BILL NUMBER: AB 1373 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 30, 2011
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Fong
FEBRUARY 18, 2011
An act to add Article 3.7 1.5
(commencing with Section 32230) 32205)
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 amended, Fong. Pupils: healthy relationships
promotion and 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 education programs that promote
healthy relationships and prevent 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
, domestic violence, sexual assault, and other appropriate
community-based organizations to provide these education
programs. The bill would require school districts that choose to
provide healthy relationship and education
programs that promote healthy relationships and prevent teen
dating violence prevention education programs to
use research-based materials that are appropriate for
students pupils of all races, genders, sexual
orientations, gender identities, and ethnic and cultural backgrounds,
and for students pupils 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. The bill would require the
Superintendent of Public Instruction to provide information about
model education programs that are designed to promote healthy
relationships and prevent teen dating violence on the department's
Internet Web site, as specified.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no
yes . 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.
SECTION 1. Article 1.5 (commencing with Section
32205) is added to Chapter 2 of Part 19 of Division 1 of Title 1 of
the Education Code , to read:
Article 1.5 Healthy Relationships Promotion
and Teen Dating Violence Prevention
32205. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature
that the Superintendent encourage the provision of education programs
that promote healthy relationships and prevent teen dating violence
to pupils in grades 7 to 12, inclusive. It is further the intent of
the Legislature that public schools serving pupils in grades 7 to 12,
inclusive, have access to model education programs and materials
designed to promote healthy relationships and prevent teen dating
violence among pupils.
(b) A school district may provide healthy relationships
and education programs to promote healthy
relationships and prevent 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
, domestic violence, sexual assault, or other
appropriate 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. 32206. School districts that
choose to provide education programs that promote healthy
relationships and prevent teen dating violence
prevention education programs pursuant to subdivision (b)
of Section 32230 32205 shall use
research-based materials that are appropriate for students
pupils of all races, genders, sexual
orientations, gender identities, and ethnic and cultural backgrounds,
and for students pupils 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.
32207. (a) The Superintendent shall provide information, which
may be used by school districts, about model education programs that
are designed to promote healthy relationships and prevent teen dating
violence among pupils on the department's Internet Web site.
(b) The information provided on the Internet Web site shall
include, but not be limited to, all of the following:
(1) The legal obligations of schools to respond to and prevent
teen dating violence under existing federal and state law.
(2) Model school teen dating violence prevention policies.
(3) Model school healthy relationships promotion and teen dating
violence prevention curriculum and education programs.
(c) In compiling the information to post on the department's
Internet Web site, the Superintendent shall seek input from other
public agencies and private nonprofit organizations with experience
providing education programs that promote healthy relationships and
prevent teen dating violence. The Superintendent may include
appropriate materials developed by those agencies or organizations in
the information provided on the department's Internet Web site.