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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1447 

To amend the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act to authorize 

the use of grant funds for dating violence prevention, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 28, 2011 

Mr. CRAPO (for himself and Mr. WHITEHOUSE) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

A BILL 

To amend the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities 

Act to authorize the use of grant funds for dating violence prevention, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stop Abuse for Every 

5 Teen Act’’ or the ‘‘SAFE Teen Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds the following: 

8 (1) About 72 percent of 8th and 9th graders re9 port dating. 


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1 (2) One in 4 adolescents reports emotional, 

2 physical, or sexual violence each year. 

3 (3) One in 10 adolescents reports being a vic4 tim of physical dating violence. 

5 (4) One in 4 teens in a relationship say they 

6 have been called names, harassed, or put down by 

7 their partner through cell phones and texting. 

8 (5) The severity of violence among intimate 

9 partners has been shown to be greater in cases 

10 where the pattern of violence has been established in 

11 adolescence. 

12 (6) Witnessing violence has been associated 

13 with decreased school attendance and academic per14 formance. 

15 (7) The Department of Education analyzed the 

16 findings in the U.S. Youth Risk Behavior Surveil17 lance 2009 study and found that students who expe18 rience teen dating violence have lower grades than 

19 their peers. 

20 (8) Students who experienced physical violence 

21 had lower grades; 20 percent of these students had 

22 mostly D’s and F’s and only 6 percent had mostly 

23 A’s. 

24 (9) Students who experienced sexual violence 

25 had lower grades; 18 percent of these students had 


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1 mostly D’s and F’s and only 5 percent had mostly 

2 A’s. 

3 (10) Data from the National Longitudinal 

4 Study of Adolescent Health found that teens and 

5 young adults in grades 7 through 12 who were ex6 posed to violent crime (seeing someone shot or 

7 stabbed) were 32 percent more likely to be victims 

8 of physical dating abuse. 

9 (11) Bullying may be an indicator of future 

10 teen dating violence behavior. Students who reported 

11 being physically abusive in romantic relationships 

12 were nearly 5 times more likely to report perpe13 trating physical peer violence. 

14 (12) There are serious public health impacts 

15 from teen dating violence. Teen victims of physical 

16 dating violence are more likely than their non17 abused peers to smoke, use drugs, engage in 

18 unhealthy diet behaviors (taking diet pills or lax19 atives, and vomiting to lose weight), engage in risky 

20 sexual behaviors, and attempt or consider suicide. 

21 (13) Teen girls who are physically and sexually 

22 abused are up to 6 times more likely to become 

23 pregnant, and more than 2 times as likely to report 

24 a sexually transmitted disease, than teen girls who 

25 are not abused. 


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1 (14) Most adolescent risk behaviors, such as 

2 substance use, unsafe sex, and violence, occur in the 

3 context of relationships. Accordingly, school-based 

4 prevention programs can equip all students with the 

5 skills and knowledge they need to build healthy rela6 tionships and to reduce violence and related risk be7 haviors. 

8 (15) Collaboration among community-based or9 ganizations, governmental agencies serving children 

10 and youth, providers of health and mental health 

11 services, schools, and local providers of dating vio12 lence victim services is necessary to prevent teen 

13 dating violence and abuse. 

14 (16) Teen dating violence is an important part 

15 of the violence in and around schools, and an effec16 tive violence prevention program meets youth where 

17 they are, in schools. 

18 SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS TO SAFE AND DRUG-FREE SCHOOLS 

19 AND COMMUNITIES ACT. 

20 (a) PURPOSE.—Section 4002 of the Elementary and 

21 Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7102) is 

22 amended— 

23 (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 

24 striking ‘‘violence’’ and inserting ‘‘violence, including 

25 dating violence,’’; 


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1 (2) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘drug and vio2 lence prevention’’ and inserting ‘‘drug and violence 

3 prevention, including dating violence prevention,’’; 

4 (3) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘drug and vio5 lence prevention’’ in both places such term appears 

6 and inserting ‘‘drug and violence prevention, includ7 ing dating violence prevention,’’; and 

8 (4) in paragraph (4)— 

9 (A) by striking ‘‘drug and violence preven10 tion’’ and inserting ‘‘drug and violence preven11 tion, including dating violence prevention,’’; and 

12 (B) by striking ‘‘drug use and violence’’ 

13 and inserting ‘‘drug use and violence, including 

14 dating violence,’’. 

