SEC. 3. DEMONSTRATION PROJECT TO TRAIN STUDENTS, 
TEACHERS, AND SCHOOL PERSONNEL TO UN-
DERSTAND, RECOGNIZE, PREVENT, AND RE-
SPOND TO SIGNS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING 
AND CHILD EXPLOITATION. 
Section 582 of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 290hh–1) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (j) and (k) as 
subsections (k) and (l), respectively; 
(2) by inserting after subsection (i) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(j) DEMONSTRATION PROJECT TO TRAIN STU-
DENTS, TEACHERS, AND SCHOOL PERSONNEL TO UN-
DERSTAND, RECOGNIZE, PREVENT, AND RESPOND
TO 
SIGNS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND CHILD EXPLOI-
TATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Office 
on Trafficking in Persons of the Administration for 
Children and Families (in this subsection referred to 
as the ‘Director’) shall carry out a demonstration 
project for training students, teachers, and school 
personnel at elementary schools and secondary 
schools to understand, recognize, prevent, and re-
spond to signs of human trafficking and exploitation 
in children and youth. 
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‘‘(2) PROJECT ACTIVITIES.—In carrying out the 
demonstration project under this subsection, the Di-
rector shall— 
‘‘(A) approve vendors pursuant to para-
graph (3); 
‘‘(B) award grants pursuant to paragraph 
(4); 
‘‘(C) develop a reliable methodology for 
vendors and grantees to collect, and report to 
the Director, in a manner that prevents disclo-
sure of individually identifiable information con-
sistent with all applicable privacy laws and reg-
ulations, data on the number of human traf-
ficking survivors identified and served pursuant 
to this subsection, the number of students in el-
ementary school or secondary school identified 
as being at risk of being trafficked or exploited, 
and the demographics of such survivors and 
students at risk; and 
‘‘(D) assist entities that are eligible for 
grants under paragraph (4) in developing prop-
er protocols and procedures to— 
‘‘(i) work with law enforcement to re-
port, and facilitate communication with, 
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human trafficking survivors and exploited 
children; and 
‘‘(ii) refer human trafficking survivors 
and exploited children to appropriate social 
or survivor service agencies or organiza-
tions. 
‘‘(3) VENDORS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the 
demonstration project under this subsection, 
the Director shall approve a list of nonprofit or-
ganizations as verified vendors— 
‘‘(i) to develop or make available cur-
ricula for the training described in para-
graph (1); and 
‘‘(ii) to implement such training in ac-
cordance with such curricula. 
‘‘(B) 
CONSIDERATIONS.—In 
approving 
vendors under this subsection, the Director 
shall give consideration to whether the non-
profit organization— 
‘‘(i) engages stakeholders, including 
survivors of human trafficking, and Fed-
eral, State, local, and Tribal partners, to 
develop the curricula; and 
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‘‘(ii) has a demonstrated expertise 
in— 
‘‘(I) 
developing 
human 
traf-
ficking and exploitation prevention 
curricula for students, teachers, or 
school personnel in elementary school 
and secondary school that is— 
‘‘(aa) age-appropriate; 
‘‘(bb) culturally competent; 
‘‘(cc) evidence based; 
‘‘(dd) validated by university 
research partners; 
‘‘(ee) inclusive of K–12 stu-
dents; 
‘‘(ff) adaptive to all regions; 
‘‘(gg) inclusive of all chil-
dren; and 
‘‘(hh) based on vetted and 
proven materials that have been 
tested over a 3-year run of suc-
cess; 
‘‘(II) training students, teachers, 
or school personnel in identification 
and proper response to human traf-
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ficking described in paragraph (1); 
and 
‘‘(III) creating a scalable, repeat-
able ‘Train the Trainer’ program (de-
fined as a program that trains in-
structors who can teach material to 
other instructors) that employs appro-
priate technology tools and methodolo-
gies, 
including 
measurement 
and 
training curricula. 
