HR 2268
115th Congress
House
Crime and Law Enforcement
Crime victims
Crimes against children
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Human trafficking
Sex offenses
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Worker safety and health
Empowering Educators to Prevent Trafficking Act
Introduced: May 1, 2017
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Became law
May 1, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
May 1, 2017
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Empowering Educators to Prevent Trafficking Act
This bill authorizes the Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to award grants to local educational agencies: (1) to train school staff to recognize and respond to signs of labor and sex trafficking, and (2) to provide classroom curricula to students on how to avoid becoming victims of labor and sex trafficking.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Committees of jurisdiction
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