Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

AB 977

Died at session end Official bill text Atom feed

Relating to: required human trafficking prevention instruction in certain grades and teacher training related to identifying victims of child trafficking. (FE)

Children and families department of Crime and criminals School — Curriculum State superintendent of public instruction Teacher

Introduced, stopped here
Passes Assembly, not reached
Passes Senate, not reached
Governor signs, not reached
Law, not reached

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill requires the state superintendent of public instruction, in consultation

with the Department of Children and Families, to develop a model curriculum and

instructional materials for grades 7 to 12 on human trafficking prevention. The

model curriculum and instructional materials must be age appropriate at each grade

level and must include instruction on Internet safety. Beginning in the 2024-25

school year, the bill requires each school board to provide age-appropriate

instruction in human trafficking prevention in grades 7 to 12. Under the bill, the

instruction must be consistent with the model curriculum or a curriculum that is

substantially similar to the model curriculum. Finally, under the bill, school boards

must require full-time school district employees who are required to hold a license

issued by the Department of Public Instruction to receive training in identifying

victims of child trafficking.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 15, Noes 0

Passed 15–0 Feb 13, 2024 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 15, Noes 0