S. 3173 (112th): 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.

112th Congress, 2011–2013. Text as of May 14, 2012 (Introduced).

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S 3173 IS

112th CONGRESS

2d Session

S. 3173

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.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

May 14, 2012

Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Mr. KYL, Mrs. HUTCHISON, and Mr. LAUTENBERG) 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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ‘Helping Schools Protect Our Children Act of 2012’.

SEC. 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, and pupil services personnel, 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, and pupil services personnel, regarding how to recognize child sexual abuse.’.

    (c) Eligible Partnership Activities- Subpart III of part A of title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6631 et seq.) is amended--

      (1) in section 2132(a), by striking ‘the activities’ and inserting ‘activities’; and

      (2) in section 2134(a)--

        (A) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ‘and’ after the semicolon;

        (B) in paragraph (2)(C), by striking the period at the end and inserting ‘; or’; and

        (C) by adding at the end the following:

      ‘(3) providing training for school personnel, including teachers, principals, and pupil services personnel, regarding how to recognize child sexual abuse.’.