SB 171 Wisconsin Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Relating to: requiring child sexual abuse prevention education. (FE)

SB 171 requires all public school districts to implement age-appropriate child sexual abuse prevention education for students in 4-year-old kindergarten through 12th grade starting in the 2026-2027 school year. The law mandates specific curriculum content, including anatomical terms, setting personal boundaries, identifying safe/unsafe touch, recognizing abuse signs, and reporting procedures. Schools must provide parents with program outlines, timing details, and educational materials about abuse prevention and vulnerability factors before instruction begins. Parents may opt their child out of the program with a written request, but schools must still share the educational resources with them.
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Apr 2025
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Introduced Apr 3, 2025 Last action Mar 23, 2026
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Oct 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
Report passage recommended by Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families, Ayes 5, Noes 0
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Apr 3, 2025
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Introduced by Senators James, Jacque, Cabral-Guevara and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Representatives Gundrum, Snyder, Dittrich, Behnke, Donovan, Kitchens, Kreibich, Moses, Mursau, O'Connor, Piwowarczyk and Subeck
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