Most Texas Teachers in Improper Student Relationships Are Never Charged With a Crime

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    Most Texas Teachers in Improper Student Relationships Are Never Charged With a Crime

    In some cases, public school teachers who participated in improper relations with a student move on to teach at private or charter schools, despite having their licenses revoked. A special report by the Austin-American Statesman found that teachers who engage in improper relationships or who may solicit sex with students are not always punished for doing so. The Statesman’s Julie Chang looked at 686 cases between 2010 and 2017 where public school teachers allegedly participated in flirtatious text messages, kissing, sexual relationships and other banned relations with a student within their school district. In more than half of those cases, ...


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