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2019 - 2020 LEGISLATURE

2019 Senate BILL 420

September 17, 2019 - Introduced by Senators Petrowski, Shilling, Johnson, Larson, Risser, Schachtner and Wirch, cosponsored by Representatives Sargent, Spiros, Anderson, Billings, Bowen, Crowley, Fields, Gruszynski, Kerkman, Mursau, Novak, Ohnstad, Sinicki, Skowronski, Spreitzer, Stubbs, Subeck, C. Taylor, Vining, Zimmerman, Milroy and Neubauer. Referred to Committee on Education.

SB420,1,3 An Act to renumber 118.07 (5); and to create 118.07 (5) (b), 118.47 and 121.02 (1) (L) 2m. of the statutes; relating to: teen dating violence prevention education.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill requires schools to provide teen dating violence prevention education and establishes certain criteria governing the instruction provided. The bill requires the Department of Public Instruction to prepare, by July 1, 2020, a policy governing the prevention of and appropriate responses to teen dating violence and sexual violence when pupils are at school or while pupils are under the supervision of a school authority. By January 1, 2021, each school board must adopt either DPI's policy and curriculum or its own policy and curriculum. The bill also requires DPI to incorporate teen dating violence and sexual violence prevention curriculum into its model health curriculum.

For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

SB420,1 Section 1 . 118.07 (5) of the statutes is renumbered 118.07 (5) (a).

SB420,2 Section 2 . 118.07 (5) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

SB420,2,8 118.07 (5) (b) A school board shall require every employee of the school district governed by the school board who has direct contact with pupils in grades 6 to 12 to attend training provided by the department in the prevention of and appropriate responses to teen dating violence and sexual violence when pupils are at school or while pupils are under the supervision of a school authority. The school board shall ensure that a school district employee attends the training required under this paragraph within the first 6 months after beginning employment with the school district and at least once every 5 years after the initial training.

SB420,3 Section 3 . 118.47 of the statutes is created to read:

SB420,2,11 118.47 Teen dating violence prevention education. (1) Definitions. In this section:

SB420,2,13 (a) “Abusive behavior" means verbal or physical intimidation, threats, or harassment, whether direct, by electronic means, or through other persons.