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Texas lawmakers moved in May to pass a bipartisan bill to tackle what some have called a “sexual abuse crisis” throughout Texas public schools.
House Bill 4623 was filed by Republican State Rep. Mitch Little in order to address the tens of thousands of complaints of sexual abuse alleged against Texas teachers, according to the Center Square. “We have a sexual abuse crisis in our public schools in Texas. It’s indisputable and we can’t look away,” Little said in an address on the House floor prior to the bill’s passage in mid-May.
“In 2019, this chamber established a mandatory educator misconduct reporting portal. Between September 21, 2021, and July 2024, there were 52,782 total complaints recorded against Texas educators,” he added. The purpose of the bill is amend the state code “to make an independent school district or open-enrollment charter school liable for an act or omission that is committed by a professional school employee against a student enrolled in the district or charter school,” including “sexual misconduct or failure to report suspected child abuse or neglect as required under state law,” the bill and article added. (MORE NEWS: Birthright Citizenship Debate Heats Up And Heads For SCOTUS)
“In the last three years, there were 6,888 reports of sexual and violent misconduct by public school employees against our students in the state of Texas,” he said. “As of July 2024, 6,654 of these allegations were left unresolved.”
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