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Germantown board approves child-trafficking prevention plan aligned with health standards
Summary
Following a new state law, the board adopted a K-12 child-trafficking prevention and awareness plan aligned to Tennessee health education standards; the curriculum will be age-appropriate, integrated with family-life instruction, and not require an opt-in parental permission process.
The Germantown Board of Education approved a child-trafficking prevention and awareness plan the district developed to meet a new Tennessee statutory requirement. Staff presented the plan and explained how instruction will be age-appropriate and aligned to existing health-education standards.
Mr. Right described the plan as a required curricular addition and said the district expects the Tennessee Department of Education to release additional guidance and materials. "It is strictly aligned to the health education standards and... would not require opting in," he said; staff added they will roll the training into existing family-life/health instruction so teachers who already cover family-life materials can incorporate the content.
At the elementary level staff expects brief, age-appropriate elements possibly delivered by counselors or as short videos; at the high school level the district plans to use intervention/impact periods to reach all students. Staff said the statute outlines developmentally appropriate content and that the district will provide details to families when state guidance is available.
Board members sought clarification about opt-out rules and delivery formats; staff confirmed family-life curriculum may allow opt-out but the trafficking-prevention instruction is a required health-standards item, not an opt-in program. The plan was moved forward on the consent agenda for approval.
