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MO HB261
Bill
Status
1/23/2013
Primary Sponsor
Rochelle Walton Gray
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AI Summary
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School districts and charter schools serving grades 7-12 may incorporate age-appropriate dating abuse information into existing health curricula.
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Required curriculum components include the definition of dating abuse, recognition of warning signs, and characteristics of healthy relationships.
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Schools electing to teach dating violence education must seek input from local domestic violence organizations on curriculum content.
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Parents or guardians of students under 18 may request to review dating abuse instructional materials within a reasonable time of written request to the school principal.
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"Dating abuse" is defined as a pattern of behavior using or threatening physical, sexual, verbal, or emotional abuse to control a dating partner.
Legislative Description
Allows any public school to offer dating abuse information in its health curriculum in grades seven through 12
Last Action
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education(H)
2/14/2013