Budget Amendment ID: FY2016-S3-553-R1

Redraft EDU 553

Child Sexual Abuse Prevention

Mr. Brownsberger and Ms. Lovely moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, by inserting after item 7061-9811 the following new item:-

“xxxx-xxxx For evidence-based, adult-focused child sexual abuse prevention initiatives that provide technical assistance to schools to 1) organize local coalitions dedicated to preventing child sexual abuse in schools, 2) recruit, train and certify local volunteers to provide free prevention education for parents, students and school professionals, and 3)  strengthen the core standards of schools around the screening of prospective employees, the development of codes of conduct, the assessment and modification of physical spaces to reduce opportunities for sexual abuse, the responding to and reporting of boundary-violating behaviors and suspected acts of sexual abuse, and the training of staff and volunteers on ways to prevent adult perpetration and child-on-child sexual abuse…………………………………………………… $150,000