"A new bill, which is poised to pass the Legislature in the coming days, would give local and state officials more tools to identify and combat sexual abuse, and educate students to better identify the most common signs of grooming behavior. Senate Bill 848, or "Safe Learning Environments Act," was authored by Sen. Sasha Renée Pérez, a Democrat from Alhambra, in response to an investigative report in Business Insider, The Predators' Playground."
"The steady drumbeat of stories in recent years about educator sexual abuse in K-12 school districts across California shows the scope of misconduct is much wider than previously known. Yet the stories only hint at how common sexual harassment and grooming behavior has become in schools, with the best available data from the U.S. Education Department suggesting that 1 in 10 children is targeted for grooming at some point in their K-12 education."
Educator sexual misconduct in California ranges from arrests and convictions to multi-million-dollar jury verdicts, revealing broad systemic problems in K-12 schools. Federal data indicate roughly one in ten children may be targeted for grooming during K-12 education. Senate Bill 848, the Safe Learning Environments Act, would provide local and state officials with additional tools to identify and combat sexual abuse and would require student education on common signs of grooming. Revelations of long-running misconduct at one high school spawned multiple civil lawsuits and a state Bureau of Children's Justice inquiry. Advocates cite a lack of comprehensive standardized prevention and call for stronger preventative measures to protect students.
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