Legislation seeks to close school sex abuse loophole Sexual assault survivors, parents and other advocates urged lawmakers Thursday to close a loophole in state law they argue enabled a Concord High School teacher accused of abuse. Primo "Howie" Leung was charged in April with sexually assaulting a student off school property in Massachusetts in 2015 and 2016. But school officials did not report him to police after he was seen kissing a different student in 2018 because state law allows teenagers 16 and older to consent to such contact if they are not being coerced. The Senate Judiciary Committee heard testimony on a pair of bills filed in ... Continue reading... https://www.lmtonline.com/news/educ...-seeks-to-close-school-sex-abuse-14998580.php
Legislation seeks to close school sex abuse loophole Sexual assault survivors, parents and other advocates urged lawmakers Thursday to close a loophole in state law they argue enabled a Concord High School teacher accused of abuse. Primo "Howie" Leung was charged in April with sexually assaulting a student off school property in Massachusetts in 2015 and 2016. But school officials did not report him to police after he was seen kissing a different student in 2018 because state law allows teenagers 16 and older to consent to such contact if they are not being coerced. The Senate Judiciary Committee heard testimony on a pair of bills filed in ... Continue reading... https://www.timesunion.com/news/edu...-seeks-to-close-school-sex-abuse-14998580.php
Legislation seeks to close school sex abuse loophole Sexual assault survivors, parents and other advocates urged lawmakers Thursday to close a loophole in state law they argue enabled a Concord High School teacher accused of abuse. Primo "Howie" Leung was charged in April with sexually assaulting a student off school property in Massachusetts in 2015 and 2016. But school officials did not report him to police after he was seen kissing a different student in 2018 because state law allows teenagers 16 and older to consent to such contact if they are not being coerced. The Senate Judiciary Committee heard testimony on a pair of bills filed in ... Continue reading... https://www.seattlepi.com/news/educ...-seeks-to-close-school-sex-abuse-14998580.php
Massachusetts rape case sparks bills in N.H. to ban sexual contact between teachers, students Lawmakers in New Hampshire submitted apairofbillsto the state Senate this month that would close a loophole in their sexual assault laws by criminalizing any sexual contact between school officials and students less than a year after a former Concord, N.H., high school teacher was arrested in Massachusetts and charged with raping a child. “I hope we can all agree that it is never appropriate for a teacher to engage in any sort of romantic or sexual relationship with a student,” N.H. Gov. Christopher Sununu wrote in a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday, urging it to pass the legislation. ... Continue reading... https://www.bostonherald.com/2020/0...sexual-contact-between-teachers-and-students/
State Leaders Seek To Close Sexual Assault 'Howie Leung Loophole' Legislators and advocates are supporting two state Senate bills they hope will close a provision in New Hampshire's sexual assault laws that allow officials in positions of authority to have consensual kissing and touching with children older than the age of consent of 16 that they have authority over, without facing criminal charges. The bills, SB 572 and SB 468, hope to close what has been nicknamed, the "Howie Leung Loophole," due to a Concord High School teacher, Primo "Howie" Leung, being accused of inappropriate behavior with a student who was 18, in December 2018 in Concord. The accusation led ... Continue reading... https://patch.com/new-hampshire/con...eek-close-sexual-assault-howie-leung-loophole
