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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2689 

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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 28, 2011 

Ms. MOORE (for herself and Mr. REICHERT) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 

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. AMENDMENTS TO SAFE AND DRUG-FREE SCHOOLS 

7 AND COMMUNITIES ACT. 

8 (a) FINDINGS.—The Safe and Drug-Free Schools 

9 and Communities Act (part A of title IV of the Elemen10 tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965) is amended 


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1 by inserting after section 4001 (20 U.S.C. 7101) the fol2 lowing: 

3 ‘‘SEC. 4001A. FINDINGS. 

4 ‘‘Congress finds the following: 

5 ‘‘(1) About 72 percent of 8th and 9th graders 

6 report ‘dating’. 

7 ‘‘(2) One in 4 adolescents reports emotional, 

8 physical, or sexual violence each year. 

9 ‘‘(3) One in 10 adolescents reports being a vic10 tim of physical dating violence. 

11 ‘‘(4) One in 4 teens in a relationship say they 

12 have been called names, harassed or put down by 

13 their partner through cell phones and texting. 

14 ‘‘(5) The severity of violence among intimate 

15 partners has been shown to be greater in cases 

16 where the pattern of violence has been established in 

17 adolescence. 

18 ‘‘(6) Witnessing violence has been associated 

19 with decreased school attendance and academic per20 formance. 

21 ‘‘(7) The U.S. Department of Education ana22 lyzed the findings in the U.S. Youth Risk Behavior 

23 Surveillance 2009 study and found that students 

24 who experience teen dating violence have lower 

25 grades than their peers. 


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1 ‘‘(8) Students who experienced physical violence 

2 had lower grades; 20 percent of these students had 

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

4 A’s. 

5 ‘‘(9) Students who experienced sexual violence 

6 had lower grades; 18 percent had mostly D’s and 

7 F’s and only 5 percent had mostly A’s. 

8 ‘‘(10) Data from the National Longitudinal 

9 Study of Adolescent Health found that teens and 

10 young adults in grades 7 through 12 who were ex11 posed to violent crime (seeing someone shot or 

12 stabbed) were 32 percent more likely to be victims 

13 of physical dating abuse. 

14 ‘‘(11) Bullying may be an indicator of future 

15 teen dating violence behavior; students who reported 

16 being physically abusive in romantic relationships 

17 were nearly 5 times more likely to report perpe18 trating physical peer violence. 

19 ‘‘(12) There are serious public health impacts 

20 from teen dating violence; teen victims of physical 

21 dating violence are more likely than their non22 abused peers to smoke, use drugs, engage in 

23 unhealthy diet behaviors (taking diet pills or lax24 atives and vomiting to lose weight), engage in risky 

25 sexual behaviors, and attempt or consider suicide. 


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1 ‘‘(13) Teen girls who are physically and sexu2 ally abused are up to 6 times more likely to become 

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

4 a sexually transmitted disease, than teen girls who 

5 are not abused. 

6 ‘‘(14) Teens in same-sex relationships experi7 ence rates of violence and abuse similar to rates ex8 perienced by teens in heterosexual relationships. 

9 ‘‘(15) Most adolescent risk behaviors, such as 

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

11 context of relationships. Accordingly, school-based 

12 prevention programs can equip all students with 

13 skills and knowledge they need to build healthy rela14 tionships and to reduce violence and related risk be15 haviors. 

16 ‘‘(16) The collaboration among community17 based organizations and governmental agencies serv18 ing children and youth, providers of health and men19 tal health services, schools, and local providers of 

20 dating violence victim services is necessary to pre21 vent this violence and abuse. 

22 ‘‘(17) Teen dating violence is an important part 

23 of the violence in and around schools; an effective 

24 prevention program meets youth where they are in 

25 schools.’’. 


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1 (b) PURPOSE.—Section 4002 (20 U.S.C. 7102) of 

2 that Act is amended— 

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

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

5 dating violence’’; 

6 (2) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘drug and vio7 lence prevention’’ and inserting ‘‘drug, and violence 

8 prevention, including dating violence prevention’’; 

9 (3) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘drug and vio10 lence prevention’’ in both places such term appears 

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

13 (4) in paragraph (4)— 

14 (A) by striking ‘‘drug and violence preven15 tion’’ and inserting ‘‘drug and violence preven16 tion, including dating violence prevention’’; and 

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

18 and inserting ‘‘drug use and violence, including 

19 dating violence’’. 

