[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
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[S. 1447 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1447

    To amend the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act to 
 authorize the use of grant funds for dating violence prevention, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 28, 2011

  Mr. Crapo (for himself and Mr. Whitehouse) introduced the following 
  bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, 
                     Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act to 
 authorize the use of grant funds for dating violence prevention, and 
                          for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Stop Abuse for Every Teen Act'' or 
the ``SAFE Teen Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) About 72 percent of 8th and 9th graders report dating.
            (2) One in 4 adolescents reports emotional, physical, or 
        sexual violence each year.
            (3) One in 10 adolescents reports being a victim of 
        physical dating violence.
            (4) One in 4 teens in a relationship say they have been 
        called names, harassed, or put down by their partner through 
        cell phones and texting.
            (5) The severity of violence among intimate partners has 
        been shown to be greater in cases where the pattern of violence 
        has been established in adolescence.
            (6) Witnessing violence has been associated with decreased 
        school attendance and academic performance.
            (7) The Department of Education analyzed the findings in 
        the U.S. Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance 2009 study and found 
        that students who experience teen dating violence have lower 
        grades than their peers.
            (8) Students who experienced physical violence had lower 
        grades; 20 percent of these students had mostly D's and F's and 
        only 6 percent had mostly A's.
            (9) Students who experienced sexual violence had lower 
        grades; 18 percent of these students had mostly D's and F's and 
        only 5 percent had mostly A's.
            (10) Data from the National Longitudinal Study of 
        Adolescent Health found that teens and young adults in grades 7 
        through 12 who were exposed to violent crime (seeing someone 
        shot or stabbed) were 32 percent more likely to be victims of 
        physical dating abuse.
            (11) Bullying may be an indicator of future teen dating 
        violence behavior. Students who reported being physically 
        abusive in romantic relationships were nearly 5 times more 
        likely to report perpetrating physical peer violence.
            (12) There are serious public health impacts from teen 
        dating violence. Teen victims of physical dating violence are 
        more likely than their non-abused peers to smoke, use drugs, 
        engage in unhealthy diet behaviors (taking diet pills or 
        laxatives, and vomiting to lose weight), engage in risky sexual 
        behaviors, and attempt or consider suicide.
            (13) Teen girls who are physically and sexually abused are 
        up to 6 times more likely to become pregnant, and more than 2 
        times as likely to report a sexually transmitted disease, than 
        teen girls who are not abused.
            (14) Most adolescent risk behaviors, such as substance use, 
        unsafe sex, and violence, occur in the context of 
        relationships. Accordingly, school-based prevention programs 
        can equip all students with the skills and knowledge they need 
        to build healthy relationships and to reduce violence and 
        related risk behaviors.
            (15) Collaboration among community-based organizations, 
        governmental agencies serving children and youth, providers of 
        health and mental health services, schools, and local providers 
        of dating violence victim services is necessary to prevent teen 
        dating violence and abuse.
            (16) Teen dating violence is an important part of the 
        violence in and around schools, and an effective violence 
        prevention program meets youth where they are, in schools.

SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS TO SAFE AND DRUG-FREE SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES ACT.

