SB 291 DE

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Became Law

This Act requires each school district and charter school to adopt a policy regarding appropriate relationships between school employees, contractors, coaches, and volunteers and students. The policy must include a provision establishing appropriate and inappropriate interactions; a prohibition against adult sexual misconduct; a prohibition against any sexual relationship between a school employee, contractor, coach, or volunteer and a student; an emphasis on the mandatory reporting obligations under § 903 of Title 16; a procedure for notifying the Department of Education and law enforcement of suspected adult sexual misconduct; guidelines for the preferred and prohibited methods of electronic communication; notice that substantiated incidents of adult sexual misconduct will be reported in future reference checks; and a provision requiring the development of hiring practices to screen for adult sexual misconduct. This Act will be implemented for the 2023-2024 school year.

• Nicole Poore Democratic · primary
• Darius J. Brown Democratic · primary
• Laura V. Sturgeon Democratic · primary
• Kimberly Williams Democratic · primary

1. May 9, 2022 Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in Senate · upper
2. May 18, 2022 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits · upper
3. May 19, 2022 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES · upper
4. Jun 2, 2022 Assigned to Education Committee in House · lower
5. Jun 15, 2022 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 3 Favorable, 8 On Its Merits · lower
6. Jun 28, 2022 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES · lower
7. Aug 19, 2022 Signed by Governor · executive