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.