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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1665 

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize 

local educational agencies and schools to carry out child sexual abuse 

awareness and prevention programs or activities. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 24, 2015 

Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself, Mr. HELLER, and Mrs. FEINSTEIN) introduced 

the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee 

on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

A BILL 

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 

of 1965 to authorize local educational agencies and 

schools to carry out child sexual abuse awareness and 

prevention programs or activities. 

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 ‘‘Child Sexual Abuse 

5 Awareness and Prevention Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE AWARENESS AND PREVEN2 TION. 

3 Section 5571 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu4 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7275) is amended— 

5 (1) in the section heading by inserting ‘‘CHILD

6 SEXUAL ABUSE AND’’ after ‘‘COMBAT’’; 

7 (2) in subsection (b)(1)— 

8 (A) in subparagraph (C), by striking 

9 ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 

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

11 period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

12 (C) by adding at the end the following; 

13 ‘‘(E) to carry out child sexual abuse 

14 awareness and prevention programs or activi15 ties.’’; 

16 (3) in subsection (c)— 

17 (A) by redesignating paragraph (6) as 

18 paragraph (8); and 

19 (B) by inserting after paragraph (5) the 

20 following: 

21 ‘‘(6) To provide age-appropriate and develop22 mentally appropriate instruction for early childhood, 

23 elementary school, and secondary school students in 

24 child sexual abuse awareness and prevention, includ25 ing how to recognize child sexual abuse and how to 

26 safely report child sexual abuse. 


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1 ‘‘(7) To provide information to parents and 

2 guardians of early childhood, elementary school, and 

3 secondary school students about child sexual abuse 

4 awareness and prevention, including how to recog5 nize child sexual abuse and how to discuss child sex6 ual abuse with a child.’’; 

7 (4) in subsection (e), by adding at the end the 

8 following: 

9 ‘‘(5) A description of how the local educational 

10 agency will ensure that a program or activity devel11 oped or carried out using funds provided under the 

12 grant is consistent with the principles of effective13 ness described in subsection (f).’’; and 

14 (5) by adding at the end the following: 

15 ‘‘(f) PRINCIPLES OF EFFECTIVENESS.— 

16 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For a program or activity 

17 developed or carried out under this section to meet 

18 the principles of effectiveness, such program or ac19 tivity shall— 

20 ‘‘(A) be based upon an assessment of ob21 jective data regarding the need for programs 

22 and activities in the elementary school or sec23 ondary school to be served to— 


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1 ‘‘(i) improve school safety and pro2 mote students’ physical and mental health 

3 and well-being; and 

4 ‘‘(ii) strengthen parent and commu5 nity engagement to ensure a healthy, safe, 

6 and supportive school environment; 

7 ‘‘(B) be based upon established State re8 quirements and evidence-based criteria aimed at 

9 ensuring a healthy, safe, and supportive school 

10 environment for students in the elementary 

11 school or secondary school that will be served 

12 by the program; and 

13 ‘‘(C) include meaningful and ongoing con14 sultation with and input from teachers, prin15 cipals, school leaders, and parents in the devel16 opment of the application and administration of 

17 the program or activity. 

18 ‘‘(2) PERIODIC EVALUATION.— 

19 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The program or activ20 ity shall undergo a periodic independent, third 

21 party evaluation to assess the extent to which 

22 the program or activity has helped the local 

23 educational agency or school provide students 

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1 dents’ physical and mental health and well2 being. 

3 ‘‘(B) USE OF RESULTS.—The local edu4 cational agency shall ensure that the results of 

5 the periodic evaluations described under sub6 paragraph (A) are— 

7 ‘‘(i) used to refine, improve, and 

8 strengthen the program or activity, and to 

9 refine locally determined criteria described 

10 under paragraph (1)(B); and 

11 ‘‘(ii) made available to the public and 

12 the State. 

13 ‘‘(3) PROHIBITION.—Nothing in this subsection 

14 shall be construed to authorize the Secretary or any 

15 other officer or employee of the Federal Government 

16 to mandate, direct, or control, the principles of effec17 tiveness developed or utilized by a local educational 

18 agency under this subsection.’’. 

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