20 (c) RESERVATION OF STATE FUNDS FOR SAFE AND

21 DRUG-FREE SCHOOLS.—Section 4112 of that Act (20 

22 U.S.C. 7112) is amended— 

23 (1) in subsection (a)— 

24 (A) in paragraph (2), in the matter pre25 ceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘drug use 


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1 and violence’’ and inserting ‘‘drug use and vio2 lence, including dating violence’’; 

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

4 and violence prevention’’ both places such term 

5 appears and inserting ‘‘drug and violence pre6 vention, including dating violence prevention’’; 

7 and 

8 (C) in paragraph (5)— 

9 (i) in the matter preceding subpara10 graph (A) by striking ‘‘drug and violence 

11 prevention’’ and inserting ‘‘drug and vio12 lence prevention, including dating violence 

13 prevention’’; 

14 (ii) in subparagraph (A) by striking 

15 ‘‘violence’’ and inserting ‘‘violence, includ16 ing dating violence’’; and 

17 (iii) in each of subparagraphs (B) and 

18 (C) by striking ‘‘drug and violence preven19 tion’’ and inserting ‘‘drug and violence pre20 vention, including dating violence preven21 tion’’; and 

22 (2) in subsection (c)— 

23 (A) in paragraph (2)(D)— 

24 (i) in each of clauses (i) and (iii) by 

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1 serting ‘‘drug and violence prevention, in2 cluding dating violence prevention’’; 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 (iii) in clause (iv) by striking the pe14 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

15 (iv) by adding at the end the fol16 lowing: 

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

18 of onset, perception of health risk, and per19 ception of social disapproval of dating vio20 lence by youth in schools and commu21 nities.’’. 

22 (d) STATE APPLICATION.—Section 4113 of that Act 

23 (20 U.S.C. 7113) is amended in subsection (a)— 

24 (1) in each of paragraphs (4) and (5) by strik25 ing ‘‘drug and violence prevention’’ and inserting 


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1 ‘‘drug and violence prevention, including dating vio2 lence prevention’’; 

3 (2) in paragraph (9)— 

4 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

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

6 and inserting ‘‘drug and violence prevention, 

7 and including dating violence prevention’’; and 

8 (B) in subparagraph (A) by striking the 

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

10 ‘‘drug use and violence, including dating vio11 lence’’; 

12 (3) in paragraph (10) by striking ‘‘drug and vi13 olence prevention’’ both places such term appears 

14 and inserting ‘‘drug and violence prevention, includ15 ing dating violence prevention’’; and 

16 (4) in paragraph (14) by striking ‘‘drug and vi17 olence prevention’’ and inserting ‘‘drug and violence 

18 prevention, including dating violence prevention’’. 

19 (e) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY PROGRAM.—Sec20 tion 4114 of that Act (20 U.S.C. 7114) is amended— 

21 (1) in subsection (a)(1), in the matter pre22 ceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘drug and vio23 lence prevention’’ and inserting ‘‘drug and violence 

24 prevention, including dating violence prevention’’; 


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

2 and violence prevention’’ and inserting ‘‘drug and vi3 olence prevention, including dating violence preven4 tion’’; and 

5 (3) in subsection (d)— 

6 (A) in paragraph (2)— 

7 (i) in the matter preceding subpara8 graph (A), and in subparagraph (A), by 

9 striking ‘‘drug and violence prevention’’ 

10 and inserting ‘‘drug and violence preven11 tion, including dating violence prevention’’; 

12 (ii) in subparagraph (B), in the mat13 ter preceding clause (i), and in clause (i), 

14 by striking ‘‘drug and violence prevention’’ 

15 and inserting ‘‘drug and violence preven16 tion, including dating violence prevention’’; 

17 and 

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

19 ‘‘drug and violence prevention’’ and insert20 ing ‘‘drug and violence prevention, includ21 ing dating violence prevention’’; and 

22 (B) in paragraph (6)— 

23 (i) by striking ‘‘drug and violence pre24 vention’’ and inserting ‘‘drug and violence 


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1 prevention, including dating violence pre2 vention’’; and 

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

4 inserting ‘‘acts of violence, including dating 

5 violence’’. 