    (a) Purpose.--Section 4002 of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7102) is amended--
            (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
        ``violence'' and inserting ``violence, including dating 
        violence,'';
            (2) in paragraph (1), by striking ``drug and violence 
        prevention'' and inserting ``drug and violence prevention, 
        including dating violence prevention,'';
            (3) in paragraph (2), by striking ``drug and violence 
        prevention'' in both places such term appears and inserting 
        ``drug and violence prevention, including dating violence 
        prevention,''; and
            (4) in paragraph (4)--
                    (A) by striking ``drug and violence prevention'' 
                and inserting ``drug and violence prevention, including 
                dating violence prevention,''; and
                    (B) by striking ``drug use and violence'' and 
                inserting ``drug use and violence, including dating 
                violence,''.
    (b) Reservation of State Funds for Safe and Drug-Free Schools.--
Section 4112 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 7112) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (2), in the matter preceding 
                subparagraph (A), by striking ``drug use and violence'' 
                and inserting ``drug use and violence, including dating 
                violence,'';
                    (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ``drug and 
                violence prevention'' both places such term appears and 
                inserting ``drug and violence prevention, including 
                dating violence prevention,''; and
                    (C) in paragraph (5)--
                            (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
                        (A), by striking ``drug and violence 
                        prevention'' and inserting ``drug and violence 
                        prevention, including dating violence 
                        prevention,'';
                            (ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
                        ``violence'' and inserting ``violence, 
                        including dating violence,'';
                            (iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
                        ``drug and violence prevention'' and inserting 
                        ``drug and violence prevention, including 
                        dating violence prevention''; and
                            (iv) in subparagraph (C), by striking 
                        ``drug and violence prevention'' and inserting 
                        ``drug and violence prevention, including 
                        dating violence prevention,''; and
            (2) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) in paragraph (2)(D)--
                            (i) in each of clauses (i) and (iii), by 
                        striking ``drug and violence prevention'' and 
                        inserting ``drug and violence prevention, 
                        including dating violence prevention,''; and
                            (ii) in clause (ii), by striking ``violence 
                        that is associated'' and inserting ``violence, 
                        including dating violence, that is 
                        associated''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (3)(B)--
                            (i) in clause (ii), by striking ``violence 
                        and drug-related'' and inserting ``violence, 
                        including dating violence, and drug-related'';
                            (ii) in clause (iii), by striking ``and'' 
                        after the semicolon;
                            (iii) in clause (iv), by striking the 
                        period at the end and inserting ``; and''; and
                            (iv) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(v) the incidence and prevalence, age of 
                        onset, perception of health risk, and 
                        perception of social disapproval of dating 
                        violence by youth in schools and 
                        communities.''.
    (c) State Application.--Section 4113(a) of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7113(a)) is amended--
            (1) in each of paragraphs (4) and (5), by striking ``drug 
        and violence prevention'' and inserting ``drug and violence 
        prevention, including dating violence prevention,'';
            (2) in paragraph (9)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) by 
                striking ``drug and violence prevention'' and inserting 
                ``drug and violence prevention, including dating 
                violence prevention,''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking the term 
                ``drug use and violence'' and inserting ``drug use and 
                violence, including dating violence,'';
            (3) in paragraph (10), by striking ``drug and violence 
        prevention'' both places such term appears and inserting ``drug 
        and violence prevention, including dating violence 
        prevention,''; and
            (4) in paragraph (14), by striking ``drug and violence 
        prevention'' and inserting ``drug and violence prevention, 
        including dating violence prevention,''.
    (d) Local Educational Agency Program.--Section 4114 of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7114) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(1), in the matter preceding 
        subparagraph (A), by striking ``drug and violence prevention'' 
        and inserting ``drug and violence prevention, including dating 
        violence prevention,'';
            (2) in subsection (c)(1)(A), by striking ``drug and 
        violence prevention'' and inserting ``drug and violence 
        prevention, including dating violence prevention,''; and
            (3) in subsection (d)--
                    (A) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
                        (A), and in subparagraph (A), by striking 
                        ``drug and violence prevention'' and inserting 
                        ``drug and violence prevention, including 
                        dating violence prevention,'';
                            (ii) in subparagraph (B), in the matter 
                        preceding clause (i), and in clause (i), by 
                        striking ``drug and violence prevention'' and 
                        inserting ``drug and violence prevention, 
                        including dating violence prevention,''; and
                            (iii) in subparagraph (D), by striking 
                        ``drug and violence prevention'' and inserting 
                        ``drug and violence prevention, including 
                        dating violence prevention,''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (6)--
                            (i) by striking ``drug and violence 
                        prevention'' and inserting ``drug and violence 
                        prevention, including dating violence 
                        prevention,''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``acts of violence'' and 
                        inserting ``acts of violence, including dating 
                        violence,''.
    (e) Authorized Activities.--Section 4115 of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7115) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A)--
                                    (I) by striking ``violence and 
                                illegal drug use'' both places such 
                                term appears and inserting ``violence, 
                                including dating violence, and illegal 
                                drug use''; and
                                    (II) by striking ``drug and 
                                violence prevention'' and inserting 
                                ``drug and violence prevention, 
