What This Bill Does
This law creates grants to help schools teach students, teachers, and families about child sexual abuse. The grants support programs that teach people how to recognize, prevent, and report child sexual abuse in schools.
Who It Affects
Students in primary and secondary schools, teachers and school employees, parents and guardians of students, mandatory reporters (people legally required to report abuse), adults who work with children in professional or volunteer roles, and organizations that receive grants to run these programs.
Key Provisions
• The Secretary of Health and Human Services can award grants to organizations for up to 5 years to create programs that improve student awareness of child sexual abuse in age-appropriate ways, including how to recognize, prevent, and safely report it (Sec. 2(a)(8)(A)(i)).
• The Secretary can award grants to train teachers, school employees, mandatory reporters, and other adults who work with children on how to recognize and safely report child sexual abuse (Sec. 2(a)(8)(A)(ii)).
• The Secretary can award grants to provide information to parents and guardians about preventing, recognizing, responding to, and reporting child sexual abuse (Sec. 2(a)(8)(A)(iii)).
• Organizations receiving grants must submit annual reports to the Secretary describing the number of participants, services provided, and outcomes of their programs (Sec. 2(a)(8)(B)).
• The Comptroller General of the United States must evaluate the effectiveness of funded projects and report to Congress within 5 years (Sec. 2(b)).
What Changes
A new grant program is added to the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act. Schools and organizations can now apply for federal funding to develop child sexual abuse awareness and prevention programs for students, staff, and families.
Important Definitions
None defined in bill text.
138 STAT. 2662
PUBLIC LAW 118–193—DEC. 23, 2024
Public Law 118–193
118th Congress
An Act
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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Jenna Quinn Law’’.
SEC. 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, innova-
tive, 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 chil-
dren 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 guard-
ians 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.’’.
(b) REPORT ON EFFECTIVENESS OF EXPENDITURES.—Not later
than 5 years after the date on which the first grant is awarded
Time periods.
42 USC 5101
note.
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138 STAT. 2663
PUBLIC LAW 118–193—DEC. 23, 2024
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 1147 (H.R. 7233):
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 118–767 (Comm. on Education and the Workforce) accom-
panying H.R. 7233.
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 170 (2024):
Feb. 9, considered and passed Senate.
Dec. 17, considered and passed House.
Æ
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, Edu-
cation, Labor, and Pensions and the Committee on Finance
of the Senate and the Committee on Education and the
Workforce and the Committee on Ways and Means 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, Edu-
cation, Labor, and Pensions and the Committee on Finance
of the Senate and the Committee on Education and the
Workforce and the Committee on Ways and Means of the
House of Representatives.
Approved December 23, 2024.
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