6 (f) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.—Section 4115 of that 

7 Act (20 U.S.C. 7115) is amended— 

8 (1) in subsection (a)— 

9 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

10 (i) in subparagraph (A)— 

11 (I) by striking ‘‘violence and ille12 gal drug use’’ both places such term 

13 appears and inserting ‘‘violence, in14 cluding dating violence, and illegal 

15 drug use’’; and 

16 (II) by striking ‘‘drug and vio17 lence prevention’’ and inserting ‘‘drug 

18 and violence prevention, including dat19 ing violence prevention’’; and 

20 (ii) in subparagraph (C) by striking 

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

23 and illegal drug use’’; and 

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1 lence, including dating violence, and illegal drug 

2 use’’; 

3 (2) in subsection (b)— 

4 (A) in paragraph (1)(C)— 

5 (i) in clause (i) by striking ‘‘violence’’ 

6 and inserting ‘‘violence, including dating 

7 violence’’; and 

8 (ii) in clause (ii) by striking ‘‘drug use 

9 and violence’’ and inserting ‘‘drug use and 

10 violence, including dating violence’’; and 

11 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

12 (i) in subparagraph (A)— 

13 (I) in clause (i) by striking ‘‘vio14 lence’’ and inserting ‘‘violence, includ15 ing dating violence’’; 

16 (II) in clause (vi) by striking 

17 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

18 (III) in clause (vii) by striking 

19 the period at the end and inserting a 

20 semicolon; and 

21 (IV) by adding at the end of the 

22 following: 

23 ‘‘(viii) teach students how to identify 

24 dating and sexual violence and the appro25 priate steps to take to address incidences 


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1 of dating or sexual violence when it hap2 pens to themselves or others.’’; 

3 (ii) in subparagraph (B)— 

4 (I) by striking ‘‘drug and violence 

5 prevention’’ and inserting ‘‘drug and 

6 violence prevention, including dating 

7 violence prevention’’; and 

8 (II) by striking ‘‘violence and ille9 gal use of drugs’’ both places such 

10 term appears and inserting ‘‘violence, 

11 including dating violence, and illegal 

12 use of drugs’’; 

13 (iii) in each of subparagraphs (C) and 

14 (D) by striking ‘‘drug and violence preven15 tion’’ and inserting ‘‘drug and violence pre16 vention, including dating violence preven17 tion’’; and 

18 (iv) in subparagraph (E)— 

19 (I) in the matter preceding clause 

20 (i) by striking ‘‘Drug and violence 

21 prevention’’ and inserting ‘‘Drug and 

22 violence prevention, including dating 

23 violence prevention’’; 

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1 ing ‘‘violence, including dating vio2 lence, and illegal drug use’’; 

3 (III) in clause (vi) by striking 

4 ‘‘drug and violence prevention’’ each 

5 place such term appears and inserting 

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

8 (IV) in clause (vii)— 

9 (aa) by striking ‘‘illegal drug 

10 use and violence’’ and inserting 

11 ‘‘illegal drug use and violence, in12 cluding dating violence’’; and 

13 (bb) by striking ‘‘violence 

14 and illegal drug use’’ and insert15 ing ‘‘violence, including dating vi16 olence, and illegal drug use’’; 

17 (V) in clause (ix) by striking 

18 ‘‘violent or drug abusing students’’ 

19 and inserting ‘‘students who engage in 

20 violence, including dating violence, or 

21 drug abuse’’; 

22 (VI) in clause (x) by striking 

23 ‘‘violent behavior and illegal use of 

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1 ior, including dating violence, and ille2 gal use of drugs’’; 

3 (VII) in clause (xi) by striking 

4 ‘‘violence and illegal drug use’’ and in5 serting ‘‘violence, including dating vio6 lence, and illegal drug use’’; 

