H.R. 2455 – Jenna Quinn Law

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The Jenna Quinn Law amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to create a new grant program that supports training and education about child sexual abuse in primary and secondary schools. It provides up to five‑year grants to entities that develop age‑appropriate awareness programs for students, train teachers and other mandatory reporters, and give information to parents and guardians. The law aims to improve prevention, recognition, and reporting of child sexual abuse among school communities.

Key Provisions

Adds a new “child sexual abuse awareness field‑initiated grants” category to the Act, allowing the Secretary to award up to five‑year grants for innovative, evidence‑based programs.
Grants may be used to improve student awareness, train teachers and school staff (and other mandatory reporters), and provide information to parents and guardians about preventing and reporting abuse.
Grant recipients must submit annual reports detailing participants, services, and outcomes.
The Comptroller General must, within five years of the first grant, report on the effectiveness of the funded projects.
A separate Comptroller General report must assess whether these projects duplicate other federal child‑abuse prevention efforts.

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Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Education and Workforce Committee

March 30, 2023

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Introduced in House

March 30, 2023

HouseIntro Referral

Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Education and Workforce Committee

March 30, 2023

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Introduced in HouseIssued March 30, 2023

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118th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 2455

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

March 30, 2023

Ms. Wild (for herself and Mr. McCaul) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

A BILL

To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to provide for grants in support of training and education to teachers and other school employees, students, and the community about how to prevent, recognize, respond to, and report child sexual abuse among primary and secondary school students.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Jenna Quinn Law.

2.

Child sexual abuse awareness field initiated grants

(a)

In general

Section 105(a) of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:

(8)

Child sexual abuse awareness field-initiated grants

(A)

In general

The Secretary may award grants under this subsection to entities, for periods of up to 5 years, in support of field-initiated innovation projects that advance, establish, or implement comprehensive, innovative, evidence-based or evidence-informed child sexual abuse awareness and prevention programs by—

(i)

improving student awareness of child sexual abuse in an age-appropriate manner, including how to recognize, prevent, and safely report child sexual abuse;

(ii)

training teachers, school employees, and other mandatory reporters and adults who work with children in a professional or volunteer capacity, including with respect to recognizing child sexual abuse and safely reporting child sexual abuse; or

(iii)

providing information to parents and guardians of students about child sexual abuse awareness and prevention, including how to prevent, recognize, respond to, and report child sexual abuse and how to discuss child sexual abuse with a child.

(B)

Reporting

Each entity receiving a grant under subparagraph (A) shall submit an annual report to the Secretary, for the duration of the grant period, on the projects carried out using such grant, including the number of participants, the services provided, and the outcomes of the projects, including participant evaluations.

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(b)

Report on effectiveness of expenditures

Not later than 5 years after the date on which the first grant is awarded under paragraph (8) of section 105(a) of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106(a)), as added by subsection (a), the Comptroller General of the United States shall—

(1)

prepare a report that describes the projects for which funds are expended under paragraph (8) of such section 105(a)(8) and evaluates the effectiveness of those projects; and

(2)

submit the report to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives.

(c)

Report on duplicative nature of expenditures

Not later than 5 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall—

(1)

prepare a report that examines whether the projects described in subsection (b) are duplicative of other activities supported by Federal funds; and

(2)

submit the report to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives.