NY State Senate Bill 2017-S186A

Senate Bill S186A

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires dating violence education and dating violence policies in school districts, board of cooperative educational services and county vocational education and extension boards

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Jan 24, 2018	print number 186a
Jan 24, 2018	amend and recommit to education
Jan 03, 2018	referred to education
Jan 04, 2017	referred to education

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2017-S186 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A10511
Current Committee:: Senate Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Add §§817 & 2803, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: S2537
2011-2012: S138
2013-2014: S1048
2015-2016: S3909
2019-2020: A2388

2017-S186 - Summary

Requires dating violence education and dating violence policies in school districts, boards of cooperative educational services and county vocational education and extension boards; establishes that "dating violence" means a pattern of behavior where one person uses threats of, or actually uses physical, sexual, verbal or emotional abuse to control his or her dating partner; requires the department, in conjunction with the office for the prevention of domestic violence, to assist schools in developing a policy for dating violence incidents; requires such education to be taught to students regarding dating violence in the annual health curriculum framework for students in grades 7 through 12.

2017-S186 - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S186

 TITLE OF BILL :

An act to amend the education law, in relation to providing dating
violence education and dating violence policies in school districts,
boards of cooperative educational services and county vocational
education and extension boards

 PURPOSE :

To require that school systems in the State provide dating violence
education in their health curriculum in order to avoid tragedies such
as the murder of Kari Ann Gonnan of Wilson central High School in
Wilson, New York after which this act is named.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section 1 titles this act the "Kari Ann Gorman Act".

Section 2 outlines the legislative findings and legislative intent.

Section 3 amends the education law by adding a new section numbered
817.

Section 4 amends the education law by adding a new section numbered

2803.

Section 5 contains the effective date.

 JUSTIFICATION :

Teenagers often experience violence in dating relationships.
Statistics show that one in three teenagers has experienced violence
in a dating relationship. In dating violence, one partner tries to
maintain power and control over the other through abuse. Dating
violence crosses all racial, economic and social lines. Most victims
are young women, who are also at greater risk for serious injury.
Teenagers can choose better relationships when they learn to identify
the early warning signs of an abusive relationship, understand that
they have choices, and believe they are valuable people who deserve to
be treated with respect. Rhode Island enacted legislation in 2007
which mandates the state school system provide dating violence
education in their health curriculum.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

S3903A of 2015-2016 referred to Education;
S.1048 /A.515 of 2013-2014 referred to Education;
138A/A.2404A of 2011-2012 referred to Education;
S.2537/A.819 of 2009-2010 referred to Education.

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

To be determined.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
Immediately.

2017-S186 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    186
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. MARCHIONE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education  law, in relation to providing dating
   violence education and dating violence policies in  school  districts,
   boards  of  cooperative  educational  services  and  county vocational
   education and extension boards
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 the "Kari Ann Gorman act."
   § 2. Legislative findings and intent.  The legislature  finds,  deter-
 mines  and  declares that when a student is a victim of dating violence,
 his or her academic life suffers and his or  her  safety  at  school  is
 jeopardized.  The  legislature finds that a policy to create an environ-
 ment free of dating violence shall be a part of each school district. It
 is the intent of the legislature to enact legislation that would require
 each school district to establish a policy for responding  to  incidents
 of dating violence and to provide dating violence education to students,
 parents,  staff,  faculty and administrators, in order to prevent dating
 violence and to address incidents involving dating violence.
   § 3. The education law is amended by adding a new section 817 to  read
 as follows:
   §  817.  DATING  VIOLENCE  EDUCATION.    1. EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL
 INCORPORATE DATING VIOLENCE EDUCATION THAT IS AGE-APPROPRIATE  INTO  THE
 ANNUAL  HEALTH CURRICULUM FRAMEWORK FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES SEVEN THROUGH
 TWELVE.
   (A) DATING VIOLENCE EDUCATION SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT  BE  LIMITED  TO,
 DEFINING  DATING VIOLENCE, RECOGNIZING DATING VIOLENCE WARNING SIGNS AND
 CHARACTERISTICS OF HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS. ADDITIONALLY,  STUDENTS  SHALL

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD03009-01-7

 S. 186                              2
 
 BE  PROVIDED  WITH  THE  SCHOOL  DISTRICT'S  DATING  VIOLENCE  POLICY AS
 PROVIDED IN SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED THREE OF THIS CHAPTER.
   (B) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION:
   (I)  "DATING  VIOLENCE"  MEANS  A PATTERN OF BEHAVIOR WHERE ONE PERSON
 USES THREATS OF, OR ACTUALLY USES, PHYSICAL, SEXUAL, VERBAL OR EMOTIONAL
 ABUSE TO CONTROL HIS OR HER DATING PARTNER.
   (II) "DATING PARTNER" MEANS ANY PERSON INVOLVED IN AN INTIMATE ASSOCI-
 ATION WITH ANOTHER PRIMARILY CHARACTERIZED BY THE EXPECTATION OF  AFFEC-
 TIONATE INVOLVEMENT WHETHER CASUAL, SERIOUS OR LONG-TERM.
   (III)  "AT SCHOOL" MEANS IN A CLASSROOM, ON OR IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO
 SUCH SCHOOL PREMISES, ON A SCHOOL BUS OR OTHER  SCHOOL-RELATED  VEHICLE,
 AT  AN  OFFICIAL SCHOOL BUS STOP, OR AT ANY SCHOOL-SPONSORED ACTIVITY OR
 EVENT WHETHER OR NOT IT IS ON SCHOOL GROUNDS.
   (C) TO ASSIST SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN DEVELOPING A DATING VIOLENCE  EDUCA-
 TION  PROGRAM,  THE  DEPARTMENT SHALL REVIEW AND APPROVE THE GRADE LEVEL
 TOPICS RELATING TO DATING VIOLENCE AND HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS.
   2. UPON WRITTEN REQUEST TO THE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL,  A  PARENT  OR  LEGAL
 GUARDIAN OF A PUPIL LESS THAN EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE, WITHIN A REASONABLE
 PERIOD  OF TIME AFTER THE REQUEST IS MADE, SHALL BE PERMITTED TO EXAMINE
 THE DATING VIOLENCE  EDUCATION  PROGRAM  INSTRUCTION  MATERIALS  AT  THE
 SCHOOL IN WHICH HIS OR HER CHILD IS ENROLLED.
   § 4. The education law is amended by adding a new section 2803 to read
 as follows:
   § 2803. DATING VIOLENCE POLICY.  1. AS USED IN THIS SECTION:
   (A)  "DATING  VIOLENCE"  MEANS  A PATTERN OF BEHAVIOR WHERE ONE PERSON
 USES THREATS OF, OR ACTUALLY USES, PHYSICAL, SEXUAL, VERBAL OR EMOTIONAL
 ABUSE TO CONTROL HIS OR HER DATING PARTNER.
   (B) "DATING PARTNER" MEANS ANY PERSON, REGARDLESS OF GENDER,  INVOLVED
 IN  AN INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP WITH ANOTHER PRIMARILY CHARACTERIZED BY THE
 EXPECTATION OF AFFECTIONATE INVOLVEMENT WHETHER CASUAL, SERIOUS OR LONG-
 TERM.
   (C) "AT SCHOOL" MEANS IN A CLASSROOM, ON OR  IMMEDIATELY  ADJACENT  TO
 SCHOOL  PREMISES, ON A SCHOOL BUS OR OTHER SCHOOL-RELATED VEHICLE, AT AN
 OFFICIAL SCHOOL BUS STOP, OR AT ANY SCHOOL-SPONSORED ACTIVITY  OR  EVENT
 WHETHER OR NOT IT IS ON SCHOOL GROUNDS.
   2.  THE  DEPARTMENT, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE OFFICE FOR THE PREVENTION
 OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SHALL DEVELOP A MODEL DATING  VIOLENCE  POLICY  TO
 ASSIST  SCHOOL DISTRICTS, BOARDS OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AND
 COUNTY VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND EXTENSION BOARDS IN DEVELOPING  POLICIES
 FOR  DATING  VIOLENCE  REPORTING AND RESPONSE. THE MODEL POLICY SHALL BE
 ISSUED ON OR BEFORE APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN.
   3. EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT, BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AND
 COUNTY VOCATIONAL  EDUCATION  AND  EXTENSION  BOARD  SHALL  ESTABLISH  A
 SPECIFIC  POLICY  TO  ADDRESS  INCIDENTS  OF  DATING  VIOLENCE INVOLVING
 STUDENTS AT SCHOOL BY DECEMBER  FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  NINETEEN.    EACH
 SCHOOL  DISTRICT,  BOARD  OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AND COUNTY
 VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND EXTENSION BOARD SHALL  VERIFY  COMPLIANCE  WITH
 THE  DEPARTMENT  ON  AN  ANNUAL BASIS THROUGH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT REPORT
 CARDS OR BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES REPORT CARD  REQUIRED
 BY THIS CHAPTER.
   (A) SUCH POLICY SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, A STATEMENT THAT
 DATING  VIOLENCE WILL NOT BE TOLERATED, DATING VIOLENCE REPORTING PROCE-
 DURES,  GUIDELINES  TO  RESPONDING  TO  AT-SCHOOL  INCIDENTS  OF  DATING
 VIOLENCE AND DISCIPLINE PROCEDURES SPECIFIC TO SUCH INCIDENTS.
   (B)  TO  ENSURE  NOTICE OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S, BOARD OF COOPERATIVE
 EDUCATIONAL SERVICES' AND  COUNTY  VOCATIONAL  EDUCATION  AND  EXTENSION

