HOUSE BILL No. 5791

 

 

April 12, 2018, Introduced by Reps. Chang, Pagan, Hoadley, Iden, Greimel, Hauck, Geiss, Kesto, Clemente and Rabhi and referred to the Committee on Law and Justice.

 

     A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled

 

"The revised school code,"

 

(MCL 380.1 to 380.1852) by adding sections 1508 and 1526b.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 1508. (1) Not later than June 1, 2019, in consultation

 

with experts on sexual assault and sexual harassment, including,

 

but not limited to, the Michigan domestic and sexual violence

 

prevention and treatment board and the Michigan Coalition to End

 

Domestic and Sexual Violence, the department shall develop age-

 

appropriate informational material relating to sexual assault and

 

sexual harassment and make that material available to all school

 

districts, intermediate school districts, and public school

 

academies that operate any of grades 6 to 12. The informational

 

material must be relevant to the communities served and include at

least all of the following:

 

     (a) Information regarding how sexual assault or sexual

 

harassment is identified.

 

     (b) An explanation that sexual assault or sexual harassment is

 

not the victim's fault.

 

     (c) Resources available for individuals who have experienced

 

sexual assault or sexual harassment, including, but not limited to,

 

information on title IX, as enacted under the education amendments

 

of 1972, 20 USC 1681 to 1688, appropriate contact information for

 

organizations that offer assistance to victims of sexual assault or

 

sexual harassment, and actions that the individual may take.

 

     (2) A school district, intermediate school district, or public

 

school academy shall disseminate the informational material made

 

available by the department under subsection (1) to each pupil in

 

grades 6 to 12 who is enrolled in a school operated by the school

 

district, intermediate school district, or public school academy.

 

Additionally, the school district, intermediate school district, or

 

public school academy shall disseminate to those pupils the contact

 

information for the school district's, intermediate school

 

district's, or public school academy's title IX coordinator and the

 

school district's, intermediate school district's, or public school

 

academy's policies on sexual assault and sexual harassment,

 

including specific information stating whether the policies

 

prohibit adverse action against an individual for reporting sexual

 

assault or sexual harassment. The school district, intermediate

 

school district, or public school academy shall ensure that all the

 

information described in this subsection remains accessible to

those pupils and their parents or legal guardians and is included

 

in a student handbook or similar publication prepared by the school

 

district, intermediate school district, or public school academy

 

and on the school district's, intermediate school district's, or

 

public school academy's webpage if the school district,

 

intermediate school district, or public school academy maintains a

 

webpage.

 

     Sec. 1526b. Beginning in the 2019-2020 school year, the board

 

of a school district or intermediate school district or board of

 

directors of a public school academy, together with a local

 

organization that receives funding from the Michigan domestic and

 

sexual violence prevention and treatment board and that serves the

 

geographic area of the school district, intermediate school

 

district, or public school academy, is encouraged to provide all

 

educators and school personnel who have contact with pupils

 

training at least every 5 years in responding to pupils who have

 

experienced sexual assault or sexual harassment. This training may

 

be provided as part of the professional development provided under

 

section 1527. If a school district, intermediate school district,

 

or public school academy is located in an area without a local

 

organization that receives funding from the Michigan domestic and

 

sexual violence prevention and treatment board, the school

 

district, intermediate school district, or public school academy is

 

encouraged to provide the training described in this section

 

together with the Michigan domestic and sexual violence prevention

 

and treatment board or the Michigan Coalition to End Domestic and

 

Sexual Violence.

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.