15 (b) RESERVATION OF STATE FUNDS FOR SAFE AND

16 DRUG-FREE SCHOOLS.—Section 4112 of the Elementary 

17 and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7112) 

18 is amended— 

19 (1) in subsection (a)— 

20 (A) in paragraph (2), in the matter pre21 ceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘drug use 

22 and violence’’ and inserting ‘‘drug use and vio23 lence, including dating violence,’’; 

24 (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘drug 

25 and violence prevention’’ both places such term 


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1 appears and inserting ‘‘drug and violence pre2 vention, including dating violence prevention,’’; 

3 and 

4 (C) in paragraph (5)— 

5 (i) in the matter preceding subpara6 graph (A), by striking ‘‘drug and violence 

7 prevention’’ and inserting ‘‘drug and vio8 lence prevention, including dating violence 

9 prevention,’’; 

10 (ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

11 ‘‘violence’’ and inserting ‘‘violence, includ12 ing dating violence,’’; 

13 (iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

14 ‘‘drug and violence prevention’’ and insert15 ing ‘‘drug and violence prevention, includ16 ing dating violence prevention’’; and 

17 (iv) in subparagraph (C), by striking 

18 ‘‘drug and violence prevention’’ and insert19 ing ‘‘drug and violence prevention, includ20 ing dating violence prevention,’’; and 

21 (2) in subsection (c)— 

22 (A) in paragraph (2)(D)— 

23 (i) in each of clauses (i) and (iii), by 

24 striking ‘‘drug and violence prevention’’ 

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1 tion, including dating violence preven2 tion,’’; and 

3 (ii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘violence 

4 that is associated’’ and inserting ‘‘violence, 

5 including dating violence, that is associ6 ated’’; and 

7 (B) in paragraph (3)(B)— 

8 (i) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘violence 

9 and drug-related’’ and inserting ‘‘violence, 

10 including dating violence, and drug-re11 lated’’; 

12 (ii) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

13 after the semicolon; 

14 (iii) in clause (iv), by striking the pe15 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

16 (iv) by adding at the end the fol17 lowing: 

18 ‘‘(v) the incidence and prevalence, age 

19 of onset, perception of health risk, and per20 ception of social disapproval of dating vio21 lence by youth in schools and commu22 nities.’’. 

23 (c) STATE APPLICATION.—Section 4113(a) of the El24 ementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 

25 U.S.C. 7113(a)) is amended— 


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1 (1) in each of paragraphs (4) and (5), by strik2 ing ‘‘drug and violence prevention’’ and inserting 

3 ‘‘drug and violence prevention, including dating vio4 lence prevention,’’; 

5 (2) in paragraph (9)— 

6 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

7 (A) by striking ‘‘drug and violence prevention’’ 

8 and inserting ‘‘drug and violence prevention, in9 cluding dating violence prevention,’’; and 

10 (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking the 

11 term ‘‘drug use and violence’’ and inserting 

12 ‘‘drug use and violence, including dating vio13 lence,’’; 

14 (3) in paragraph (10), by striking ‘‘drug and vi15 olence prevention’’ both places such term appears 

16 and inserting ‘‘drug and violence prevention, includ17 ing dating violence prevention,’’; and 

18 (4) in paragraph (14), by striking ‘‘drug and vi19 olence prevention’’ and inserting ‘‘drug and violence 

20 prevention, including dating violence prevention,’’. 

