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Committee hears bill to require OPI curriculum on identifying and avoiding child trafficking
Summary
Senate Bill 107 would direct the Office of Public Instruction to develop middle- and high-school instruction to help students, teachers and families recognize and avoid human trafficking and grooming behaviors; supporters cited rising trafficking reports and links to Montana’s missing and Indigenous persons data.
Senator Susan Webber, sponsor of Senate Bill 107, asked the House Education Committee to give the bill a "due pass" after describing SB 107 as a preventive measure that would require the Office of Public Instruction to develop instruction and curricula to help middle- and high-school students identify and avoid human trafficking and grooming behaviors.
"What I have before you is Senate Bill 107 which is a critical component, of this legislature's responsibility to protect the children of Montana," Senator Susan Webber said. She described the bill as focused on students in grades between middle school and the end of high school and said it would aim to give students skills to spot signs and behavior changes that could indicate grooming or trafficking.
The bill’s proponents told the committee they…
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