Florida Senate - 2024                                    SB 1270
       
       
        
       By Senator Davis
       
       
       
       
       
       5-00614C-24                                           20241270__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to sexual misconduct information in
    3         public K-20 education; amending s. 1001.42, F.S.;
    4         requiring district school boards to provide certain
    5         information relating to Title IX and sexual misconduct
    6         complaints to parents, students, and school employees;
    7         creating s. 1004.0972, F.S.; requiring Florida College
    8         System institutions and state universities to create a
    9         sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating violence,
   10         and stalking policy; providing requirements for such
   11         policy; requiring Florida College System institutions
   12         and state universities to create and implement a
   13         comprehensive prevention and outreach program on
   14         sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating violence,
   15         and stalking; providing requirements for the program;
   16         requiring Florida College System institutions and
   17         state universities to provide certain information to
   18         students; providing an effective date.
   19          
   20  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   21  
   22         Section 1. Present subsection (29) of section 1001.42,
   23  Florida Statutes, is redesignated as subsection (30), and a new
   24  subsection (29) is added to that section, to read:
   25         1001.42 Powers and duties of district school board.—The
   26  district school board, acting as a board, shall exercise all
   27  powers and perform all duties listed below:
   28         (29) PROVISION OF TITLE IX INFORMATION.—Each district
   29  school board shall provide to parents, students, and school
   30  employees the following information:
   31         (a) The person who serves as the Title IX Coordinator for
   32  each school.
   33         (b) The process for placing and filing a sexual misconduct
   34  complaint.
   35         (c) The support measures in place for a person who files a
   36  sexual misconduct complaint and how to access the support
   37  measures.
   38         Section 2. Section 1004.0972, Florida Statutes, is created
   39  to read:
   40         1004.0972 Public postsecondary educational institution
   41  sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking
   42  policies.—
   43         (1) Each Florida College System institution and state
   44  university shall create a sexual harassment, sexual assault,
   45  dating violence, and stalking policy. The policy must:
   46         (a) Be included in the institution or university’s student
   47  handbook and personnel handbook.
   48         (b) Have a website dedicated solely to the policy. The
   49  website must be easily accessible through a link on the
   50  institution or university’s website homepage.
   51         (2) Each Florida College System institution and state
   52  university shall:
   53         (a) Create and implement a comprehensive prevention and
   54  outreach program on sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating
   55  violence, and stalking. The program must address a range of
   56  strategies to prevent sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating
   57  violence, and stalking, including a victim empowerment program,
   58  a public awareness campaign, primary prevention strategies,
   59  bystander intervention strategies, and risk reduction
   60  strategies.
   61         (b) Provide students with all of the following:
   62         1. Information on the program established under paragraph
   63  (a).
   64         2. The protocols for reporting an incident of sexual
   65  harassment, sexual assault, dating violence, or stalking,
   66  including the name, office location, and contact information of
   67  the institution or university’s Title IX Coordinator.
   68  
   69  The information provided under this paragraph must be given to
   70  students at student orientations and e-mailed to students at the
   71  beginning of each semester.
   72         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.