21 (d) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY PROGRAM.—Sec22 tion 4114 of the Elementary and Secondary Education 

23 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7114) is amended— 

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1 lence prevention’’ and inserting ‘‘drug and violence 

2 prevention, including dating violence prevention,’’; 

3 (2) in subsection (c)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘drug 

4 and violence prevention’’ and inserting ‘‘drug and vi5 olence prevention, including dating violence preven6 tion,’’; and 

7 (3) in subsection (d)— 

8 (A) in paragraph (2)— 

9 (i) in the matter preceding subpara10 graph (A), and in subparagraph (A), by 

11 striking ‘‘drug and violence prevention’’ 

12 and inserting ‘‘drug and violence preven13 tion, including dating violence preven14 tion,’’; 

15 (ii) in subparagraph (B), in the mat16 ter preceding clause (i), and in clause (i), 

17 by striking ‘‘drug and violence prevention’’ 

18 and inserting ‘‘drug and violence preven19 tion, including dating violence preven20 tion,’’; and 

21 (iii) in subparagraph (D), by striking 

22 ‘‘drug and violence prevention’’ and insert23 ing ‘‘drug and violence prevention, includ24 ing dating violence prevention,’’; and 

25 (B) in paragraph (6)— 


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1 (i) by striking ‘‘drug and violence pre2 vention’’ and inserting ‘‘drug and violence 

3 prevention, including dating violence pre4 vention,’’; and 

5 (ii) by striking ‘‘acts of violence’’ and 

6 inserting ‘‘acts of violence, including dating 

7 violence,’’. 

8 (e) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.—Section 4115 of the 

9 Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 

10 U.S.C. 7115) is amended— 

11 (1) in subsection (a)— 

12 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

13 (i) in subparagraph (A)— 

14 (I) by striking ‘‘violence and ille15 gal drug use’’ both places such term 

16 appears and inserting ‘‘violence, in17 cluding dating violence, and illegal 

18 drug use’’; and 

19 (II) by striking ‘‘drug and vio20 lence prevention’’ and inserting ‘‘drug 

21 and violence prevention, including dat22 ing violence prevention,’’; and 

23 (ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking 

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1 ing ‘‘violence, including dating violence, 

2 and illegal drug use’’; and 

3 (B) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘vio4 lence and illegal drug use’’ and inserting ‘‘vio5 lence, including dating violence, and illegal drug 

6 use’’; 

7 (2) in subsection (b)— 

8 (A) in paragraph (1)(C)— 

9 (i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘violence’’ 

10 and inserting ‘‘violence, including dating 

11 violence’’; and 

12 (ii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘drug 

13 use and violence’’ and inserting ‘‘drug use 

14 and violence, including dating violence,’’; 

15 and 

16 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

17 (i) in subparagraph (A)— 

18 (I) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘vio19 lence’’ and inserting ‘‘violence, includ20 ing dating violence,’’; 

21 (II) in clause (vi), by striking 

22 ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 

23 (III) in clause (vii), by striking 

24 the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; 

25 and’’; and 


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1 (IV) by adding at the end the fol2 lowing: 

3 ‘‘(viii) teach students the appropriate 

4 steps to take to address incidences of dat5 ing or sexual violence when it happens to 

6 themselves or others.’’; 

7 (ii) in subparagraph (B)— 

8 (I) by striking ‘‘drug and violence 

9 prevention’’ and inserting ‘‘drug and 

10 violence prevention, including dating 

11 violence prevention,’’; and 

12 (II) by striking ‘‘violence and ille13 gal use of drugs’’ both places such 

14 term appears and inserting ‘‘violence, 

15 including dating violence, and illegal 

16 use of drugs’’; 

17 (iii) in subparagraph (C), by striking 

18 ‘‘drug and violence prevention’’ and insert19 ing ‘‘drug and violence prevention, includ20 ing dating violence prevention,’’; 

