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Wednesday, 23 March 2005 19:00 |
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Two Tucson, Ariz. educators are going back to school to learn, when it comes to laws requiring schools to report child sexual abuse, the word mandatory means what it says.
Elementary school principal Julia Barwell and kindergarten teacher Connie Jensen are accused of taking too long to report to authorities that a five year old girl told a teacher she had been sexually abused. The matter was not relayed to authorities until days after the initial claim was made, and law enforcement officials suspect the child was reabused in the meantime. According to KOLD News in Tucson, the two can have their criminal charges dismissed if they agree to 50 hours of community service and 25 hours of training regarding the state’s child abuse reporting laws. Another teacher and counselor had charges dropped last month in exchange for attending training and have already returned to work.
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