MN HF2768

School districts may include child sexual abuse and sexual exploitation prevention instruction in health curriculum, with age-appropriate content on recognizing abuse, boundary violations, and offender grooming tactics.

Prevention instruction must include strategies to promote disclosure, reduce self-blame, and mobilize bystanders, and may be delivered through annual assemblies or classroom presentations.

School districts may consult with federal, state, local agencies and community-based organizations to identify research-based tools and curricula for preventing child sexual abuse and sexual exploitation.

Districts may provide parents with information on warning signs of child sexual abuse and sexual exploitation and available resources.

Child sexual exploitation prevention instruction must be consistent with the definition of sexually exploited youth under Minnesota Statutes section 260C.007, subdivision 31, and becomes effective the day following final enactment.