TASK FORCE-SEXUAL ABUSE REVIEW

Amends the School Code. Creates the Make Sexual Abuse Fully Extinct Task Force to address issues concerning the sexual abuse of students in school-related settings. Provides for the membership, meetings, and support of the Task Force. Provides that the Task Force shall review the best practices for preventing the sexual abuse of students in a school-related setting or by school-related perpetrators, including school district employees or other students, how to best address that abuse, and the proper support for students who have suffered from that abuse. Provides that on or before January 1, 2020, the Task Force must report the findings of its review to the Governor and the General Assembly, at which time the Task Force is dissolved; specifies what the report must include. Repeals the provision on July 1, 2020. Effective immediately. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following change. Requires the Make Sexual Abuse Fully Extinct Task Force to report the findings of its review to the General Assembly on or before January 15, 2020 (rather than January 1, 2020). Effective immediately.