Plain English Breakdown
The bill uses 'consider providing for inclusion' language, meaning the recommendations are not guaranteed until the framework is actually revised.
Health Curriculum Framework Updates on Human Trafficking and Online Safety
This law asks the Instructional Quality Commission to consider recommending new annual lessons for all grades about preventing human trafficking, stopping online exploitation like deepfakes, and building digital safety skills.
What This Bill Does
- Requires the commission to consider adding recommendations for annual lessons on human trafficking prevention starting in kindergarten through grade 12 when it revises the framework on or after January 1, 2027.
- Asks schools to include content on how to prevent labor exploitation and stay safe from sexually exploitative materials online.
- Directs that curriculum frameworks should cover deepfakes, foundational digital citizenship skills, and ways to build protective factors for students.
- Mandates a cumulative progression where lessons get more advanced as students move up in grade levels.
- Requires recommendations for at least three staff members per school district or agency to receive annual training on these topics.
Who It Names or Affects
- The Instructional Quality Commission and the State Board of Education
- School districts, county offices of education, and charter schools
- Students in kindergarten through grade 12
Terms To Know
- Curriculum framework
- A model guide that outlines what topics and skills should be taught in schools.
- Deepfakes
- Fake images or videos created by computer programs to make it look like someone said or did something they did not.
- Human trafficking
- The illegal trade of people for forced labor, services, or sexual exploitation.
Limits and Unknowns
- This bill only requires the commission to consider these recommendations when it revises the framework on or after January 1, 2027.
- The text does not specify exactly how much time must be spent teaching each lesson.