‘‘(4) GRANTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the 
demonstration project under this subsection, 
the Director shall award grants to eligible enti-
ties to implement the training described in 
paragraph (1) in accordance with the curricula 
developed and made available by verified ven-
dors pursuant to paragraph (3). 
‘‘(B) DIVERSITY OF GRANTS.—In award-
ing grants under this subsection, the Director 
shall— 
‘‘(i) consult with the Director of the 
Bureau of Justice Assistance, the Adminis-
trator for the Office of Juvenile Justice 
and Delinquency Prevention, the Director 
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of the Office for Victims of Crime, and the 
head of the Office of Partnership and En-
gagement of the Department of Homeland 
Security to identify the geographic areas in 
the United States with the highest preva-
lence of reported human trafficking in-
stances for children, aged 5 through 17; 
‘‘(ii) consult, as appropriate, with the 
Secretary of Education, the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development, the Sec-
retary of Labor, and the Attorney General 
of the United States to identify the geo-
graphic areas in the United States with 
the highest prevalence of at risk, vulner-
able, or underserved populations, including 
homeless youth, foster youth, youth in-
volved in the child welfare system, and 
runaways; and 
‘‘(iii) give priority to eligible entities 
located in, or primarily serving, one or 
more areas identified pursuant to clause (i) 
or (ii). 
‘‘(C) ALLOCATION OF GRANT FUNDING.— 
The Director shall ensure that all grant funds 
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under this subsection are awarded to applicants 
who serve K–12 students. 
‘‘(D) DEFINITION.—In this paragraph, the 
term ‘eligible entity’ includes a nonprofit orga-
nization, an elementary school, a local edu-
cational agency, a secondary school, and a State 
educational agency. 
‘‘(5) DATA COLLECTION AND REPORTING.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Director shall 
collect, and report to the Congress, data on the 
following: 
‘‘(i) The total number of entities that 
received a grant under this subsection. 
‘‘(ii) The total number of elementary 
and secondary schools that established 
proper protocols and procedures through 
program development. 
‘‘(iii) The total number and geo-
graphic distribution of students, teachers, 
and school personnel trained pursuant to 
this subsection. 
‘‘(iv) The results of pretraining and 
posttraining surveys to gauge increased 
understanding and recognition of signs of 
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human trafficking and exploitation in chil-
dren and youth. 
‘‘(v) The number of human trafficking 
survivors and exploited children identified 
and served by vendors and grantees under 
this subsection, excluding any individually 
identifiable information about such sur-
vivors and children. 
‘‘(vi) The number of students in ele-
mentary school or secondary school identi-
fied by vendors and grantees under this 
subsection as being at risk of being traf-
ficked or exploited, excluding any individ-
ually identifiable information about such 
survivors. 
‘‘(vii) The demographics of human 
trafficking survivors, exploited children, 
and students at risk of being trafficked or 
exploited described in clauses (v) and (vi), 
excluding any individually identifiable in-
formation about such survivors, children, 
and students. 
‘‘(viii) Any best practices identified by 
the grantees under this subsection. 
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‘‘(B) ANNUAL
REPORT.—The Director 
shall— 
‘‘(i) submit a report under subpara-
graph (A) not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this subsection and 
annually thereafter; and 
‘‘(ii) prepare and submit each such re-
port in a manner that prevents the disclo-
sure of individually identifiable information 
consistent with all applicable privacy laws 
and regulations. 
‘‘(6) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) The terms ‘elementary school’, ‘local 
educational agency’, ‘middle grades’, ‘secondary 
school’, and ‘State educational agency’ have the 
meanings given to those terms in section 8101 
of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965. 
‘‘(B) The term ‘school personnel’ includes 
school resource officers, school nurses, school 
counselors, school principals, school administra-
tors, and other school leadership.’’; and 
(3) in subsection (k) (authorizing appropria-
tions), as redesignated by paragraph (1)— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section’’ and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section (other than 
subsection (j))’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) DEMONSTRATION
PROJECT
FUNDING.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
subsection (j) $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2026 through 2029.’’. 
Æ 
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