                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

TITLE IX AND SEXUAL HARASSMENT PREVENTION TRAINING; POLICIES (§ 22.1-23.5)

A. As used in this section, &#8220;sexual harassment&#8221; has the same meaning
as described in 34 C.F.R. &#xA7; 106.30(a) and includes sexual assault, dating
violence, domestic violence, stalking, and other gender or sex-based verbal or
physical misconduct.

B. The Department shall develop, in collaboration with organizations that serve
sexual harassment victims, culturally appropriate, age-appropriate, and
trauma-informed Title IX and sexual harassment prevention training modules and
shall make such training modules available to each school board for the
education of students in the ninth and tenth grades. Such training modules shall
discuss:

   1. Title IX (20 U.S.C. &#xA7; 1681 et seq.) rights and protections;

   2. The law and meaning of consent;

   3. Prevention of sexual harassment; and

   4. Reporting of sexual harassment.

C. The Department shall revise the Title IX and sexual harassment prevention
training modules developed pursuant to subsection B and make such revised
modules available to each school board no later than December 31 of each year to
ensure that the such training modules conform to the standards pursuant to
subsection B and comply with applicable state and federal law.

D. Each school board may adopt policies to require all students in the ninth and
tenth grades to complete the sexual harassment modules developed by the
Department pursuant to subsection B. Each school board shall also:

   1. Allow all such students to opt-out of participating in the completion of
   such training modules by request of the student&#8217;s parents if such
   student is under the age of 18, or by request of the student if such student
   is 18 years of age or older; and

   2. Ensure that all such students are provided information about school
   counseling services and the supportive measures and formal complaint
   procedures available to them, as required under Title IX (20 U.S.C. &#xA7;
   1681 et seq.), in the school they attend as part of the training modules
   developed pursuant to subsection B.

HISTORY: 2024, c. 805.