The House Education Committee voted to require sexual abuse awareness to be taught in the school health curriculum for students in grades K-8, reports State Rep. Jim Cox (R-129). The focus of House Bill 2318 is not the perpetrator, but the prevention of child exploitation through awareness, he said.
House Bill 2318 seeks to arm children with information that will help them to avoid victimization, compel them to come forward if they are victimized, and help to prevent others from falling victim to abuse.
Cox said that one in four girls and one in seven boys are sexually abused before they reach the age of 18, and many are unaware of what happened or unsure of how to communicate the abuse.
Let’s go for school vouchers. Keep the politicians out of the schools.