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Bill No: SB 1165
Author: Mitchell (D), et al.
Amended: 7/2/14
Vote: 21
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE : 8-0, 4/24/14
AYES: Liu, Wyland, Block, Galgiani, Hancock, Hueso, Huff,
Monning
NO VOTE RECORDED: Correa
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : 7-0, 5/23/14
AYES: De Le�n, Walters, Gaines, Hill, Lara, Padilla, Steinberg
SENATE FLOOR : 37-0, 5/28/14
AYES: Anderson, Beall, Berryhill, Block, Cannella, Corbett,
Correa, De Le�n, DeSaulnier, Evans, Fuller, Gaines, Galgiani,
Hancock, Hernandez, Hill, Hueso, Huff, Jackson, Knight, Lara,
Leno, Lieu, Liu, Mitchell, Monning, Morrell, Nielsen, Padilla,
Pavley, Roth, Steinberg, Torres, Vidak, Walters, Wolk, Wyland
NO VOTE RECORDED: Calderon, Wright, Yee
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 78-0, 8/19/14 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Sexual abuse and sex trafficking prevention
education
SOURCE : California Against Slavery
DIGEST : This bill requires the Instructional Quality
Commission (IQC) to consider including sexual abuse and sex
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trafficking prevention education in the Health Framework for
California Public Schools (health framework) and permits a
school district to provide sexual abuse and sex trafficking
prevention education, as specified.
Assembly Amendments move the application of the framework from
the Sexual Education Framework into its own separate framework
in the Education Code Section 333545; and provide the IQC
consider including a distinct category on sexual abuse and sex
trafficking prevention education, as specified, when the health
framework is next revised after January 1, 2015.
ANALYSIS :
Existing law:
1. Requires school districts to ensure that all students in
grades 7-12 receive HIV/AIDS prevention education, as
specified, from instructors trained in the appropriate
courses. Each student must receive this instruction at least
once in junior high or middle school and at least once in
high school.
2. Authorizes school districts to provide comprehensive sexual
health education, as specified, consisting of age-appropriate
instruction, in any grade, using instructors trained in the
appropriate courses.
3. Provides that parents have the right to excuse their child
from all or part of comprehensive sexual health education,
HIV/AIDS prevention education, and assessment related to that
education. Requires school districts to notify the parent of
each student about instruction in sexual health and HIV/AIDS
prevention and research on student health behaviors and risks
planned for the coming year.
The health framework was last adopted in 2003, and was in the
process of being revised when the statutory (and budgetary)
suspension of that process took effect in July 2009. Adoption
of the revised health framework was projected for March 2011.
The processes for reviewing frameworks and adopting
instructional materials have been suspended since July 28, 2009.
The State Board of Education is specifically prohibited from
reviewing frameworks and adopting instructional materials until
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the 2015-16 school year (other than as specifically authorized
for common core English language arts and mathematics, the
revised science standards and framework, and the revised
history-social science framework).
This bill requires the IQC to consider including sexual abuse
and sex trafficking prevention education in the health framework
and permits a school district to provide sexual abuse and sex
trafficking prevention education, as specified. Specifically,
this bill:
1.Defines "sexual abuse and sex trafficking prevention
education" to mean instruction on the prevalence and nature of
sexual abuse and sex trafficking, strategies to reduce their
risk, techniques to set healthy boundaries, and how to safely
report an incident.
2.Requires the IQC, when the health framework is next revised
after January 1, 2015, to consider including a distinct
category on sexual abuse and sex trafficking prevention
education that includes, but is not limited to, all of the
following:
A. Information on different forms of sexual abuse and
assault; discussion of prevention strategies; how to report
sexual abuse or suspected sexual abuse; and local resources
for victims.
B. Discussion of healthy boundaries for relationships; how
to recognize potentially harmful and abusive relationships;
and refusal skills to overcome peer pressure and to avoid
high-risk activities.
C. Information on sex trafficking and risk factors; the
recruiting tactics of sex traffickers and peer recruiters,
including recruitment through the Internet; how to report
sex trafficking or suspected sex trafficking; and local
resources for victims.
