LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge is launching a series of workshops around the state aimed at helping educators combat dating abuse.
Rutledge on Wednesday announced her office is teaming up with the nonprofit group Break the Cycle to offer the three-hour workshops in late February and in March. Rutledge says the workshops will give teachers the resources they need to comply with a new state law that requires students in 7th through 12th grades receive instruction on dating violence awareness as a component of health courses.
Rutledge's office said it's committed to supplying schools with dating violence awareness materials.
Rutledge announced last year she would set up the workshops as part of a focus on domestic violence prevention programs.
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