I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5407 
To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop educational materials 
relating to human trafficking in schools. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 22, 2018 
Mr. YOHO (for himself, Mr. POE of Texas, Mr. POSEY, Mr. FLEISCHMANN, 
Ms. TENNEY, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. FLORES, Mrs. WAG-
NER, and Mr. DUNN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop 
educational materials relating to human trafficking in 
schools. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Prevent Trafficking 
in Our Schools Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEVELOPMENT OF MATERIALS FOR HUMAN TRAF-
FICKING AWARENESS TRAINING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—At the request of the Secretary 
of Education, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
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develop educational materials which may be used by the 
Secretary of Education to provide covered educational per-
sonnel with training in human trafficking awareness and 
techniques for identifying victims of human trafficking in 
elementary schools and secondary schools. 
(b) EDUCATIONAL
MATERIALS.—The educational 
materials developed under subsection (a) shall address the 
following: 
(1) Methods that covered educational personnel 
can use to identify and respond to suspected victims 
and perpetrators of human trafficking. 
(2) Variations in locations or environments that 
may affect the ability of covered educational per-
sonnel to identify and address victims of human 
trafficking. 
(3) Information on changing trends in human 
trafficking to assist covered educational personnel in 
detecting and investigating human trafficking in 
classrooms and the environment in the school sys-
tem. 
(4) Best practices for referring human traf-
ficking cases to the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity, the Department of Justice, and State and local 
law enforcement agencies. 
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(5) Resources that are available for trafficking 
victims such as victim service providers, victim sup-
port services, and the National Human Trafficking 
Hotline. 
(c) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT.—The educational 
materials developed under subsection (a) shall emphasize 
that covered educational personnel who notice indicators 
of potential human trafficking— 
(1) should contact an appropriate law enforce-
ment agency; and 
(2) should not attempt to engage in counter- 
trafficking operations. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this section: 
(1) COVERED EDUCATIONAL PERSONNEL.—The 
term ‘‘covered educational personnel’’ means teach-
ers, school leaders, and other personnel of elemen-
tary schools and secondary schools. 
(2) ESEA TERMS.—The terms ‘‘elementary 
school’’, ‘‘school leader’’, and ‘‘secondary school’’ 
have the meanings given the terms in section 8101 
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 
(1) HUMAN TRAFFICKING.—The term ‘‘human 
trafficking’’ means an act or practice described in 
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paragraph (9) or paragraph (10) of section 103 of 
the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 
U.S.C. 7102). 
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