7 (VIII) in clause (xii) by striking 

8 ‘‘Drug and violence prevention’’ and 

9 inserting ‘‘Drug and violence preven10 tion, including dating violence preven11 tion’’; 

12 (IX) in clause (xiii)— 

13 (aa) by striking ‘‘violence 

14 prevention and education pro15 grams’’ and inserting ‘‘violence 

16 prevention, including dating vio17 lence, and education programs’’; 

18 and 

19 (bb) by striking ‘‘resolve 

20 conflicts without violence’’ and 

21 inserting ‘‘resolve conflicts with22 out violence, including dating vio23 lence’’; 

24 (X) in clause (xvii) by striking 

25 ‘‘drug and violence prevention’’ and 


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1 inserting ‘‘drug and violence preven2 tion, including dating violence preven3 tion’’; 

4 (XI) in clause (xxii) by striking 

5 the period at the end, and inserting a 

6 semicolon; and 

7 (XII) by adding at the end the 

8 following: 

9 ‘‘(xxiii) Peer support groups address10 ing dating violence for youth who have ex11 perienced violence in their dating relation12 ships or in their families, which may be 

13 provided on campus by qualified school 

14 personnel or community organizations spe15 cializing in domestic and sexual violence 

16 prevention, including healthy relationships 

17 education, which provide an emotionally 

18 safe and confidential setting for youth to 

19 learn and practice healthy relationship 

20 skills, including single gender programs, in 

21 a manner consistent with the requirements 

22 of title IX of the Education Amendments 

23 of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.). Partici24 pants in such groups may include, but are 

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1 tims of dating violence and youth who have 

2 engaged or participated in dating violence 

3 behaviors (although at no time should ei4 ther be placed together in the same sup5 port group).’’; and 

6 (3) in subsection (d) by striking ‘‘drug and vio7 lence prevention’’ and inserting ‘‘drug and violence 

8 prevention, including dating violence prevention’’. 

9 (g) REPORTING.—Section 4116 of that Act (20 

10 U.S.C. 7116) is amended— 

11 (1) in subsection (a)— 

12 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

13 (i) in subparagraph (B) by striking 

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

17 (ii) in subparagraph (C) by striking 

18 ‘‘violence and drug prevention’’ and insert19 ing ‘‘violence, including dating violence, 

20 and drug prevention’’; and 

21 (B) in paragraph (2)(B) by striking ‘‘drug 

22 use and violence’’ and inserting ‘‘drug use and 

23 violence, including dating violence’’; and 


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

2 and drug prevention’’ and inserting ‘‘violence, in3 cluding dating violence, and drug prevention’’. 

4 (h) FEDERAL ACTIVITIES.—Section 4121 of that Act 

5 (20 U.S.C. 7131) is amended in subsection (a)— 

6 (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by 

7 striking ‘‘illegal use of drugs and violence’’ and in8 serting ‘‘illegal use of drugs and violence, including 

9 dating violence,’’; 

10 (2) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘drug and vio11 lence prevention’’ and inserting ‘‘drug and violence 

12 prevention, including dating violence prevention’’; 

13 (3) in paragraph (4) by striking ‘‘violence pre14 vention and education’’ and inserting ‘‘violence and 

15 dating violence prevention and education, and edu16 cation on building healthy relationships,’’; 

17 (4) in paragraph (5) by striking ‘‘drug and vio18 lence prevention’’ and inserting ‘‘drug and violence 

19 prevention, including dating violence prevention’’; 

20 and 

21 (5) in each of paragraphs (6) and (8) by strik22 ing ‘‘drug and violence problems’’ and inserting 

23 ‘‘drug and violence, including dating violence, prob24 lems’’; 


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1 (6) by redesignating paragraph (9) as para2 graph (11); and 

3 (7) by inserting after paragraph (8) the fol4 lowing: 

5 ‘‘(9) the development, demonstration, scientif6 ically based evaluation, and dissemination of innova7 tive and high-quality healthy relationship skill-build8 ing programs as a way to reduce unhealthy or abu9 sive teen relationships, based on State and local 

10 needs; 

11 ‘‘(10) the provision of information on dating vi12 olence education and prevention, including healthy 

13 relationships education, and data on the incidence of 

14 dating violence in the school environment and rel15 evant behavioral indicators of exposure to violence, 

16 collected in conjunction with existing relevant survey 

17 instruments and studies, including but not limited to 

18 the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System ad19 ministered by the Centers for Disease Control; and’’. 