 S. 186                              3
 
 BOARD'S  DATING  VIOLENCE  POLICY,  THE POLICY SHALL BE PUBLISHED IN ANY
 SCHOOL DISTRICT, BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL  SERVICES  AND  COUNTY
 VOCATIONAL  EDUCATION  AND EXTENSION BOARD POLICY AND HANDBOOK THAT SETS
 FORTH  THE  COMPREHENSIVE RULES, PROCEDURES AND STANDARDS OF CONDUCT FOR
 STUDENTS AT SCHOOL.
   4. EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT, BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AND
 COUNTY VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND EXTENSION  BOARD  SHALL  PROVIDE  DATING
 VIOLENCE  TRAINING  TO  ALL  ADMINISTRATORS, TEACHERS, NURSES AND MENTAL
 HEALTH STAFF AT THE MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL LEVELS. UPON THE  RECOMMENDA-
 TION OF THE ADMINISTRATOR, OTHER STAFF MAY BE INCLUDED OR MAY ATTEND THE
 TRAINING  ON  A  VOLUNTEER  BASIS.  THE  DATING  VIOLENCE TRAINING SHALL
 INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, BASIC  PRINCIPLES  OF  DATING  VIOLENCE,
 WARNING  SIGNS  OF  DATING  VIOLENCE  AND  THE  SCHOOL DISTRICT'S DATING
 VIOLENCE POLICY, TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO  APPROPRIATELY  RESPOND
 TO  INCIDENTS  OF  DATING  VIOLENCE AT SCHOOL. THEREAFTER, THIS TRAINING
 SHALL BE PROVIDED YEARLY TO ALL NEWLY HIRED STAFF DEEMED APPROPRIATE  TO
 RECEIVE THE TRAINING BY THE SCHOOL'S ADMINISTRATION.
   5. EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT, BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AND
 COUNTY  VOCATIONAL  EDUCATION  AND  EXTENSION  BOARD  SHALL  INFORM  THE
 STUDENTS' PARENTS OR LEGAL GUARDIANS OF THE DATING VIOLENCE  POLICY.  IF
 REQUESTED,   THE  SCHOOL  DISTRICT,  BOARD  OF  COOPERATIVE  EDUCATIONAL
 SERVICES OR  COUNTY  VOCATIONAL  EDUCATION  AND  EXTENSION  BOARD  SHALL
 PROVIDE THE PARENTS OR LEGAL GUARDIANS WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S DATING
 VIOLENCE  POLICY  AND  RELEVANT  INFORMATION. IT IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED
 THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL  SERVICES  OR
 COUNTY VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND EXTENSION BOARD PROVIDE PARENT AWARENESS
 TRAINING.
   6.  THIS  SECTION DOES NOT PREVENT A VICTIM FROM SEEKING REDRESS UNDER
 ANY OTHER AVAILABLE LAW, EITHER CIVIL OR CRIMINAL. THIS SECTION DOES NOT
 CREATE OR ALTER ANY TORT LIABILITY.
   § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.

