Amendment ID: S2459-5

Amendment 5

Child Exploitation

Messrs. Tarr and Montigny, Ms. DiZoglio, Messrs. O'Connor and Tran move that the proposed new draft be amended by inserting after section 2 the following section:-

“SECTION_. The department of elementary and secondary education, in consultation with the advisory council for comprehensive health education and human service programs established in section 1G of chapter 15 of the General Laws, shall establish age-appropriate guidelines for child exploitation awareness education for students in grades 2 to 12, inclusive, that may include, but shall not be limited to: (i) defining child exploitation; (ii) recognizing types of child exploitation; (iii) recognizing boundary-violating behaviors in adults or other children that may indicate that the adult or child poses a sexual risk to children and youth and ways to report that behavior; (iv) effectively communicating concerns about body boundaries or privacy violations to trusted adults; (v) identifying available school and community resources to prevent and respond to sexual abuse; and (vi) creating awareness of warning signs of child exploitation, child abduction and the sexual abuse of a child.”