                                including dating violence 
                                prevention,''; and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking 
                        ``violence and illegal drug use'' and inserting 
                        ``violence, including dating violence, and 
                        illegal drug use''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ``violence and 
                illegal drug use'' and inserting ``violence, including 
                dating violence, and illegal drug use'';
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)(C)--
                            (i) in clause (i), by striking ``violence'' 
                        and inserting ``violence, including dating 
                        violence''; and
                            (ii) in clause (ii), by striking ``drug use 
                        and violence'' and inserting ``drug use and 
                        violence, including dating violence,''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A)--
                                    (I) in clause (i), by striking 
                                ``violence'' and inserting ``violence, 
                                including dating violence,'';
                                    (II) in clause (vi), by striking 
                                ``and'' after the semicolon;
                                    (III) in clause (vii), by striking 
                                the period at the end and inserting ``; 
                                and''; and
                                    (IV) by adding at the end the 
                                following:
                            ``(viii) teach students the appropriate 
                        steps to take to address incidences of dating 
                        or sexual violence when it happens to 
                        themselves or others.'';
                            (ii) in subparagraph (B)--
                                    (I) by striking ``drug and violence 
                                prevention'' and inserting ``drug and 
                                violence prevention, including dating 
                                violence prevention,''; and
                                    (II) by striking ``violence and 
                                illegal use of drugs'' both places such 
                                term appears and inserting ``violence, 
                                including dating violence, and illegal 
                                use of drugs'';
                            (iii) in subparagraph (C), by striking 
                        ``drug and violence prevention'' and inserting 
                        ``drug and violence prevention, including 
                        dating violence prevention,'';
                            (iv) in subparagraph (D), by striking 
                        ``drug and violence prevention'' and inserting 
                        ``drug and violence prevention, including 
                        dating violence prevention''; and
                            (v) in subparagraph (E)--
                                    (I) in the matter preceding clause 
                                (i), by striking ``Drug and violence 
                                prevention'' and inserting ``Drug and 
                                violence prevention, including dating 
                                violence prevention,'';
                                    (II) in clause (i), by striking 
                                ``violence and illegal drug use'' and 
                                inserting ``violence, including dating 
                                violence, and illegal drug use'';
                                    (III) in clause (vi), by striking 
                                ``drug and violence prevention'' and 
                                inserting ``drug and violence 
                                prevention, including dating violence 
                                prevention,'';
                                    (IV) in clause (vii)--
                                            (aa) by striking ``illegal 
                                        drug use and violence'' and 
                                        inserting ``illegal drug use 
                                        and violence (including dating 
                                        violence)''; and
                                            (bb) by striking ``violence 
                                        and illegal drug use'' and 
                                        inserting ``violence (including 
                                        dating violence) and illegal 
                                        drug use'';
                                    (V) in clause (ix), by striking 
                                ``violent or drug abusing students'' 
                                and inserting ``students who engage in 
                                violence, including dating violence, or 
                                drug abuse'';
                                    (VI) in clause (x), by striking 
                                ``violent behavior and illegal use of 
                                drugs'' and inserting ``violent 
                                behavior, including dating violence, 
                                and illegal use of drugs'';
                                    (VII) in clause (xi), by striking 
                                ``violence and illegal drug use'' and 
                                inserting ``violence, including dating 
                                violence, and illegal drug use'';
                                    (VIII) in clause (xii), by striking 
                                ``Drug and violence prevention'' and 
                                inserting ``Drug and violence 
                                prevention, including dating violence 
                                prevention,'';
                                    (IX) in clause (xiii)--
                                            (aa) by striking ``violence 
                                        prevention and education 
                                        programs'' and inserting 
                                        ``violence prevention and 
                                        education programs, including 
                                        dating violence prevention and 
                                        education programs,''; and
                                            (bb) by striking ``resolve 
                                        conflicts without violence'' 
                                        and inserting ``resolve 
                                        conflicts without violence, 
                                        including dating violence'';
                                    (X) in clause (xvii), by striking 
                                ``drug and violence prevention'' and 
                                inserting ``drug and violence 
                                prevention, including dating violence 
                                prevention,''; and
                                    (XI) by adding at the end the 
                                following:
                            ``(xxiii) Peer support groups addressing 
                        dating violence for youth who have experienced 
                        violence in their dating relationships or in 
                        their families, which--
                                    ``(I) may be provided on campus by 
                                qualified school personnel or community 
                                organizations specializing in domestic 
                                and sexual violence prevention;
                                    ``(II) may include healthy 
                                relationships education that provides 
                                an emotionally safe and confidential 
                                setting for youth to learn and practice 
                                healthy relationship skills (including 
