Ohio H.B. 19 - Dating Violence Prevention

Dating Violence Prevention

Enacts the Tina Croucher Act to require school districts to adopt a dating violence prevention policy as part of its policy prohibiting harassment, intimidation, or bullying, and to include age-appropriate dating violence prevention education in the health education curriculum in grades 7-12. Directs the state board to update its model policy to prohibit harassment, intimidation, or bullying to include violence within a dating relationship. Requires the department of education Web site to provide links to free curricula addressing dating violence prevention, to assist districts in developing a dating violence prevention education curriculum. Amends definition of "harassment, intimidation or bullying" to include violence within a dating relationship. Requires local boards to incorporate dating violence prevention training into certain in-service training already required for middle and high school employees. Pages 1-5, 7-8, 16 of 18: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText128/128_HB_19_EN_N.pdf

Source:
www.legislature.state.oh.us

Status: Signed into lawStatus Date: 12/29/2009