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Panel considers narrowing loophole in school sexual-misconduct statute to cover contractors and volunteers
Summary
Committee briefed on HB 27-62, which would redefine who qualifies as a 'person in a position of authority for a school' to include volunteers, contractors and delegated personnel so that sexual-misconduct prohibitions apply even when the adult is not a direct school employee.
The House Judiciary Committee heard Feb. 12 from the Office of Reviser of Statutes on House Bill 27-62, which modifies the unlawful sexual-relations statute (K.S.A. 21-5512) by amending who counts as a person in a position of authority for a school.
Jason Thompson told the committee the change is primarily definitional: the statute would continue to prohibit sexual conduct by teachers…
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