                                single gender programs) in a manner 
                                consistent with the requirements of 
                                title IX of the Education Amendments of 
                                1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.);
                                    ``(III) may include participants 
                                who are--
                                            ``(aa) youth who have been 
                                        victims of dating violence; and
                                            ``(bb) youth who have 
                                        engaged or participated in 
                                        dating violence behaviors; and
                                    ``(IV) shall not place the 
                                participants described in subclause 
                                (III)(aa) and the participants 
                                described in subclause (III)(bb) in the 
                                same support group.''; and
            (3) in subsection (d), by striking ``drug and violence 
        prevention'' and inserting ``drug and violence prevention, 
        including dating violence prevention,''.
    (f) Reporting.--Section 4116 of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7116) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``drug 
                        and violence prevention'' and inserting ``drug 
                        and violence prevention, including dating 
                        violence prevention,''; and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking 
                        ``violence and drug prevention'' and inserting 
                        ``violence, including dating violence, and drug 
                        prevention''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ``drug use and 
                violence'' and inserting ``drug use and violence, 
                including dating violence,''; and
            (2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ``violence and drug 
        prevention'' and inserting ``violence, including dating 
        violence, and drug prevention''.
    (g) Federal Activities.--Section 4121 of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7131) is amended in 
subsection (a)--
            (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
        ``illegal use of drugs and violence'' and inserting ``illegal 
        use of drugs and violence, including dating violence,'';
            (2) in paragraph (1), by striking ``drug and violence 
        prevention'' and inserting ``drug and violence prevention, 
        including dating violence prevention,'';
            (3) in paragraph (4), by striking ``violence prevention and 
        education'' and inserting ``violence and dating violence 
        prevention and education, education on building healthy 
        relationships,'';
            (4) in paragraph (5), by striking ``drug and violence 
        prevention'' and inserting ``drug and violence prevention, 
        including dating violence prevention,'';
            (5) in each of paragraphs (6) and (8), by striking ``drug 
        and violence problems'' and inserting ``drug and violence, 
        including dating violence, problems'';
            (6) by redesignating paragraph (9) as paragraph (11);
            (7) in paragraph (8), by striking ``and'' after the 
        semicolon; and
            (8) by inserting after paragraph (8) the following:
            ``(9) the development, demonstration, scientifically based 
        evaluation, and dissemination of innovative and high-quality 
        healthy relationship skill-building programs as a way to reduce 
        unhealthy or abusive teen relationships, based on State and 
        local needs;
            ``(10) the provision of information on dating violence 
        education and prevention, including--
                    ``(A) healthy relationships education; and
                    ``(B) data on the incidence of dating violence in 
                the school environment and relevant behavioral 
                indicators of exposure to violence, collected in 
                conjunction with existing relevant survey instruments 
                and studies, including the Youth Risk Behavior 
                Surveillance System administered by the Centers for 
                Disease Control and Prevention; and''.
    (h) Impact Evaluation.--Section 4122 of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7132) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
                striking ``violence and illegal drug use'' and 
                inserting ``violence, including dating violence, and 
                illegal drug use''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``and school 
                violence and the illegal presence of weapons at 
                schools'' and inserting ``school violence and the 
                illegal presence of weapons at schools, and the 
                incidence and prevalence of dating violence among 
                secondary school students'';
            (2) in subsection (b), by striking ``illegal drug use and 
        violence'' and inserting ``illegal drug use and violence, 
        including dating violence,''; and
            (3) in subsection (c), by striking ``drug use and 
        violence'' and inserting ``drug use and violence, including 
        dating violence,''.
    (i) Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Advisory 
Committee.--Section 4124 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7134) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), in each of paragraphs (1)(B) and 
        (3), by striking ``substance abuse and violence prevention'' 
        and inserting ``substance abuse and violence prevention, 
        including dating violence prevention,''; and
            (2) in subsection (b)(4)(A)(i), by striking ``substance 
        abuse and violence problem'' and inserting ``substance abuse 
        and violence problem, including dating violence''.
    (j) School Security Technology and Resource Center.--Section 
4127(c) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 7137(c)) is amended by striking ``school violence research'' and 
inserting ``school violence, including dating violence, research''.
    (k) National Center for School and Youth Safety.--Section 4128(b) 
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
7138(b)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ``such as substance 
        abuse'' and inserting ``such as dating violence, substance 
        abuse''; and
            (2) in paragraph (4), by striking ``school violence 
        prevention'' and inserting ``school violence, including dating 
        violence, prevention''.
    (l) Mentoring Programs.--Section 4130(b) of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7140(b)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)(B)(iv), by striking ``violence, use of 
        dangerous weapons'' and inserting ``violence, including dating 
        violence, use of dangerous weapons''; and
            (2) in paragraph (5)(B)(i), by striking ``schools with 
        violence problems'' and inserting ``schools with violence, 
        including dating violence, problems''.
    (m) Definitions.--Section 4151 of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7161) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking ``with respect to 
        violence'' and inserting ``with respect to violence, including 
        dating violence,''; and
            (2) in each of paragraphs (6) and (7), by striking 
        ``violent behavior'' and inserting ``violent behavior, 
        including dating violence,''.
    (n) Message and Materials.--Section 4152(a) of that Act (20 U.S.C. 
7162(a)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``Drug and violence prevention'' and 
        inserting ``Drug and violence prevention, including dating 
        violence prevention,''; and
            (2) by striking ``acts of violence'' and inserting ``acts 
        of violence, including dating violence,''.

