A bill for an act relating to child sexual abuse and child sexual assault awareness and prevention.

Summary

The bill orders the Iowa Department of Education to develop research‑based materials and model guidelines for teaching kindergarten through sixth‑grade students about sexual abuse prevention, safe touch, and how to report abuse. School districts, charter schools, accredited nonpublic schools and innovation zone schools must give these materials to parents at registration, include them in student handbooks, and incorporate the lessons into curricula. It also adds continuing‑education requirements for licensed professionals to include training on child sexual abuse awareness and prevention.

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