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HB 1569

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2023-2024 Regular Session Introduced by Mari Leavitt and 1 co-sponsor

ND public schools must teach human trafficking awareness and prevention to grades 7-12 at least once before graduation, with Superintendent approval by 2027-28.

By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
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Bill Summary · HB 1569

Summary — HB 1569 (North Dakota)

Title: An Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 15.1‑21 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to human trafficking awareness and prevention curriculum

Main purpose

Require public school districts to provide at least one student instruction on human trafficking awareness and prevention before graduation, establish curriculum review/approval responsibility for the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and set basic content requirements for the curriculum.

Key provisions

  • Curriculum requirement timing

    • School districts must offer instruction on human trafficking awareness and prevention to each student at least once before the student completes grade 12.
    • Instruction must begin no later than the 2027–28 school year.
    • Districts may offer the instruction beginning as early as grade 7.

  • Curriculum approval and delivery

    • The Superintendent of Public Instruction must review and approve curriculum before a district uses it, or supply an approved curriculum to districts.
    • Curriculum may be integrated into an existing “relevant course” rather than taught as a standalone course.
    • School districts may accept funds or donations to implement the requirement provided any outside curriculum used satisfies the Superintendent’s approval requirement.

  • Required curriculum content (as reflected in the engrossed version)

    • Medically and legally accurate definitions of human trafficking and information about how stigmatization may reduce reporting and hinder detection/prosecution.
    • Information about reporting systems and ways to engage community organizations addressing human trafficking.
    • Basic identification training to help determine if an individual is at risk of, or has been, trafficked.
    • Information to help students recognize signs and behavioral changes that may indicate grooming or coercive relationships.

  • Drafting history / notable revisions

    • Early committee draft and the originally introduced versions used the term “sex trafficking” and included an explicit item about the race, gender, and socioeconomic status of victims and perpetrators. The first engrossed version replaced “sex trafficking” with the broader term “human trafficking” and removed the explicit demographic item.

Who would be affected

  • Public school students (grades 7–12 primarily) and school districts (curriculum planning and scheduling).
  • The Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (curriculum review and approval responsibility).
  • Local education budgets: districts may need minor resources to implement instruction; outside funding/donations are permitted.

Fiscal/timeline impact and implementation

  • No specific funding appropriation in the bill. Implementation may impose modest administrative costs on districts for curriculum adoption and delivery; districts may accept donations or use approved curriculum provided by the Superintendent.
  • Effective implementation target: instruction available by the 2027–28 school year.

Legislative status / history

  • Filed: December 10, 2024 (multiple procedural entries thereafter).
  • Referred to Public Education and other committees; amendment(s) adopted and the bill was engrossed in committee.
  • Final recorded action (per provided status): Second reading — failed to pass (yeas 25, nays 65).
  • Additional procedural notes in the file indicate versions and edits were made during committee consideration (including a withdrawal entry), but the key outcome in the provided record is that the measure did not advance past the second reading vote.

Practical effect (if enacted)

If adopted, all North Dakota public school districts would be required to ensure every student receives approved instruction on human trafficking awareness and prevention at least once before graduating, with curricular oversight by the Superintendent and flexibility for local integration and external funding.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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