SEC. 4. REFORM OF DATA COLLECTION RELATED TO TEEN DATING VIOLENCE.

    The Secretary of Education, in coordination with the Director of 
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other relevant 
agencies, shall collect data on the incidence of dating violence, 
sexual violence, emotional abuse, and relevant behavioral indicators of 
exposure to such types of violence, among individuals aged 11 through 
19. Such data shall be collected through relevant survey instruments 
and studies, including the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System. The 
Secretary shall publicly disseminate the resulting findings and data.

SEC. 5. SAFE SCHOOLS AND HEALTHY STUDENTS INITIATIVE.

    Section 4121 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 7131) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(c) Grant Application Requirement.--In order to receive a grant 
under this section, an applicant shall include in the grant 
application--
            ``(1) an assessment of the crime, verbal and emotional 
        abuse (such as relational aggression), and violence (including 
        dating violence) problems and needs in the community to be 
        served; and
            ``(2) a description of how the applicant will provide 
        program support to address the formation of healthy 
        relationships and the prevention of dating violence, as 
        appropriate.''.

SEC. 6. DEFINITION.

    Section 4151 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 7161) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (11) as 
        paragraphs (3) through (12), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
            ``(2) Dating violence.--The term `dating violence' means 
        behavior involving the use or attempted use of physical, 
        sexual, verbal, emotional, economic, or technological abuse or 
        other abusive behavior by a person to harm, threaten, 
        intimidate, harass, coerce, control, isolate, restrain, or 
        monitor another person with whom they have or have had a social 
        relationship that involves a physical, sexual, or emotional 
        component, regardless of the length of the relationship, or the 
        number of interactions between the individuals involved.''.

SEC. 7. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.

    Subpart 4 of part A of title IV of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7161 et seq.) is amended by adding at 
the end the following:

``SEC. 4156. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.

    ``Each State shall provide technical assistance to local 
educational agencies and schools in their efforts to prevent and 
appropriately respond to incidents of dating violence. To provide such 
assistance, a State may use--
            ``(1) administrative funds consolidated under section 9201; 
        or
            ``(2) other funds available to the State under this Act, to 
        the extent consistent with the authorized uses of such 
        funds.''.

SEC. 8. TEEN DATING VIOLENCE PREVENTION INNOVATION FUND.

    Subpart 2 of part A of title IV of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7131 et seq.) is amended by adding at 
the end the following:

``SEC. 4131. TEEN DATING VIOLENCE PREVENTION INNOVATION FUND.

    ``(a) Program Authorized.--From funds made available to carry out 
this subpart under section 4003(2), the Secretary may, acting in 
consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the 
Attorney General, establish a Teen Dating Violence Prevention 
Innovation Fund (referred to in this section as the ``Innovation 
Fund'') for the replication, refinement, and testing of model 
strategies and projects directed to youth to prevent and respond to 
dating violence.
    ``(b) Purpose.--The purpose of the Innovation Fund is to provide 
and evaluate dating violence prevention and early intervention 
education and programming for youth, including healthy relationships 
education.
    ``(c) Mandatory Strategies.--Strategies or projects implemented 
under subsection (a) shall include the following:
            ``(1) The enhancement of age-appropriate, culturally 
        competent dating and sexual violence prevention education and 
        healthy relationship strategies and projects to be administered 
        in school, in the community, or in health care settings, 
        including single gender environments, in a manner consistent 
        with the requirements of title IX of the Education Amendments 
        of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.).
            ``(2) The enhancement of collaborative strategies to engage 
        parents and caregivers in the prevention and early intervention 
        of dating and sexual violence.
            ``(3) Process and outcomes evaluation using a range of 
        qualitative and quantitative methods, including evaluations 
        that incorporate comparison groups when feasible.
    ``(d) Permissive Strategies.--Strategies or projects implemented 
under subsection (a) may prioritize projects that focus on youth ages 
11 through 14 and may include the following:
            ``(1) The enhancement of collaborative strategies to engage 
        youth and individuals who influence youth in the community, 
        such as teachers, school counselors, coaches, informal 
        educators, older teens, or other mentors, in prevention and 
        early intervention of dating and sexual violence and promoting 
        healthy relationship strategies.
            ``(2) The enhancement of social marketing strategies to 
        change environmental factors and engage young men, but not to 
        the exclusion of young women.
            ``(3) The implementation of a school-based policy to reduce 
        teen dating violence and promote healthy teen relationships.
    ``(e) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 
the Stop Abuse for Every Teen Act, the Secretary, acting in 
consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the 
Attorney General, shall submit to Congress a report on the activities 
authorized under this section.''.
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