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A 5691

Requires the commissioner to establish domestic violence awareness curriculum or instruction to be available in school districts; age appropriate

2025 Regular Session Introduced by Sarah Clark and 3 co-sponsors

Bill Summary: A 5691 - Domestic Violence Awareness Curriculum OverviewThe main purpose of this bill is to require the state commissioner to establish a domestic violence awareness

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Bill Summary · A 5691

Bill Summary: A 5691 - Domestic Violence Awareness Curriculum

Overview

The main purpose of this bill is to require the state commissioner to establish a domestic violence awareness curriculum or instructional program to be made available in school districts across the state. The curriculum would be designed to be age-appropriate for students.

Key Provisions

  • The bill directs the state commissioner of education to develop a domestic violence awareness curriculum or instructional program.
  • The curriculum/program must be made available to all school districts in the state.
  • The content must be designed to be age-appropriate for different grade levels of students.
  • School districts would have the option, but not the requirement, to implement the domestic violence awareness curriculum.

Impact and Affected Entities

  • This bill would impact all K-12 public school students in the state, as the domestic violence awareness curriculum would be made available to their school districts.
  • School districts would be affected as they would have the choice of whether to actually implement the curriculum developed by the state commissioner.
  • The state commissioner of education would be tasked with creating the curriculum and making it available to districts.

Procedural and Timeline Details

  • The bill has been referred to the Education committee for consideration.
  • This is a reintroduction of a similar bill (A 8497) from a prior legislative session.
  • The bill has a companion bill in the state Senate (S 4579) that is also under consideration.
  • If passed, the domestic violence awareness curriculum would need to be developed and made available to school districts, but districts would not be mandated to implement it.

Overall, this bill aims to provide schools with an optional domestic violence awareness curriculum to educate students, but does not require districts to actually use the curriculum in their classrooms.

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

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