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Committee hears testimony on human‑trafficking awareness curriculum; supporters seek a one‑hour unit, opponents raise curricular concerns
Summary
Representative David Richter presented House Bill 15‑69 to require trafficking‑awareness instruction for students between grades 7 and 12; proponents urged a brief, actionable lesson, while opponents warned about curricular framing and called for consent and healthy‑relationships education to precede instruction.
Representative David Richter introduced House Bill 15‑69, a proposal to require awareness and prevention instruction about human trafficking (the bill text and witnesses used both the terms “human trafficking” and “sexual trafficking”) for students sometime between grades 7 and 12.
Richter said the Office of the Attorney General has a specialized unit and could support training; he described the bill as flexible about delivery and said the AG’s office could play a “train‑the‑trainer” role. He asked the committee to allow school districts to decide how to integrate the instruction into…
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