20 (i) IMPACT EVALUATION.—Section 4122 of that Act 

21 (20 U.S.C. 7132) is amended— 

22 (1) in subsection (a)— 

23 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) 

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1 inserting ‘‘violence, including dating violence, 

2 and illegal drug use’’; and 

3 (B) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘States’’ 

4 and inserting ‘‘States and the incidence and 

5 prevalence of dating violence among secondary 

6 school students’’; 

7 (2) in subsection (b) by striking ‘‘illegal drug 

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

9 and violence, including dating violence’’; and 

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

11 violence’’ and inserting ‘‘drug use and violence, in12 cluding dating violence’’. 

13 (j) SAFE AND DRUG-FREE SCHOOLS AND COMMU14 NITIES ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—Section 4124 of that Act 

15 (20 U.S.C. 7134) is amended— 

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

17 (1)(B) and (3), by striking ‘‘substance abuse and vi18 olence prevention’’ and inserting ‘‘substance abuse 

19 and violence prevention, including dating violence 

20 prevention’’; and 

21 (2) in subsection (b)(4)(A)(i) by striking ‘‘sub22 stance abuse and violence problem’’ and inserting 

23 ‘‘substance abuse and violence problem, including 

24 dating violence’’. 


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1 (k) SCHOOL SECURITY TECHNOLOGY AND RESOURCE

2 CENTER.—Section 4127 of that Act (20 U.S.C. 7137) is 

3 amended in subsection (c) by striking ‘‘school violence re4 search’’ and inserting ‘‘school violence, including dating 

5 violence, research’’. 

6 (l) NATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOOL AND YOUTH

7 SAFETY.—Section 4128 of that Act (20 U.S.C. 7138) is 

8 amended in subsection (b)— 

9 (1) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘such as sub10 stance abuse’’ and inserting ‘‘such as dating vio11 lence, substance abuse’’; and 

12 (2) in paragraph (4) by striking ‘‘school vio13 lence prevention’’ and inserting ‘‘school violence, in14 cluding dating violence, prevention’’. 

15 (m) MENTORING PROGRAMS.—Section 4130 of that 

16 Act (20 U.S.C. 7140) is amended in subsection (b)— 

17 (1) in paragraph (1)(B)(iv) by striking ‘‘vio18 lence, use of dangerous weapons’’ and inserting ‘‘vio19 lence, including dating violence, use of dangerous 

20 weapons’’; and 

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

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

23 violence, including dating violence, problems’’. 

24 (n) DEFINITIONS.—Section 4151 of that Act (20 

25 U.S.C. 7161) 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 (o) MESSAGE AND MATERIALS.—Section 4152(a) of 

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

9 (a)— 

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

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

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

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

15 SEC. 3. REFORM OF DATA COLLECTION RELATED TO TEEN 

16 DATING VIOLENCE. 

17 The Secretary of Education, in coordination with the 

18 Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Preven19 tion and other relevant agencies, shall collect data on the 

20 incidence of dating violence, sexual violence, emotional 

21 abuse, and relevant behavioral indicators of exposure to 

22 such types of violence, among individuals aged 11 through 

23 19. The data shall be collected in relevant survey instru24 ments and studies, including the Youth Risk Behavior 


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1 Surveillance System. The Secretary shall publicly dissemi2 nate the resulting findings and data. 

3 SEC. 4. SAFE SCHOOLS/HEALTHY STUDENTS INITIATIVE. 

4 Section 4121 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu5 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7131) is amended by add6 ing at the end the following: 

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

8 to receive a grant under the Safe Schools/Healthy Stu9 dents Initiative established under this section, the grant 

10 application shall conduct an assessment of their crime, 

11 verbal and emotional abuse (such as relational aggres12 sion), and violence problems and needs in the community 

13 to be served, including dating violence, and describe how 

14 it will address the formation of healthy relationship skills 

15 and prevention of dating violence, as appropriate, and pro16 vide program support to address the formation of healthy 

17 relationships and prevention of dating violence, as appro18 priate.’’. 

