Florida School Discipline Laws & Regulations: Dating and Relationship Violence

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Florida School Discipline Laws & Regulations: Dating and Relationship Violence

Category: Discipline Addressing Specific Code of Conduct Violations
Subcategory: Dating and Relationship Violence
State: Florida

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LAWS

1003.42. Required instruction.

(2) Members of the instructional staff of the public schools, subject to the rules of the State Board of Education and the district school board, shall teach efficiently and faithfully, using the books and materials required that meet the highest standards for professionalism and historical accuracy, following the prescribed courses of study, and employing approved methods of instruction, the following: 

(n) Comprehensive age-appropriate and developmentally appropriate K-12 instruction on:

 1. Health education that addresses concepts of community health; consumer health; environmental health; family life, including:

(a). Injury prevention and safety.

(b) Internet safety.;

(c Nutrition.

(d) Personal health.

(e) Prevention and control of disease.

(f) and substance use and abuse.  

(g) Prevention of child sexual abuse, exploitation, and human trafficking. 

2. For students in grades 7 through 12, teen dating violence and abuse. The component that include, but not limited to, the definition of dating violence and abuse, the warning signs of dating violence and abusive behavior, the characteristics of healthy relationships, measures to prevent and stop dating violence and abuse, and community resources available to victims of dating violence and abuse. 

1006.148. Dating violence and abuse prohibited.

(1) Each district school board shall adopt and implement a dating violence and abuse policy. The policy shall:

(a) Prohibit dating violence and abuse by any student on school property, during a school-sponsored activity, or during school-sponsored transportation.

(b) Provide procedures for responding to such incidents of dating violence or abuse, including accommodations for students experiencing dating violence or abuse.

(c) Define dating violence and abuse and provide for a teen dating violence and abuse component in the health education curriculum, according to s. 1003.42(2)(o)2., with emphasis on prevention education

(d) Be implemented in a manner that is integrated with a school district's discipline policies.

(2) Each district school board shall provide training for teachers, staff, and school administrators to implement this section.

REGULATIONS

No relevant regulations found.

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