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FL S0444
Bill
Status
Introduced
2/26/2025
Primary Sponsor
Senate Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education
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AI Summary
- Department of Education must identify a free training curriculum on human trafficking awareness by December 1, 2025, covering definitions of sex and labor trafficking, how to identify student victims, employee roles in reporting, and reporting protocols
- Suspected human trafficking of a child must be reported to the Department of Children and Families or the Florida Human Trafficking Hotline via their designated telephone numbers
- All instructional personnel, administrative personnel, and educational support personnel who have contact with students in public schools must complete the human trafficking awareness training and submit an acknowledgment of completion to be retained by the school
- Training may be conducted either in person or online
- Charter schools are required to comply with the same human trafficking awareness training requirements as traditional public schools, effective July 1, 2025
Legislative Description
Human Trafficking Awareness
Last Action
Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 1237 (Ch. 2025-65)
4/28/2025
Committee Referrals
Rules4/14/2025
Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education3/31/2025
Full Bill Text
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