Hawaii SB453 mandates training for teachers and school staff on sex trafficking prevention and response.

Hawaii SB453 requires the Department of Education to offer training for teachers, educational officers, and school-based behavioral health specialists on sex trafficking prevention and response. The training covers methods used to lure children into sex trafficking, identifying victims, the effects of trafficking, and trauma-informed strategies. The bill also mandates making explanatory information about protocols for providing services to victims available to school staff at the beginning of each school year. This legislation aims to protect public school students from sexual exploitation.

Hawaii SB453 mandates training for teachers and school staff on sex trafficking prevention and response.

Hawaii SB453 requires the Department of Education to offer training for teachers, educational officers, and school-based behavioral health specialists on sex trafficking prevention and response. The training covers methods used to lure children into sex trafficking, identifying victims, the effects of trafficking, and trauma-informed strategies. The bill also mandates making explanatory information about protocols for providing services to victims available to school staff at the beginning of each school year. This legislation aims to protect public school students from sexual exploitation.