MO SB200

Establishes the Missouri Teen Dating Violence Prevention Education Act, allowing school districts and charter schools to provide age-appropriate teen dating violence and sexual violence prevention education in grades 7-12 as part of health education programs.

Requires instruction materials to cover recognition of healthy relationships, identification of various forms of abuse (verbal, physical, sexual, cyber), and location of legal, medical, and mental health support services.

Mandates that all instruction be medically accurate, age-appropriate, and free from bias based on disability, gender, nationality, race, ethnicity, religion, or sexual orientation.

Allows school districts and charter schools to establish separate domestic violence education curricula covering awareness, healthy relationship behaviors, identification of victims and abusers, and risk factors for violence perpetration including history of violence, substance abuse, and unemployment-related stress.

Permits schools to consult with the Department of Health and Senior Services, the Attorney General, and domestic violence advocates when developing curricula, and may collaborate with federal agencies, nonprofits, academic institutions, and private entities for curriculum development.