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Senate Passes Bill to Protect Teens From Sexual Predators at Schools
Andrew J Lanza
May 14, 2012
The New York State Senate today passed legislation that would make it a crime for school employees to engage in sexual activity with students, including those who are older than New York’s legal age of consent. The bill (
S.6714
), cosponsored by Senator Andrew Lanza, addresses inappropriate student-school employee relationships by criminalizing sexual conduct between school employees and full-time students of elementary and secondary schools.
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