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House Bill 121 |
House Author: Dukes et al. |
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Effective: 5-18-07 |
Senate Sponsor: Hinojosa |
House Bill 121 amends the Education Code to require each school district to adopt and implement a dating violence policy to be included in the district improvement plan. The bill requires the policy to include a definition of dating violence that includes the intentional use of physical, sexual, verbal, or emotional abuse by a person to harm, threaten, intimidate, or control another person in a dating relationship, and to address safety planning, enforcement of protective orders, school-based alternatives to protective orders, training for teachers and administrators, counseling for affected students, and awareness education for students and parents.