Nicole Poore
- Democratic
- Senator
- District 12
Primary
This Act requires each school district and charter school to adopt a policy regarding appropriate relationships between school employees, contractors, coaches, and volunteers and students. The policy must include a provision establishing appropriate and inappropriate interactions; a prohibition against adult sexual misconduct; a prohibition against any sexual relationship between a school employee, contractor, coach, or volunteer and a student; an emphasis on the mandatory reporting obligations under ยง 903 of Title 16; a procedure for notifying the Department of Education and law enforcement of suspected adult sexual misconduct; guidelines for the preferred and prohibited methods of electronic communication; notice that substantiated incidents of adult sexual misconduct will be reported in future reference checks; and a provision requiring the development of hiring practices to screen for adult sexual misconduct. This Act will be implemented for the 2023-2024 school year.
Signed by Governor
Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES
Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 3 Favorable, 8 On Its Merits
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits
Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in Senate
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