21 (iv) in subparagraph (D), by striking 

22 ‘‘drug and violence prevention’’ and insert23 ing ‘‘drug and violence prevention, includ24 ing dating violence prevention’’; and 

25 (v) in subparagraph (E)— 


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1 (I) in the matter preceding clause 

2 (i), by striking ‘‘Drug and violence 

3 prevention’’ and inserting ‘‘Drug and 

4 violence prevention, including dating 

5 violence prevention,’’; 

6 (II) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘vi7 olence and illegal drug use’’ and in8 serting ‘‘violence, including dating vio9 lence, and illegal drug use’’; 

10 (III) in clause (vi), by striking 

11 ‘‘drug and violence prevention’’ and 

12 inserting ‘‘drug and violence preven13 tion, including dating violence preven14 tion,’’; 

15 (IV) in clause (vii)— 

16 (aa) by striking ‘‘illegal drug 

17 use and violence’’ and inserting 

18 ‘‘illegal drug use and violence (in19 cluding dating violence)’’; and 

20 (bb) by striking ‘‘violence 

21 and illegal drug use’’ and insert22 ing ‘‘violence (including dating 

23 violence) and illegal drug use’’; 

24 (V) in clause (ix), by striking 

25 ‘‘violent or drug abusing students’’ 


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1 and inserting ‘‘students who engage in 

2 violence, including dating violence, or 

3 drug abuse’’; 

4 (VI) in clause (x), by striking 

5 ‘‘violent behavior and illegal use of 

6 drugs’’ and inserting ‘‘violent behav7 ior, including dating violence, and ille8 gal use of drugs’’; 

9 (VII) in clause (xi), by striking 

10 ‘‘violence and illegal drug use’’ and in11 serting ‘‘violence, including dating vio12 lence, and illegal drug use’’; 

13 (VIII) in clause (xii), by striking 

14 ‘‘Drug and violence prevention’’ and 

15 inserting ‘‘Drug and violence preven16 tion, including dating violence preven17 tion,’’; 

18 (IX) in clause (xiii)— 

19 (aa) by striking ‘‘violence 

20 prevention and education pro21 grams’’ and inserting ‘‘violence 

22 prevention and education pro23 grams, including dating violence 

24 prevention and education pro25 grams,’’; and 


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1 (bb) by striking ‘‘resolve 

2 conflicts without violence’’ and 

3 inserting ‘‘resolve conflicts with4 out violence, including dating vio5 lence’’; 

6 (X) in clause (xvii), by striking 

7 ‘‘drug and violence prevention’’ and 

8 inserting ‘‘drug and violence preven9 tion, including dating violence preven10 tion,’’; and 

11 (XI) by adding at the end the 

12 following: 

13 ‘‘(xxiii) Peer support groups address14 ing dating violence for youth who have ex15 perienced violence in their dating relation16 ships or in their families, which— 

17 ‘‘(I) may be provided on campus 

18 by qualified school personnel or com19 munity organizations specializing in 

20 domestic and sexual violence preven21 tion; 

22 ‘‘(II) may include healthy rela23 tionships education that provides an 

24 emotionally safe and confidential set25 ting for youth to learn and practice 


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1 healthy relationship skills (including 

2 single gender programs) in a manner 

3 consistent with the requirements of 

4 title IX of the Education Amendments 

5 of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.); 

6 ‘‘(III) may include participants 

7 who are— 

8 ‘‘(aa) youth who have been 

9 victims of dating violence; and 

10 ‘‘(bb) youth who have en11 gaged or participated in dating 

12 violence behaviors; and 

13 ‘‘(IV) shall not place the partici14 pants described in subclause (III)(aa) 

15 and the participants described in sub16 clause (III)(bb) in the same support 

17 group.’’; and 

18 (3) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘drug and vio19 lence prevention’’ and inserting ‘‘drug and violence 

20 prevention, including dating violence prevention,’’. 

