April is Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Awareness Month, but what does this mean for K-12 students? Sexual misconduct from government employees is the number one disciplinary issue in public education. Despite this growing epidemic, law enforcement agencies are not consistently investigating or prosecuting these crimes against minors. If your child was sexually assaulted by a school employee, would the district notify you?
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Watch this Tennessee school board member tell a student, “You’re hot!” (April 2026) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=977US_SUGg8&t=4561s
InvestigateWest: WA agency disciplined 160 teachers for sexual misconduct since 2015 Many cases are shielded from the public (Feb. 2026) https://www.investigatewest.org/wa-agency-disciplined-160-teachers-for-sexual-misconduct-since-2015-many-cases-are-shielded-from-the-public/
School Board Integrity Project: Police report shows two Peoria Unified teachers allegedly engaged in sexual misconduct with high school students (Jan. 2026) https://www.rpredu.org/sbip/police-report-shows-two-peoria-unified-teachers-allegedly-engaged-in-sexual-misconduct-with-students
National Criminal Justice Reference Service: A Case Study of K-12 School Employee Sexual Misconduct (Dec. 2017) https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/252484.pdf
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