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2017-S186A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A10511
Current Committee:: Senate Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Add §§817 & 2803, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: S2537
2011-2012: S138
2013-2014: S1048
2015-2016: S3909
2019-2020: A2388

2017-S186A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2017-S186A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S186A

SPONSOR: MARCHIONE
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the education law, in relation to
providing dating violence education and dating violence policies in
school districts, boards of cooperative educational services and county
vocational education and extension boards

 
PURPOSE:

To require that school systems in the State provide dating violence
education in their health curriculum in order to avoid tragedies such as
the murder of Kari Ann Gonnan of Wilson central High School in Wilson,
New York after which this act is named.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 titles this act the "Kari Ann Gorman Act".

Section 2 outlines the legislative findings and legislative intent.

Section 3 amends the education law by adding a new section numbered 817.

Section 4 amends the education law by adding a new section numbered
2803.

Section 5 contains the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Teenagers often experience violence in dating relationships.  Statistics
show that one in three teenagers has experienced violence in a dating
relationship. In dating violence, one partner tries to maintain power
and control over the other through abuse. Dating violence crosses all
racial, economic and social lines. Most victims are young women, who are
also at greater risk for serious injury.  Teenagers can choose better
relationships when they learn to identify the early warning signs of an
abusive relationship, understand that they have choices, and believe
they are valuable people who deserve to be treated with respect. Rhode
Island enacted legislation in 2007 which mandates the state school
system provide dating violence education in their health curriculum.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

S.3903A of 2015-2016 referred to Education;
S.1048/A.515 of 2013-2014 referred to Education
S.138A/A.2404A of 2011-2012 referred to Education
S.2537/A.819 of 2009-2010 referred to Education

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately.

2017-S186A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  186--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. MARCHIONE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed  to  be committed to the Committee on Education -- recommitted
   to the Committee on Education in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8
   -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered  reprinted  as  amended
   and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education  law, in relation to providing dating
   violence education and dating violence policies in  school  districts,
   boards  of  cooperative  educational  services  and  county vocational
   education and extension boards
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 the "Kari Ann Gorman act."
   § 2. Legislative findings and intent.  The legislature  finds,  deter-
 mines  and  declares that when a student is a victim of dating violence,
 his or her academic life suffers and his or  her  safety  at  school  is
 jeopardized.  The  legislature finds that a policy to create an environ-
 ment free of dating violence shall be a part of each school district. It
 is the intent of the legislature to enact legislation that would require
 each school district to establish a policy for responding  to  incidents
 of dating violence and to provide dating violence education to students,
 parents,  staff,  faculty and administrators, in order to prevent dating
 violence and to address incidents involving dating violence.
   § 3. The education law is amended by adding a new section 817 to  read
 as follows:
   §  817.  DATING  VIOLENCE  EDUCATION.    1. EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL
 INCORPORATE DATING VIOLENCE EDUCATION THAT IS AGE-APPROPRIATE  INTO  THE
 ANNUAL  HEALTH CURRICULUM FRAMEWORK FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES SEVEN THROUGH
 TWELVE.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD03009-02-8

