BILL NUMBER: AB 1373 INTRODUCED
BILL TEXT
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Fong
FEBRUARY 18, 2011
An act to add Article 3.7 (commencing with Section 32230) to
Chapter 2 of Part 19 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code,
relating to pupils.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1373, as introduced, Fong. Pupils: teen dating violence
prevention.
Existing law requires a school district that provides instruction
to pupils in grades 7 to 12, inclusive, to provide an adopted course
of study to those pupils, as specified. Existing law requires the
State Board of Education to adopt content standards in certain
curriculum areas.
This bill would enact the Teen Dating Violence Prevention
Education Act of 2011, which would authorize school districts to
provide healthy relationships and teen dating violence prevention
education programs to pupils in grades 7 to 12, inclusive, through
curricular, extracurricular, and school climate improvement
activities. The bill would authorize school districts to work in
partnership with parents and caregivers and youth and community-based
organizations to provide these education programs. The bill would
require school districts that choose to provide healthy relationship
and teen dating violence prevention education programs to use
research-based materials that are appropriate for students of all
races, genders, sexual orientations, gender identities, and ethnic
and cultural backgrounds, and for students with disabilities. The
bill would encourage school districts that choose to provide healthy
relationships and teen dating violence prevention education programs
to provide pupils with specified opportunities.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Article 3.7 (commencing with Section 32230) is added to
Chapter 2 of Part 19 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code,
to read:
Article 3.7. Teen Dating Violence Prevention Education Act of
2011
32230. (a) This article shall be known and may be cited as the
Teen Dating Violence Prevention Education Act of 2011.
(b) A school district may provide healthy relationships and teen
dating violence prevention education programs to pupils in grades 7
to 12, inclusive, through curricular, extracurricular, and school
climate-improvement activities. School districts may work in
partnership with parents, caregivers, and youth and community-based
organizations to provide these education programs.
32231. School districts are encouraged to do all of the
following:
(a) Integrate the promotion of healthy relationships and teen
dating violence prevention into curricular activities, including, but
not limited to, the instruction of pupils in health education,
English, social studies, history, and civics, through the use of
evidence-based or evidence-informed curriculum.
(b) Integrate the promotion of healthy relationships and teen
dating violence prevention into existing extracurricular activities,
which include, but are not limited to, athletics, arts,
service-learning opportunities, and after school programs, and school
climate improvement activities, which include, but are not limited
to, positive behavior intervention and supports, social emotional
learning, and student codes of conduct.
(c) Support youth leadership and youth-led efforts in
extracurricular and school improvement activities designed to promote
healthy relationships and teen dating violence prevention.
(d) Consult and collaborate with local domestic violence and
sexual assault organizations and other appropriate community-based
organizations and service providers to implement efforts to promote
healthy relationships and teen dating violence prevention.
32232. School districts that choose to provide healthy
relationships and teen dating violence prevention education programs
pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 32230 shall use research-based
materials that are appropriate for students of all races, genders,
sexual orientations, gender identities, and ethnic and cultural
backgrounds, and for students with disabilities.
32233. School districts that choose to provide healthy
relationship and teen dating violence prevention education programs
pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 32230 are encouraged to do
both of the following:
(a) Provide pupils with opportunities to learn about all of the
following:
(1) Factors that are associated with teen dating violence
perpetration and victimization.
(2) Characteristics of healthy, unhealthy, and abusive
relationships.
(3) Types and forms of abuse of power and control in abusive
relationships.
(4) Early warning signs of unhealthy and abusive relationships.
(5) Information about legal rights and available school and
community resources for legal, medical, mental health, and other
services.
(b) Provide pupils with opportunities to develop healthy
relationship skills, including, but not limited to, all of the
following:
(1) Communication skills that involve learning to listen and
express oneself effectively and to discuss and resolve conflicts with
respect and nonviolence.
(2) Recognizing and setting boundaries that involve being able to
identify an individual's comfort level with relationship issues and
to navigate and negotiate those boundaries with a partner.
(3) Critical thinking to analyze the motivations for one's actions
and the actions of others.
(4) Assertiveness to address and withstand peer pressure and
pressure within a dating relationship.
(5) Responsible use of technology and social networking.
(6) Skills to enter and exit relationships safely and
respectfully.
(7) Empathy and capacity to respond to and intervene and help
friends in unhealthy situations and relationships.
32234. School districts that choose to work in partnership with
parents and caregivers to provide healthy relationships and teen
dating violence prevention education programs pursuant to subdivision
(b) of Section 32230 are encouraged to address both of the
following:
(a) The importance of a parent or caregiver's influence on pupil
behavior and the value of positive role models.
(b) Suggestions for how to talk to pupils about healthy,
unhealthy, and abusive relationships.