D. Discussion of legal aspects of sexual abuse and sex
trafficking under state and federal laws.
E. Discussion of how culture and mass media influence and
desensitize our perceptions of sexual abuse and sex
trafficking, including, but not limited to, stereotypes and
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myths about the victims and abusers, victim blaming, and
the role of language and emphasizing compassion for people
who have suffered from sexual abuse or sex trafficking, and
support positive reentry experiences for survivors
returning to school.
1.Encourages school districts to collaborate with outside
consultants, including law enforcement, with expertise in
sexual abuse and sex trafficking prevention education in order
to create a school safety plan to address the threat of sexual
abuse and sex trafficking, develop a referral protocol for
high-risk pupils and minors, and create an intervention
programs for high-risk pupils and minors.
2.Permits school districts to periodically conduct in-service
training to enable personnel to learn about new developments
in the understanding of sexual abuse and sex trafficking, and
to receive instruction on current prevention efforts and
methods.
3.Permits a school district to provide sexual abuse and sex
trafficking prevention education but specifies that a parent
or guardian of a pupil has the right to excuse his/her child
from all or part of sexual abuse and sex trafficking
prevention education, and related assessments.
4.Specifies that the California Department of Education (CDE)
may post on its Internet Web site resources on sexual abuse
and sex trafficking prevention for professional learning
purposes, and relevant materials for parents and guardians of
pupils.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
According to the Assembly Appropriations Committee:
1.Ongoing General Fund/Proposition 98 (1988) cost pressures, in
the millions of dollars, for school districts that choose to
provide sexual abuse and sex trafficking prevention education
and associated in-service training. CDE notes the lack of
existing programs or strategies on this topic.
2.General Fund cost pressure, in the range of $135,000, for the
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CDE to hire a researcher if the IQC decides to include a
distinct category on sexual abuse and sex trafficking in the
state's next health curriculum framework revision. CDE notes
the lack of existing programs or strategies on this topic.
The framework revision could take several years since there is
little research on sex trafficking as an educational topic.
3.Likely minor costs to the CDE to provide resources on sexual
abuse and sex trafficking prevention for professional learning
purposes and relevant material for parents on the CDE Web
site, to the extent existing resources are available.
SUPPORT : (Verified 8/19/14)
California Against Slavery (source)
Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O'Malley
Bridge Network
California Alliance of Child and Family Services
California Communities United Institute
California State PTA
California State Sheriffs Association
Christians Against Slavery
City of Carson
City of Vista Mayor Judy Ritter
Community Against Sexual Harm
Community Overcoming Relationship Abuse (CORA)
Gems Uncovered
Grandma's House of Hope
Journey Community Church
Junior Leagues of California
Laura's House
Mary Magdalene Project
Motivating, Inspiring, Supporting, and Serving Sexually
Exploited Youth
National Association of Social Workers - California Chapter
Red Window Project
Soroptimist International of Vista
Soroptimists Together Against Trafficking
The Child Abuse Prevention Center
The Joyful Child Foundation
The Junior League of San Diego
The Sentencing Project
The Surviving Parents Coalition
Theta
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ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 78-0, 8/19/14
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Bigelow, Bloom,
Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bonta, Bradford, Brown, Buchanan, Ian
Calderon, Campos, Chau, Ch�vez, Chesbro, Conway, Cooley,
Dababneh, Dahle, Daly, Dickinson, Donnelly, Eggman, Fong, Fox,
Frazier, Beth Gaines, Garcia, Gatto, Gonzalez, Gordon, Gorell,
Gray, Grove, Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Roger Hern�ndez, Holden,
Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Linder, Logue, Lowenthal,
Maienschein, Mansoor, Medina, Melendez, Mullin, Muratsuchi,
Nazarian, Nestande, Olsen, Pan, Patterson, Perea, John A.
P�rez, V. Manuel P�rez, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon,
Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas, Skinner, Stone, Ting, Wagner,
Waldron, Weber, Wieckowski, Wilk, Williams, Yamada, Atkins
NO VOTE RECORDED: Gomez, Vacancy
PQ:k 8/19/14 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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