 S. 186--A                           2
 
   (A) DATING VIOLENCE EDUCATION SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT  BE  LIMITED  TO,
 DEFINING  DATING VIOLENCE, RECOGNIZING DATING VIOLENCE WARNING SIGNS AND
 CHARACTERISTICS OF HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS. ADDITIONALLY,  STUDENTS  SHALL
 BE  PROVIDED  WITH  THE  SCHOOL  DISTRICT'S  DATING  VIOLENCE  POLICY AS
 PROVIDED IN SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED THREE OF THIS CHAPTER.
   (B) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION:
   (I)  "DATING  VIOLENCE"  MEANS  A PATTERN OF BEHAVIOR WHERE ONE PERSON
 USES THREATS OF, OR ACTUALLY USES, PHYSICAL, SEXUAL, VERBAL OR EMOTIONAL
 ABUSE TO CONTROL HIS OR HER DATING PARTNER.
   (II) "DATING PARTNER" MEANS ANY PERSON INVOLVED IN AN INTIMATE ASSOCI-
 ATION WITH ANOTHER PRIMARILY CHARACTERIZED BY THE EXPECTATION OF  AFFEC-
 TIONATE INVOLVEMENT WHETHER CASUAL, SERIOUS OR LONG-TERM.
   (III)  "AT SCHOOL" MEANS IN A CLASSROOM, ON OR IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO
 SUCH SCHOOL PREMISES, ON A SCHOOL BUS OR OTHER  SCHOOL-RELATED  VEHICLE,
 AT  AN  OFFICIAL SCHOOL BUS STOP, OR AT ANY SCHOOL-SPONSORED ACTIVITY OR
 EVENT WHETHER OR NOT IT IS ON SCHOOL GROUNDS.
   (C) TO ASSIST SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN DEVELOPING A DATING VIOLENCE  EDUCA-
 TION  PROGRAM,  THE  DEPARTMENT SHALL REVIEW AND APPROVE THE GRADE LEVEL
 TOPICS RELATING TO DATING VIOLENCE AND HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS.
   2. UPON WRITTEN REQUEST TO THE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL,  A  PARENT  OR  LEGAL
 GUARDIAN OF A PUPIL LESS THAN EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE, WITHIN A REASONABLE
 PERIOD  OF TIME AFTER THE REQUEST IS MADE, SHALL BE PERMITTED TO EXAMINE
 THE DATING VIOLENCE  EDUCATION  PROGRAM  INSTRUCTION  MATERIALS  AT  THE
 SCHOOL IN WHICH HIS OR HER CHILD IS ENROLLED.
   § 4. The education law is amended by adding a new section 2803 to read
 as follows:
   § 2803. DATING VIOLENCE POLICY.  1. AS USED IN THIS SECTION:
   (A)  "DATING  VIOLENCE"  MEANS  A PATTERN OF BEHAVIOR WHERE ONE PERSON
 USES THREATS OF, OR ACTUALLY USES, PHYSICAL, SEXUAL, VERBAL OR EMOTIONAL
 ABUSE TO CONTROL HIS OR HER DATING PARTNER.
   (B) "DATING PARTNER" MEANS ANY PERSON, REGARDLESS OF GENDER,  INVOLVED
 IN  AN INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP WITH ANOTHER PRIMARILY CHARACTERIZED BY THE
 EXPECTATION OF AFFECTIONATE INVOLVEMENT WHETHER CASUAL, SERIOUS OR LONG-
 TERM.
   (C) "AT SCHOOL" MEANS IN A CLASSROOM, ON OR  IMMEDIATELY  ADJACENT  TO
 SCHOOL  PREMISES, ON A SCHOOL BUS OR OTHER SCHOOL-RELATED VEHICLE, AT AN
 OFFICIAL SCHOOL BUS STOP, OR AT ANY SCHOOL-SPONSORED ACTIVITY  OR  EVENT
 WHETHER OR NOT IT IS ON SCHOOL GROUNDS.
   2.  THE  DEPARTMENT, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE OFFICE FOR THE PREVENTION
 OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SHALL DEVELOP A MODEL DATING  VIOLENCE  POLICY  TO
 ASSIST  SCHOOL DISTRICTS, BOARDS OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AND
 COUNTY VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND EXTENSION BOARDS IN DEVELOPING  POLICIES
 FOR  DATING  VIOLENCE  REPORTING AND RESPONSE. THE MODEL POLICY SHALL BE
 ISSUED ON OR BEFORE APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY.
   3. EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT, BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AND
 COUNTY VOCATIONAL  EDUCATION  AND  EXTENSION  BOARD  SHALL  ESTABLISH  A
 SPECIFIC  POLICY  TO  ADDRESS  INCIDENTS  OF  DATING  VIOLENCE INVOLVING
 STUDENTS AT SCHOOL BY DECEMBER FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY.  EACH  SCHOOL
 DISTRICT,  BOARD  OF  COOPERATIVE  EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AND COUNTY VOCA-
 TIONAL EDUCATION AND EXTENSION BOARD SHALL VERIFY  COMPLIANCE  WITH  THE
 DEPARTMENT  ON  AN ANNUAL BASIS THROUGH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT REPORT CARDS
 OR BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES  REPORT  CARD  REQUIRED  BY
 THIS CHAPTER.
   (A) SUCH POLICY SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, A STATEMENT THAT
 DATING  VIOLENCE WILL NOT BE TOLERATED, DATING VIOLENCE REPORTING PROCE-

