Child sexual abuse and human trafficking prevention programs
Effective Sep 6, 2025Ark. R. 2025-13 (eff. September 6, 2025)Arkansas Code § 6-16-157
(a) Each public school district and open-enrollment charter school shall:
- (1) Implement a child sexual abuse and human trafficking prevention program that meets the Arkansas Academic Standard for Health and Safety;
(2) Provide training for teachers employed by the public school district or open-enrollment public charter school on child sexual abuse and assault and human trafficking:
- (A) Awareness;
- (B) Reporting requirements; and
- (C) Prevention;
- (3) Notify parents, legal guardians, and persons standing in loco parentis to a student when child sexual abuse and assault and human trafficking prevention education occurs in the public school district or open-enrollment public charter school;
- (4) Allow parents, legal guardians, and persons standing in loco parentis to a student to preview curriculum material before classroom instruction; and
- (5) Allow parents, legal guardians, and persons standing in loco parentis to a student to exempt their child from the child sexual abuse and assault and human trafficking prevention program.
(b) Before grade five (5), a public school teacher shall not provide classroom instruction on the following topics:
- (1) Sexually explicit materials;
- (2) Sexual reproduction;
- (3) Sexual intercourse;
- (4) Gender identity; or
- (5) Sexual orientation.