21 (f) REPORTING.—Section 4116 of the Elementary 

22 and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7116) 

23 is amended— 

24 (1) in subsection (a)— 

25 (A) in paragraph (1)— 


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1 (i) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

2 ‘‘drug and violence prevention’’ and insert3 ing ‘‘drug and violence prevention, includ4 ing dating violence prevention,’’; and 

5 (ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking 

6 ‘‘violence and drug prevention’’ and insert7 ing ‘‘violence, including dating violence, 

8 and drug prevention’’; and 

9 (B) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ‘‘drug 

10 use and violence’’ and inserting ‘‘drug use and 

11 violence, including dating violence,’’; and 

12 (2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘violence 

13 and drug prevention’’ and inserting ‘‘violence, in14 cluding dating violence, and drug prevention’’. 

15 (g) FEDERAL ACTIVITIES.—Section 4121 of the Ele16 mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

17 7131) is amended in subsection (a)— 

18 (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 

19 striking ‘‘illegal use of drugs and violence’’ and in20 serting ‘‘illegal use of drugs and violence, including 

21 dating violence,’’; 

22 (2) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘drug and vio23 lence prevention’’ and inserting ‘‘drug and violence 

24 prevention, including dating violence prevention,’’; 


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1 (3) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘violence pre2 vention and education’’ and inserting ‘‘violence and 

3 dating violence prevention and education, education 

4 on building healthy relationships,’’; 

5 (4) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘drug and vio6 lence prevention’’ and inserting ‘‘drug and violence 

7 prevention, including dating violence prevention,’’; 

8 (5) in each of paragraphs (6) and (8), by strik9 ing ‘‘drug and violence problems’’ and inserting 

10 ‘‘drug and violence, including dating violence, prob11 lems’’; 

12 (6) by redesignating paragraph (9) as para13 graph (11); 

14 (7) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘and’’ after 

15 the semicolon; and 

16 (8) by inserting after paragraph (8) the fol17 lowing: 

18 ‘‘(9) the development, demonstration, scientif19 ically based evaluation, and dissemination of innova20 tive and high-quality healthy relationship skill-build21 ing programs as a way to reduce unhealthy or abu22 sive teen relationships, based on State and local 

23 needs; 

24 ‘‘(10) the provision of information on dating vi25 olence education and prevention, including— 


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1 ‘‘(A) healthy relationships education; and 

2 ‘‘(B) data on the incidence of dating vio3 lence in the school environment and relevant be4 havioral indicators of exposure to violence, col5 lected in conjunction with existing relevant sur6 vey instruments and studies, including the 

7 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System ad8 ministered by the Centers for Disease Control 

9 and Prevention; and’’. 

10 (h) IMPACT EVALUATION.—Section 4122 of the Ele11 mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

12 7132) is amended— 

13 (1) in subsection (a)— 

14 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

15 by striking ‘‘violence and illegal drug use’’ and 

16 inserting ‘‘violence, including dating violence, 

17 and illegal drug use’’; and 

18 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and 

19 school violence and the illegal presence of weap20 ons at schools’’ and inserting ‘‘school violence 

21 and the illegal presence of weapons at schools, 

22 and the incidence and prevalence of dating vio23 lence among secondary school students’’; 


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1 (2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘illegal drug 

2 use and violence’’ and inserting ‘‘illegal drug use 

3 and violence, including dating violence,’’; and 

4 (3) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘drug use and 

5 violence’’ and inserting ‘‘drug use and violence, in6 cluding dating violence,’’. 

7 (i) SAFE AND DRUG-FREE SCHOOLS AND COMMU8 NITIES ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—Section 4124 of the Ele9 mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

10 7134) is amended— 

11 (1) in subsection (a), in each of paragraphs 

12 (1)(B) and (3), by striking ‘‘substance abuse and vi13 olence prevention’’ and inserting ‘‘substance abuse 

14 and violence prevention, including dating violence 

15 prevention,’’; and 

16 (2) in subsection (b)(4)(A)(i), by striking ‘‘sub17 stance abuse and violence problem’’ and inserting 

18 ‘‘substance abuse and violence problem, including 

19 dating violence’’. 

