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§ 28.017 — INSTRUCTION ON PREVENTION OF SEXUAL ABUSE AND SEX TRAFFICKING

ED § 28.017Title 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION · Part F. CURRICULUM, PROGRAMS, AND SERVICES · Ch. 28. COURSES OF STUDY; ADVANCEMENT · Art. A. ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS; CURRICULUM

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(a)The commissioner, in cooperation with the human trafficking prevention task force created under Section 402.035, Government Code, and any other persons the commissioner considers appropriate, shall develop one or more sexual abuse and sex trafficking instructional modules that a school district may use in the district's health curriculum. The modules may include:
(1)information on the different forms of sexual abuse and assault, sex trafficking, and risk factors for sex trafficking;
(2)the procedures for reporting sexual abuse and sex trafficking or suspected sexual abuse or sex trafficking;
(3)strategies for sexual abuse and assault prevention and overcoming peer pressure;
(4)information on establishing healthy boundaries for relationships, recognizing potentially abusive or harmful relationships, and avoiding high-risk activities;
(5)the recruiting tactics of sex traffickers and peer recruiters, including recruitment through the Internet;

Legislative history

Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 762 (S.B. 2039), Sec. 1, eff. June 12, 2017.