Senate unanimously approves bill to curb teacher improprieties The Texas Senate unanimously approved sweeping reforms Wednesday intended to crack down on the growing problem of improper relationships between teachers and students. Among the provisions of Senate Bill 7 filed by state Sen. Paul Bettencourt, R-Houston, and co-authored by the rest of the senators: ‒ A teacher could be charged with improper relationship with a student regardless of where the student attends school. ‒ A teacher’s teaching license would be automatically revoked if he or she must register as a sex offender or receives a deferred adjudication of guilt. ‒ Principals, not just superintendents, would have to report teacher ... Continue reading... http://www.mystatesman.com/news/sta...teacher-improprieties/NZiB37jHOSbJCJMEj5ZKLL/
Senate OKs bill on inappropriate teacher-student relationships School principals and superintendents who fail to report teachers involved in inappropriate relationships with students could face criminal charges under a bill passed unanimously Wednesday in the Texas Senate. Sen. Paul Bettencourt, R-Houston, said he introduced Senate Bill 7 in response to an uptick of cases in the past eight years where Texas elementary, middle and high school teachers were found in romantic and sexual relationships with their students. In fiscal year 2016, the Texas Education Agency opened 222 investigations that involved inappropriate relationships. Many of these teachers, Bettencourt said, remain in the educational system even after their offenses have ... Continue reading... http://www.reporternews.com/story/n...riate-teacher-student-relationships/98925780/ Senate passes bill on inappropriate teacher-student relationships School principals and superintendents who fail to report teachers involved in inappropriate relationships with students could face criminal charges under a bill passed unanimously Wednesday in the TexasSenate. Sen. Paul Bettencourt, R-Houston, said he introduced Senate Bill 7 in response to an uptick of cases in the past eight years where Texas elementary, middle and high school teachers were found in romantic and sexual relationships with their students. In fiscal year 2016, the Texas Education Agency opened 222 investigations that involved inappropriate relationships. Many of these teachers, Bettencourt said, remain in the educational system even after their offenses have been ... Continue reading... http://www.yourbasin.com/news/senat...riate-teacher-student-relationships/669310710 Senate passes bill on inappropriate teacher-student relationships Under the Senate bill, a teacher would be charged with improper relationship with a student whether or not the student is in their district and would automatically lose their license if they have to register as a sex offender. It also introduces teacher ... Continue reading... http://www.bigcountryhomepage.com/n...riate-teacher-student-relationships/669368081 Senate passes bill on inappropriate teacher-student relationships Under the Senate bill, a teacher would be charged with improper relationship with a student whether or not the student is in their district and would automatically lose their license if they have to register as a sex offender. It also introduces teacher ... Continue reading... http://www.kagstv.com/news/politics...roper-teacher-student-relationships/421199725 Texas Senate passes bill on inappropriate teacher-student relationships Under the Senate bill, a teacher would be charged with improper relationship with a student whether or not the student is in their district and would automatically lose their license if they have to register as a sex offender. It also introduces teacher ... Continue reading... http://www.gosanangelo.com/story/ne...riate-teacher-student-relationships/98988992/
Lawmakers Tackle Plague of Improper Student-Teacher Relationships: Your Texas Roundup On Wednesday, Texas lawmakers took steps to tackle a “statewide plague” of inappropriate student-teacher relationships. Under a bill unanimously approved by the Senate, school officials who fail to report improper teacher relationships with students would face criminal charges, according to the Dallas Morning News. As the Texas Tribune reports, Senator Paul Bettencourt filed the bill, which is co-authored by thirty of his colleagues, in response to a rising number of school scandals in Texas involving teachers having sex with or romancing their students. Bettencourt said that many of the teachers involved in such conduct are able to be rehired in ... Continue reading... http://www.texasmonthly.com/the-daily-post/state-of-texas/
Time to end improper relationships at schools All 30 of them signed on as co-authors of his bill. Superintendents and principals could be charged with a state jail felony for intentionally failing to report allegations of an improper teacher/student relationship. Conviction on a state jail felony ... Continue reading... http://www.dentonrc.com/opinion/editorials-headlines/20170309-time-to-end-improper-relationships-at-schools.ece
Bill targets faculty who don’t report teachers In recent years, educators in Comal County have been accused and convicted of behaving inappropriately with the children they are charged with instructing. Since 2010, there have been at least three people charged and convicted with improper relationship between an educator and a student. State legislators are looking to pass a law targeting predatory educators as well as school personnel who protect them. Continue reading... http://herald-zeitung.com/news/article_21f5ddf8-0542-11e7-a37a-63d59b42d8ac.html
