SB 290 DE

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This Act expands Erin's Law to require training and education on issues related to inappropriate relationships between adults and children, such as grooming. Erin's Law requires the Child Protection Accountability Commission and the Division of Family Services of the Department of Services for Children, Youth, and Their Families to develop and maintain a curriculum to be used by Delaware's public schools to educate public school employees about personal body safety and child sexual abuse. Erin's Law is named in honor of Erin Merryn, a victim of child sexual abuse, who is working to enact legislation on this subject throughout the country. This act expands Erin's Law in several respects. The Act expands the range of grades that Erin's Law applies to from pre-kindergarten to grade 6 to pre-kindergarten to grade 12. In addition, the Act expands Erin's Law to require training for school employees on the prevention of inappropriate sexual misconduct, the establishment of appropriate adult and student interactions, and the warning signs of suspected adult sexual misconduct, with an emphasis on sexual grooming. It also expands the information available to parents and students to include information on the warning signs of adult sexual misconduct, including the derivative grooming of parents, methods for discussing adult sexual misconduct with students, resources for reporting suspected abuse, and counseling available to students and parents. Finally, the Act requires training and education for school administrators, school nurses, and school counselors on issues relating to inappropriate sexual relationships and grooming, such as strategies for the prevention of such misconduct, skills for responding to student disclosures of such misconduct, and measures to promote school recovery after an incident of such misconduct.

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

1. May 9, 2022 Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in Senate · upper
2. May 17, 2022 Amendment SA 1 to SB 290 - Introduced and Placed With Bill · upper
3. May 18, 2022 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits · upper
4. May 18, 2022 Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate · upper
5. May 18, 2022 Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits · upper
6. May 19, 2022 Amendment SA 1 to SB 290 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES · upper
7. May 19, 2022 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES · upper
8. Jun 2, 2022 Assigned to Education Committee in House · lower
9. Jun 15, 2022 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 4 Favorable, 13 On Its Merits · lower
10. Jun 16, 2022 Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House · lower
11. Jun 23, 2022 Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 6 On Its Merits · lower
12. Jun 28, 2022 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES · lower
13. Aug 19, 2022 Signed by Governor · executive