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Bill would require superintendents to report alleged staff-student misconduct to law enforcement
Summary
Sen. Sparks introduced SB 12 24 to require superintendents to report alleged romantic or abusive conduct between staff and students to municipal or county law enforcement within 48 hours; the measure includes penalties for failure to report. Dozens of survivors, advocates and organizations testified in support; committee left the bill pending.
Senator Robert Sparks presented Senate Bill 12 24 to the Senate Committee on Education, proposing a statutory requirement that a superintendent who learns of alleged romantic, sexual or abusive conduct between a staff member and a student must promptly notify local law enforcement.
Sparks told the committee the bill mirrors existing reporting duties in the education code that apply to other entities and would make a superintendent’s failure to provide notice to outside law enforcement within 48 hours a state jail felony; the State Board for Educator Certification also could impose administrative penalties from $500 to $10,000 for failing to report.
Witnesses and survivors gave repeated,…
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