North Carolina: ‘Heinous’ teachers lead to bill with tougher penalties for having sex with students

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    ‘Heinous’ teachers lead to NC bill with tougher penalties for having sex with students

    Legislation filed on Thursday would increase the criminal penalties on North Carolina school employees who have sex with students and on school administrators who fail to promptly report the misconduct. The “Protect Our Students Act” was requested by State Superintendent Catherine Truitt, who said the legislation was needed to address the “heinous activity” that some teachers were engaging in with students. The legislation comes after several cases of school employees being arrested for sexual offenses against students. “I sign license revocations every month, every month for teachers who have behaved inappropriately with students,” Truitt, a Republican, said at last week’s ...


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    The legislation also would make it a felony for school administrators not to promptly report teacher misconduct to the state.


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    Truitt says tough rules needed after dozens of NC teachers accused of sexual misconduct

    An average of 20 North Carolina teachers a year are losing their licenses or having them suspended due to sexual misconduct with students, according to State Superintendent Catherine Truitt. Truitt presented the sexual misconduct data on Tuesday to make the case for tougher penalties for sexual offenses with students. The state House K-12 Education Committee responded by backing the “Protect Our Students Act,” which increases the penalties for sex offenses with students as well as on school leaders who fail to report the misconduct. “This legislation before us today is to address a small minority of adults and proactively put ...


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