II 112th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1447 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 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.

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Short title

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

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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.

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Amendments to Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act

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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,. 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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,.

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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.

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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. .

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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. .

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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:

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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.

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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:

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Teen Dating Violence Prevention Innovation Fund

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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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