Bill Text: MI SB0216 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Education: students; information regarding sexual assault and harassment; require schools to provide to students and encourage related professional development. Amends 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1 - 380.1852 by adding secs. 1508 & 1526b.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-12-09 - Referred To Committee Of The Whole With Substitute (s-1) [SB0216 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2019-SB0216-Introduced.html
SENATE BILL No. 216
March 14, 2019, Introduced by Senators CHANG, HOLLIER, MOSS, GEISS, ANANICH, WOJNO, POLEHANKI, JOHNSON, BRINKS, MCMORROW and ALEXANDER and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.
A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled
"The revised school code,"
(MCL 380.1 to 380.1852) by adding sections 1508 and 1526b.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 1508. (1) Not later than June 1, 2019, in consultation
with experts on sexual assault and sexual harassment, including,
but not limited to, the Michigan domestic and sexual violence
prevention and treatment board and the Michigan Coalition to End
Domestic and Sexual Violence, the department shall develop age-
appropriate informational material relating to sexual assault and
sexual harassment and make that material available to all school
districts, intermediate school districts, and public school
academies that operate any of grades 6 to 12. The informational
material must include at least all of the following:
(a) Information regarding what constitutes sexual assault or
sexual harassment.
(b) An explanation that sexual assault or sexual harassment is
not the victim's fault.
(c) Resources available for individuals who have experienced
sexual assault or sexual harassment, including, but not limited to,
information on title IX, as enacted under the education amendments
of 1972, 20 USC 1681 to 1688, appropriate contact information for
organizations that offer assistance to victims of sexual assault or
sexual harassment, and actions that the individual may take.
(2) A school district, intermediate school district, or public
school academy shall disseminate the informational material made
available by the department under subsection (1) to each pupil in
grades 6 to 12 who is enrolled in a school operated by the school
district, intermediate school district, or public school academy,
in a form and manner determined appropriate by the school district,
intermediate school district, or public school academy.
Additionally, the school district, intermediate school district, or
public school academy shall disseminate to those pupils the contact
information for the school district's, intermediate school
district's, or public school academy's title IX coordinator and the
school district's, intermediate school district's, or public school
academy's policies on sexual assault and sexual harassment,
including specific information stating that the policies prohibit
adverse action against an individual for reporting sexual assault
or sexual harassment, in a form and manner determined appropriate
by the school district, intermediate school district, or public
school academy. The school district, intermediate school district,
or public school academy shall ensure that all the information
described in this subsection remains accessible to those pupils and
their parents or legal guardians and is included in a student
handbook or similar publication prepared by the school district,
intermediate school district, or public school academy and on the
school district's, intermediate school district's, or public school
academy's webpage if the school district, intermediate school
district, or public school academy maintains a webpage.
Sec. 1526b. Beginning in the 2019-2020 school year, the board
of a school district or intermediate school district or board of
directors of a public school academy, together with a local
organization that receives funding from the Michigan domestic and
sexual violence prevention and treatment board and that serves the
geographic area of the school district, intermediate school
district, or public school academy, is encouraged to provide all
educators and school personnel who have contact with pupils
training at least every 5 years in responding to pupils who have
experienced sexual assault or sexual harassment. This training may
be provided as part of the professional development provided under
section 1527. If a school district, intermediate school district,
or public school academy is located in an area without a local
organization that receives funding from the Michigan domestic and
sexual violence prevention and treatment board, the school
district, intermediate school district, or public school academy is
encouraged to provide the training described in this section
together with the Michigan domestic and sexual violence prevention
and treatment board or the Michigan Coalition to End Domestic and
Sexual Violence.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.