20 (j) SCHOOL SECURITY TECHNOLOGY AND RESOURCE

21 CENTER.—Section 4127(c) of the Elementary and Sec22 ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7137(c)) is 

23 amended by striking ‘‘school violence research’’ and insert24 ing ‘‘school violence, including dating violence, research’’. 


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1 (k) NATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOOL AND YOUTH

2 SAFETY.—Section 4128(b) of the Elementary and Sec3 ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7138(b)) is 

4 amended— 

5 (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘such as sub6 stance abuse’’ and inserting ‘‘such as dating vio7 lence, substance abuse’’; and 

8 (2) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘school vio9 lence prevention’’ and inserting ‘‘school violence, in10 cluding dating violence, prevention’’. 

11 (l) MENTORING PROGRAMS.—Section 4130(b) of the 

12 Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 

13 U.S.C. 7140(b)) is amended— 

14 (1) in paragraph (1)(B)(iv), by striking ‘‘vio15 lence, use of dangerous weapons’’ and inserting ‘‘vio16 lence, including dating violence, use of dangerous 

17 weapons’’; and 

18 (2) in paragraph (5)(B)(i), by striking ‘‘schools 

19 with violence problems’’ and inserting ‘‘schools with 

20 violence, including dating violence, problems’’. 

21 (m) DEFINITIONS.—Section 4151 of the Elementary 

22 and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7161) 

23 is amended— 


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1 (1) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking ‘‘with re2 spect to violence’’ and inserting ‘‘with respect to vio3 lence, including dating violence,’’; and 

4 (2) in each of paragraphs (6) and (7), by strik5 ing ‘‘violent behavior’’ and inserting ‘‘violent behav6 ior, including dating violence,’’. 

7 (n) MESSAGE AND MATERIALS.—Section 4152(a) of 

8 that Act (20 U.S.C. 7162(a)) is amended— 

9 (1) by striking ‘‘Drug and violence prevention’’ 

10 and inserting ‘‘Drug and violence prevention, includ11 ing dating violence prevention,’’; and 

12 (2) by striking ‘‘acts of violence’’ and inserting 

13 ‘‘acts of violence, including dating violence,’’. 

14 SEC. 4. REFORM OF DATA COLLECTION RELATED TO TEEN 

15 DATING VIOLENCE. 

16 The Secretary of Education, in coordination with the 

17 Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Preven18 tion and other relevant agencies, shall collect data on the 

19 incidence of dating violence, sexual violence, emotional 

20 abuse, and relevant behavioral indicators of exposure to 

21 such types of violence, among individuals aged 11 through 

22 19. Such data shall be collected through relevant survey 

23 instruments and studies, including the Youth Risk Behav24 ior Surveillance System. The Secretary shall publicly dis25 seminate the resulting findings and data. 


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1 SEC. 5. SAFE SCHOOLS AND HEALTHY STUDENTS INITIA2 TIVE. 

3 Section 4121 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu4 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7131) is amended by add5 ing at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(c) GRANT APPLICATION REQUIREMENT.—In order 

7 to receive a grant under this section, an applicant shall 

8 include in the grant application— 

9 ‘‘(1) an assessment of the crime, verbal and 

10 emotional abuse (such as relational aggression), and 

11 violence (including dating violence) problems and 

12 needs in the community to be served; and 

13 ‘‘(2) a description of how the applicant will pro14 vide program support to address the formation of 

15 healthy relationships and the prevention of dating vi16 olence, as appropriate.’’. 

