Relating to: required human trafficking and sextortion prevention instruction in certain grades and teacher training related to identifying victims of child trafficking and sextortion. (FE)

SB 839 requires Wisconsin schools to provide human trafficking and sextortion prevention instruction at least once in grades 6-8 and again in grades 9-12 starting in the 2026-27 school year as part of health education. The bill mandates that teachers receive training to identify children at risk of trafficking (under Wis. Stat. § 948.051) or sextortion, defined as threatening to release explicit material for money or more content. It directs the state to develop age-appropriate training courses in collaboration with child welfare and justice agencies. The law applies directly to public school students in those grade ranges and their educators, with implementation beginning in 2026-27.