Bill > A769

Introduced Session

This bill requires each school district to incorporate age-appropriate sexual abuse and assault awareness and prevention education in grades preschool through 12 as part of the district's implementation of the Core Curriculum Content Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education. The bill directs the Commissioner of Education to provide school districts with age-appropriate sample learning activities and resources designed to implement this requirement. The bill also provides that a teaching staff member may satisfy in each professional development cycle one or more hours of the professional development requirement established by the State Board of Education through participation in training programs on sexual abuse and assault awareness and prevention. This bill is modeled on legislation adopted in a number of other states. The legislation in those states is often referred to as "Erin's Law" in honor of the young woman, Erin Merryn, who was a child victim of sexual abuse and has been advocating for the passage of the legislation to better educate and empower children.

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Anthony Bucco (R)*,  Ralph Caputo (D)*,  Thomas Giblin (D)*,  Teresa Ruiz (D)*,  Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D)*,  Patrick Diegnan (D),  Serena DiMaso (R),  Mila Jasey (D),  Angelica Jimenez (D),  Sean Kean (R),  Yvonne Lopez (D),  Angela Mcknight (D),  Gabriela Mosquera (D),  Nancy Muñoz (R),  Carol Murphy (D),  Nancy Pinkin (D),  Annette Quijano (D),  Holly Schepisi (R),  Parker Space (R),  Edward Thomson (R),  Cleopatra Tucker (D),  Benjie Wimberly (D),  Harold Wirths (R), 

Approved P.L.2019, c.185. (on 07/19/2019)