Sec. 801. Findings; Sense of the Congress
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The Congress finds as follows: To avoid negative attention and litigation, some local educational agencies have entered into agreements with employees who are suspected of abusing or are known to have abused students. Instead of reporting sexual misconduct with minors to the proper authorities such as the police or child welfare services, under such agreements the local educational agencies, schools, and employees keep the information private and facilitate the employee’s transfer to another local educational agency.
It is the sense of the Congress that— confidentiality agreements between local educational agencies or schools and suspected child sex abusers should be prohibited; the practice of employee transfers after suspected or proven sexual misconduct should be stopped, and States should require local educational agencies and schools to provide law enforcement with all information regarding sexual conduct between an employee and a minor; and Congress should help protect children and help stop this unacceptable practice in our schools.