Chesterfield County School District

Safety. Empowerment. Education.

According to the Erin’s Law website, Erin Merryn is a childhood sexual assault survivor, author, speaker, and activist who has been urging state legislatures since 2008 to mandate child sexual abuse prevention. There are currently 38 states which have done so, including South Carolina, which requires public schools to annually “provide age appropriate instruction in sexual abuse and assault awareness and prevention to all students in four-year-old kindergarten, where offered, through twelfth grade.”

Erin’s Law ensures that every student at Chesterfield County School District receives age-appropriate instruction on personal body safety and abuse prevention. We are dedicated to providing a nurturing environment where students feel safe to speak up and parents feel supported in starting these vital conversations at home.

What Chesterfield County School District Is Doing To Comply With Erin’s Law

1. School Counselors conduct classroom lessons around the topics of assault awareness and prevention. 

2. Secondary Health teachers infuse the topics of assault awareness and prevention into the curriculum.

3. Stewards of Children – Darkness to Light Sexual Abuse Training is a requirement for all educators.  (The district offers this training free of charge in February of each year.)