17 SEC. 6. DEFINITION. 

18 Section 4151 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu19 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7161) is amended— 

20 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through 

21 (11) as paragraphs (3) through (12), respectively; 

22 and 

23 (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol24 lowing: 

25 ‘‘(2) DATING VIOLENCE.—The term ‘dating vio26 lence’ means behavior involving the use or attempted 


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1 use of physical, sexual, verbal, emotional, economic, 

2 or technological abuse or other abusive behavior by 

3 a person to harm, threaten, intimidate, harass, co4 erce, control, isolate, restrain, or monitor another 

5 person with whom they have or have had a social re6 lationship that involves a physical, sexual, or emo7 tional component, regardless of the length of the re8 lationship, or the number of interactions between the 

9 individuals involved.’’. 

10 SEC. 7. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. 

11 Subpart 4 of part A of title IV of the Elementary 

12 and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7161 

13 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘SEC. 4156. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. 

15 ‘‘Each State shall provide technical assistance to local 

16 educational agencies and schools in their efforts to prevent 

17 and appropriately respond to incidents of dating violence. 

18 To provide such assistance, a State may use— 

19 ‘‘(1) administrative funds consolidated under 

20 section 9201; or 

21 ‘‘(2) other funds available to the State under 

22 this Act, to the extent consistent with the authorized 

23 uses of such funds.’’. 


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1 SEC. 8. TEEN DATING VIOLENCE PREVENTION INNOVATION 

2 FUND. 

3 Subpart 2 of part A of title IV of the Elementary 

4 and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7131 

5 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘SEC. 4131. TEEN DATING VIOLENCE PREVENTION INNOVA7 TION FUND. 

8 ‘‘(a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—From funds made 

9 available to carry out this subpart under section 4003(2), 

10 the Secretary may, acting in consultation with the Sec11 retary of Health and Human Services and the Attorney 

12 General, establish a Teen Dating Violence Prevention In13 novation Fund (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Innova14 tion Fund’’) for the replication, refinement, and testing 

15 of model strategies and projects directed to youth to pre16 vent and respond to dating violence. 

17 ‘‘(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Innovation Fund 

18 is to provide and evaluate dating violence prevention and 

19 early intervention education and programming for youth, 

20 including healthy relationships education. 

21 ‘‘(c) MANDATORY STRATEGIES.—Strategies or 

22 projects implemented under subsection (a) shall include 

23 the following: 

24 ‘‘(1) The enhancement of age-appropriate, cul25 turally competent dating and sexual violence preven26 tion education and healthy relationship strategies 


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1 and projects to be administered in school, in the 

2 community, or in health care settings, including sin3 gle gender environments, in a manner consistent 

4 with the requirements of title IX of the Education 

5 Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.). 

6 ‘‘(2) The enhancement of collaborative strate7 gies to engage parents and caregivers in the preven8 tion and early intervention of dating and sexual vio9 lence. 

10 ‘‘(3) Process and outcomes evaluation using a 

11 range of qualitative and quantitative methods, in12 cluding evaluations that incorporate comparison 

13 groups when feasible. 

14 ‘‘(d) PERMISSIVE STRATEGIES.—Strategies or 

15 projects implemented under subsection (a) may prioritize 

16 projects that focus on youth ages 11 through 14 and may 

17 include the following: 

18 ‘‘(1) The enhancement of collaborative strate19 gies to engage youth and individuals who influence 

20 youth in the community, such as teachers, school 

21 counselors, coaches, informal educators, older teens, 

22 or other mentors, in prevention and early interven23 tion of dating and sexual violence and promoting 

24 healthy relationship strategies. 


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1 ‘‘(2) The enhancement of social marketing 

2 strategies to change environmental factors and en3 gage young men, but not to the exclusion of young 

4 women. 

5 ‘‘(3) The implementation of a school-based pol6 icy to reduce teen dating violence and promote 

7 healthy teen relationships. 

8 ‘‘(e) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 

9 of enactment of the Stop Abuse for Every Teen Act, the 

10 Secretary, acting in consultation with the Secretary of 

11 Health and Human Services and the Attorney General, 

12 shall submit to Congress a report on the activities author13 ized under this section.’’. 

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