Helping Schools Protect Our Children Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-1369
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2015-05-19
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Child safety and welfare

Crimes against children

Domestic violence and child abuse

Education programs funding

Elementary and secondary education

School administration

Sex offenses

Teaching, teachers, curricula
Latest action: action_date: 2015-05-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3062; text of measure as introduced: CR S3062)

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-05-19
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Helping Schools Protect Our Children Act of 2015</strong></p> <p>This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to include the training of school personnel to recognize child sexual abuse among the uses of grants to states and subgrants to local educational agencies and partnerships under the Teacher and Principal Training and Recruiting Fund program.</p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1369 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 19, 2015 Mrs. Feinstein (for herself and Mr. Blunt ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To allow funds under title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to be used to provide training to school personnel regarding how to recognize child sexual abuse.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Helping Schools Protect Our Children Act of 2015 . 2. Training teachers to recognize child sexual abuse (a) State activities Section 2113(c) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 6613(c) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (19) Providing training for all school personnel, including teachers, principals, specialized instructional support personnel, and paraprofessionals, regarding how to recognize child sexual abuse. . (b) Local educational agency activities Section 2123(a) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 6623(a) ) is amended by inserting after paragraph (8) the following: (9) Providing training for all school personnel, including teachers, principals, specialized instructional support personnel, and paraprofessionals, regarding how to recognize child sexual abuse. . (c) Eligible partnership activities Section 2134(a) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 6634(a) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking and after the semicolon; (2) in paragraph (2)(C), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (3) providing training for school personnel, including teachers, principals, specialized instructional support personnel, and paraprofessionals, regarding how to recognize child sexual abuse. .