Bill > HB1911

This bill mandates the addition of human trafficking awareness instruction to the required curriculum in Texas public schools, specifically targeting students in middle school (grades 6-8) and high school (grades 9-12). For middle school students, the curriculum will include age-appropriate lessons on the underlying causes of human trafficking, methods of identifying and preventing labor and sexual exploitation, online safety, recruitment tactics used by traffickers, reporting mechanisms, and survivor interventions. High school students will receive additional instruction covering topics such as the commercial sexual exploitation of minors, gender-based vulnerability, distinguishing human trafficking from other offenses like kidnapping, and policy responses to trafficking. The bill requires middle school students to complete a one-semester human trafficking awareness course, and it also adds a half-credit human trafficking awareness requirement to high school graduation credits. The State Board of Education is tasked with developing the specific curriculum details and adopting rules to implement these changes, with the new requirements set to take effect for students entering 6th and 9th grades in the 2025-2026 school year or later.

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