
sexual
abuse
and
child
sexual
assault
awareness
34
and
prevention
in
kindergarten
through
grade
twelve,
and
in
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prekindergarten
if
the
school
district
offers
a
prekindergarten
1
program.
A
school
board
may
collaborate
with
nonprofit
2
organizations
with
expertise
in
child
sexual
abuse
and
3
child
sexual
assault
awareness
and
prevention
and
may
rely
4
on
available
internet-based
child
sexual
abuse
and
child
5
sexual
assault
awareness
and
prevention
programs
to
meet
the
6
requirements
of
this
paragraph.
7
Sec.
5.
STATE
MANDATE
FUNDING
SPECIFIED.
In
accordance
8
with
section
25B.2,
subsection
3,
the
state
cost
of
requiring
9
compliance
with
any
state
mandate
included
in
this
Act
shall
10
be
paid
by
a
school
district
from
state
school
foundation
aid
11
received
by
the
school
district
under
section
257.16.
This
12
specification
of
the
payment
of
the
state
cost
shall
be
deemed
13
to
meet
all
of
the
state
funding-related
requirements
of
14
section
25B.2,
subsection
3,
and
no
additional
state
funding
15
shall
be
necessary
for
the
full
implementation
of
this
Act
16
by
and
enforcement
of
this
Act
against
all
affected
school
17
districts.
18
EXPLANATION
19
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
20
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
21
This
bill
relates
to
child
sexual
abuse
and
sexual
assault
22
awareness
and
prevention
by
providing
that
continuing
education
23
activities
authorized
by
the
board
of
educational
examiners
24
for
purposes
of
renewing
a
license,
certificate,
statement
25
of
professional
recognition,
or
authorization
may
include
26
participating
in
or
presenting
at
in-service
training
programs
27
on
child
sexual
abuse
and
child
sexual
assault
awareness
28
and
prevention.
The
bill
also
requires
school
boards
to
29
provide,
unless
a
pupil’s
parent
or
guardian
has
requested
the
30
pupil
be
excused
from
such
instruction,
age-appropriate
and
31
research-based
instruction
in
child
sexual
abuse
and
child
32
sexual
assault
awareness
and
prevention
as
part
of
the
human
33
growth
and
development
instruction
in
kindergarten
through
34
grade
12,
and
in
prekindergarten
if
a
school
district
offers
a
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prekindergarten
program.
A
school
board
may
collaborate
with
1
nonprofit
organizations
with
expertise
in
child
sexual
abuse
2
and
sexual
assault
awareness
and
prevention
and
may
rely
on
3
available
internet-based
programs
to
meet
the
requirements.
4
Currently,
the
director
of
the
department
of
education
has
a
5
duty
to
develop
and
make
available
to
school
districts
examples
6
of
age-appropriate
and
research-based
materials.
The
bill
7
specifies
that
the
age-appropriate
and
research-based
materials
8
and
resources
shall
also
cover
child
sexual
abuse
and
child
9
sexual
assault
awareness
and
prevention.
The
director
shall
10
provide
a
resource
list
to
school
districts
of
organizations
11
which
provide
free
or
low-cost
research-based
child
sexual
12
abuse
and
child
sexual
assault
awareness
and
prevention
13
programs.
14
The
bill
may
include
a
state
mandate
as
defined
in
Code
15
section
25B.3.
The
bill
requires
that
the
state
cost
of
16
any
state
mandate
included
in
the
bill
be
paid
by
a
school
17
district
from
state
school
foundation
aid
received
by
the
18
school
district
under
Code
section
257.16.
The
specification
19
is
deemed
to
constitute
state
compliance
with
any
state
mandate
20
funding-related
requirements
of
Code
section
25B.2.
The
21
inclusion
of
this
specification
is
intended
to
reinstate
the
22
requirement
of
political
subdivisions
to
comply
with
any
state
23
mandates
included
in
the
bill.
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