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Senate Bill 2039 |
Senate Author: Zaffirini |
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Effective: See below |
House Sponsor: Thompson, Senfronia |
Senate Bill 2039 amends the Education Code and Government Code to continue the human trafficking prevention task force until September 1, 2019, and to require the commissioner of education to develop one or more sexual abuse and sex trafficking instructional modules that a school district may use in the district's health curriculum. The bill requires a school district's or open-enrollment charter school's policy addressing sexual abuse and other maltreatment of children to also address sex trafficking and authorizes a district to collaborate with local law enforcement and outside consultants to create that policy and a referral protocol for high-risk students. The bill takes effect June 12, 2017, but only if a specific appropriation for the bill's implementation is provided in a general appropriations act of the 85th Legislature.