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AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL NO. 2026

Sponsor: REPRESENTATIVE MAJOR

Printer's No. 3190

Amend Bill, page 1, line 5, by inserting after "thereto,""

in safe schools, further providing for Office for Safe

Schools; 

Amend Bill, page 1, lines 9 through 11, by striking out all

of said lines and inserting

Section 1.  Section 1302-A(c)(7) of the act of March 10, 1949

(P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949,

amended or added June 30, 1995 (P.L.220, No.26) and July 9, 2008

(P.L.846, No.61), is amended to read:

Section 1302-A.  Office for Safe Schools.--* * *

(c)  In addition to the powers and duties set forth under

subsection (a), the office is authorized to make targeted grants

to schools to fund programs which address school violence,

including, but not limited to, the following programs:

* * *

(7)  Development and implementation of research-based

violence prevention programs that address risk factors to reduce

incidents of problem behaviors among students including, but not

limited to, bullying and dating violence.

* * *

Section 2.  The act is amended by adding a section to read:

Amend Bill, page 1, line 13, by inserting after "department"

, through its Office for Safe Schools,

Amend Bill, page 1, line 15, by inserting after "response."

The department, through its Office for Safe Schools, shall

consult with at least one domestic violence center and at least

one rape crisis center in developing the model dating violence

policy.

Amend Bill, page 2, line 10, by striking out "and" and

inserting

, including designation of the appropriate school staff

person to receive reports of incidents of dating violence,

Amend Bill, page 2, lines 11 and 12, by striking out the

period after "school" in line 11 and "(iii)" in line 12 and

inserting

and contact information for and resources available through

domestic violence programs and rape crisis programs.

(iii)  No school district shall be required to establish a

new policy if one exists on the effective date of this section

and reasonably fulfills the requirements of this section.

(iv)

Amend Bill, page 2, by inserting between lines 14 and 15

(v)  Each school district shall make the dating violence

policy available on its publicly available Internet website, if

available, and in every classroom. Each school district shall

post the policy at a prominent location within each school

building where such notices are usually posted. Each school

district shall ensure that the policy is reviewed with students

within ninety (90) days after the policy is adopted and

thereafter at least once each school year.

Amend Bill, page 2, line 23, by striking out "and" and

inserting a comma

Amend Bill, page 2, line 24, by inserting after "school"

and services and resources available through domestic

violence programs and rape crisis programs

Amend Bill, page 2, by inserting between lines 27 and 28

(iv)  Each school district shall consult with each domestic

violence program and each rape crisis program that serves the

region where the school district is located for the development

and implementation of the dating violence policy and for the

coordination of the content and provision of dating violence

training for school district employes.

Amend Bill, page 3, line 7, by inserting after "twelve."

In developing its dating violence education for students, each

school district shall consult with each domestic violence

program and each rape crisis program that serves the region

where the school district is located.

Amend Bill, page 3, line 10, by striking out "and" and

inserting a comma

Amend Bill, page 3, line 11, by inserting after

"relationships"

, information regarding peer support and the role friends and

peers have in addressing dating violence and contact information

for and the services and resources available through domestic

violence centers and rape crisis centers, including detailed

information concerning safety planning, availability and

enforcement of protection from abuse orders and the availability

of other services and assistance for students and their families

Amend Bill, page 3, by inserting between lines 12 and 13

(iii)  The Department of Education, through its Office for

Safe Schools, in consultation with at least one domestic

violence center and at least one rape crisis center, shall

provide school entities with educational materials regarding

dating violence and shall prepare model grade-appropriate topics

relating to dating violence and healthy relationships for the

purpose of assisting school entities in preparing an

instructional program on dating violence.

Amend Bill, page 4, by inserting between lines 9 and 10

"Domestic violence center" shall have the meaning specified

in section 2333 of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175),

known as "The Administrative Code of 1929."

"Domestic violence program" shall have the meaning specified

in section 2333 of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175),

known as "The Administrative Code of 1929."

"Rape crisis center" shall have the meaning specified in

section 2333 of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175),

known as "The Administrative Code of 1929."

"Rape crisis program" shall have the meaning specified in

section 2333 of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175),

known as "The Administrative Code of 1929."

Amend Bill, page 4, line 10, by striking out "2" and

inserting

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