AB919: Bill Text

AB919,6,13 8. Instruction and materials shall teach pupils the skills to recognize and aspire to healthy, respectful relationships including all of the following:

AB919,6,15 a. Communication skills that help pupils discuss and resolve conflicts within intimate relationships with respect and nonviolence.

AB919,6,16 b. Critical thinking skills.

AB919,6,17 c. Skills to negotiate with an intimate partner.

AB919,6,19 d. Skills for pupils to recognize and understand their own individual boundaries, and recognize and respect the boundaries of others.

AB919,6,20 9. Instruction and materials shall not teach or promote religious doctrine.

AB919,6,22 10. Instruction and materials shall not reflect or promote bias against any person on the basis of any category protected under s. 118.13.

AB919,7,2 (3) (a) At the beginning of each school term, or, for a pupil who enrolls in a school after the beginning of the school term, at the time of that pupil's enrollment, each school board shall notify the parent or guardian of each pupil about instruction in teen dating violence prevention education and research on pupil health behaviors and risks planned for the coming term. The notice shall do all of the following:

AB919,7,5 1. Advise the parent or guardian that written and audiovisual educational materials used in comprehensive teen dating violence prevention education are available for inspection.

AB919,7,14 2. Advise the parent or guardian whether the teen dating violence prevention education will be taught by school district personnel or by outside consultants. A school board may provide teen dating violence prevention education, to be taught by outside consultants, and may hold an assembly to deliver teen dating violence prevention education by guest speakers, but if it elects to provide teen dating violence prevention education in either of these manners, the notice shall include the date of the instruction, the name of the organization or affiliation of each guest speaker, and information stating the right of the parent or guardian to request a copy of this section.

AB919,7,16 3. Include information explaining the parent's or guardian's right to request a copy of this section.

AB919,7,18 4. Advise the parent or guardian that the parent or guardian may request in writing that his or her child not receive teen dating violence prevention education.

AB919,7,22 (b) Upon written request to the school principal, a parent or guardian of a pupil less than 18 years of age, within a reasonable period of time after the request is made, may examine the teen dating violence education program instructional materials at the school in which his or her child is enrolled.

AB919,8,4 (c) Anonymous, voluntary, and confidential research and evaluation tools to measure pupils' health behaviors and risks, including questionnaires and surveys containing age-appropriate questions about the pupil's attitudes concerning teen dating violence, may be administered to any pupil in grades 7 to 12 if the parent or guardian is notified in writing that this questionnaire or survey is to be administered and the pupil's parent or guardian is given the opportunity to review the questionnaire or survey and to request in writing that his or her child not participate.

AB919,8,6 (d) The use of outside consultants or guest speakers as described in par. (a) 2. is within the discretion of the school board.

AB919,8,10 (e) A pupil may not attend any class in teen dating violence prevention education, or participate in any activities under par. (c) if the school has received a written request from the pupil's parent or guardian excusing the pupil from participation.

AB919,8,13 (f) A pupil may not be subject to disciplinary action, academic penalty, or other sanctions if the pupil's parent or guardian declines to permit the pupil to receive teen dating violence prevention education or to participate in any activities under par. (c).

AB919,8,18 (g) During the administration of teen dating violence prevention education or a survey on pupil health behaviors and risks described in par. (c), an alternative educational activity shall be made available to pupils whose parents or guardians have requested that they not receive the instruction or participate in the questionnaire or survey.

AB919,8,23 (4) (a) The department shall incorporate teen dating violence and sexual violence curriculum into its model health problems education curriculum and shall make the updated health problems education curriculum and the materials described under par. (b) available to school boards prior to the start of the 2016-17 school year.

AB919,9,5 (b) The department shall consult with the department of health services, the attorney general, and domestic violence and sexual assault prevention advocates for advice on the development of grade-level concepts and content guidelines to be incorporated into the health education program currently taught at secondary schools to pupils in grades 7 to 12. Materials produced under this paragraph shall focus on educating pupils regarding teen dating violence, sexual violence, and healthy relationships and shall include all of the following:

AB919,9,6 1. Definitions of teen dating violence and sexual violence.

AB919,9,7 2. Skills for recognizing teen dating violence warning signs.

AB919,9,8 3. Characteristics of healthy relationships.

AB919,9,10 4. The meaning of consent and communicating the giving or withholding of consent.

AB919,9,11 5. Relevant information about legal, medical, and mental health services.

AB919,2 Section 2. 118.46 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB919,9,14 118.46 (1) (intro.) By March 1, 2010, the The department shall do all of the following:

AB919,3 Section 3. 118.46 (1) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB919,9,17 118.46 (1) (a) (intro.) Develop and periodically revise a model school policy on bullying by pupils. The policy shall include all of the following:

AB919,4 Section 4. 118.46 (1) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB919,9,21 118.46 (1) (a) 1. A definition of bullying. The department shall include in the definition of bullying a statement that bullying includes violence in a dating relationship.

AB919,5 Section 5. 118.46 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB919,9,24 118.46 (1) (b) Develop and periodically revise a model education and awareness program on bullying.

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