19 SEC. 5. DEFINITION. 

20 Section 4151 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu21 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7161) is amended by insert22 ing after paragraph (1) the following: 

23 ‘‘(1A) DATING VIOLENCE.—The term ‘dating 

24 violence’ means behavior involving the use or at25 tempted use of physical, sexual, verbal, emotional, 


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1 economic, or technological abuse or other abusive be2 havior by a person to harm, threaten, intimidate, 

3 harass, coerce, control, isolate, restrain, or monitor 

4 another person with whom they have or have had a 

5 social relationship that involves a physical, sexual, or 

6 emotional component, regardless of the length of the 

7 relationship, or the number of interactions between 

8 the individuals involved.’’. 

9 SEC. 6. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. 

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

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

12 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

13 ‘‘SEC. 4156. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. 

14 ‘‘The State shall provide technical assistance to local 

15 education agencies and schools in their efforts to prevent 

16 and appropriately respond to incidents of dating violence. 

17 To provide such assistance, a State may use— 

18 ‘‘(1) administrative funds consolidated under 

19 section 9201; or 

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

21 this Act, to the extent consistent with the authorized 

22 uses of such funds.’’. 

23 SEC. 7. INNOVATION FUND. 

24 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Education, 

25 acting in consultation with the Secretary of Health and 


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1 Human Services and the Attorney General, shall establish 

2 the Innovation Fund (hereinafter in this section referred 

3 to as the ‘‘Fund’’) for the replication, refinement, and 

4 testing of model strategies and projects to prevent and re5 spond to dating violence for youth. The purpose is to pro6 vide and evaluate dating violence prevention and early 

7 intervention education and programming for youth, in8 cluding healthy relationships education. 

9 (b) MANDATORY STRATEGIES.—Strategies or 

10 projects implemented under subsection (a) shall include 

11 the following: 

12 (1) The enhancement of age-appropriate, cul13 turally competent dating and sexual violence preven14 tion education and healthy relationship strategies 

15 and projects to be administered in school, in the 

16 community, or in health care settings, including gen17 der environments, in a manner consistent with the 

18 requirements of title IX of the Education Amend19 ments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.). 

20 (2) The enhancement of collaborative strategies 

21 to engage parents and caregivers on the prevention 

22 and early intervention of dating and sexual violence. 

23 (3) Process and outcomes evaluation using a 

24 range of qualitative and quantitative methods, with 

25 comparison groups when feasible. 


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1 (c) PERMISSIVE STRATEGIES.—Strategies or projects 

2 implemented under subsection (a) may prioritize projects 

3 that focus on youth ages 11 through 14 and may include 

4 the following: 

5 (1) The enhancement of collaborative strategies 

6 to engage youth and youth influencers in the com7 munity such as teachers, school counselors, coaches, 

8 informal educators, older teens, or other mentors on 

9 prevention and early intervention of dating and sex10 ual violence and promoting healthy relationship 

11 strategies. 

12 (2) The enhancement of social marketing strat13 egies to change environmental factors and engage 

14 young men, but not to the exclusion of young 

15 women. 

16 (3) The implementation of a school-based policy 

17 to reduce teen dating violence and promote healthy 

18 teen relationships. 

19 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS; RE20 PORT.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 

22 appropriated such sums as may be necessary for 

23 each of the fiscal years 2012 through 2016 to carry 

24 out the duties and purposes of this Act. 


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1 (2) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts appropriated 

2 under paragraph (1)— 

3 (A) are authorized to remain available 

4 until expended; and 

5 (B) are in addition to amounts otherwise 

6 available for such purposes. 

7 (3) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than one 

8 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

9 Secretary of Education, acting in consultation with 

10 the Secretary of Health and Human Services and 

11 the Attorney General, shall submit to the Congress 

12 a report on the activities authorized under this sec13 tion. 

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