 S. 186--A                           3
 
 DURES,  GUIDELINES  TO  RESPONDING  TO  AT-SCHOOL  INCIDENTS  OF  DATING
 VIOLENCE AND DISCIPLINE PROCEDURES SPECIFIC TO SUCH INCIDENTS.
   (B)  TO  ENSURE  NOTICE OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S, BOARD OF COOPERATIVE
 EDUCATIONAL SERVICES' AND  COUNTY  VOCATIONAL  EDUCATION  AND  EXTENSION
 BOARD'S  DATING  VIOLENCE  POLICY,  THE POLICY SHALL BE PUBLISHED IN ANY
 SCHOOL DISTRICT, BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL  SERVICES  AND  COUNTY
 VOCATIONAL  EDUCATION  AND EXTENSION BOARD POLICY AND HANDBOOK THAT SETS
 FORTH THE COMPREHENSIVE RULES, PROCEDURES AND STANDARDS OF  CONDUCT  FOR
 STUDENTS AT SCHOOL.
   4. EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT, BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AND
 COUNTY  VOCATIONAL  EDUCATION  AND  EXTENSION BOARD SHALL PROVIDE DATING
 VIOLENCE TRAINING TO ALL ADMINISTRATORS,  TEACHERS,  NURSES  AND  MENTAL
 HEALTH  STAFF AT THE MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL LEVELS. UPON THE RECOMMENDA-
 TION OF THE ADMINISTRATOR, OTHER STAFF MAY BE INCLUDED OR MAY ATTEND THE
 TRAINING ON A  VOLUNTEER  BASIS.  THE  DATING  VIOLENCE  TRAINING  SHALL
 INCLUDE,  BUT  NOT  BE  LIMITED TO, BASIC PRINCIPLES OF DATING VIOLENCE,
 WARNING SIGNS OF  DATING  VIOLENCE  AND  THE  SCHOOL  DISTRICT'S  DATING
 VIOLENCE  POLICY,  TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO APPROPRIATELY RESPOND
 TO INCIDENTS OF DATING VIOLENCE AT  SCHOOL.  THEREAFTER,  THIS  TRAINING
 SHALL  BE PROVIDED YEARLY TO ALL NEWLY HIRED STAFF DEEMED APPROPRIATE TO
 RECEIVE THE TRAINING BY THE SCHOOL'S ADMINISTRATION.
   5. EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT, BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AND
 COUNTY  VOCATIONAL  EDUCATION  AND  EXTENSION  BOARD  SHALL  INFORM  THE
 STUDENTS'  PARENTS  OR LEGAL GUARDIANS OF THE DATING VIOLENCE POLICY. IF
 REQUESTED,  THE  SCHOOL  DISTRICT,  BOARD  OF  COOPERATIVE   EDUCATIONAL
 SERVICES  OR  COUNTY  VOCATIONAL  EDUCATION  AND  EXTENSION  BOARD SHALL
 PROVIDE THE PARENTS OR LEGAL GUARDIANS WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S DATING
 VIOLENCE POLICY AND RELEVANT INFORMATION.  IT  IS  STRONGLY  RECOMMENDED
 THAT  THE  SCHOOL DISTRICT, BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES OR
 COUNTY VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND EXTENSION BOARD PROVIDE PARENT AWARENESS
 TRAINING.
   6. THIS SECTION DOES NOT PREVENT A VICTIM FROM SEEKING  REDRESS  UNDER
 ANY OTHER AVAILABLE LAW, EITHER CIVIL OR CRIMINAL. THIS SECTION DOES NOT
 CREATE OR ALTER ANY TORT LIABILITY.
   § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.

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