Dec 04, 2023 Criminal Records Checks Don’t Check Every Criminal Record By Debbie Ausburn A story out of Texas reminds us of the limits of many criminal records checks. A Texas school district discovered that a member of its...
Nov 04, 2023 Did Georgia DFCS Really "Lose" 1800 Children? By Debbie Ausburn News media and politicians are hyping a new report that Georgia DFCS lost track of 1790 children between 2018 and 2022. The implication...
Nov 01, 2023 If You See Sexting, You May Have to Report Sexting By Debbie Ausburn I posted earlier about laws that allow children to be prosecuted for sending nude pictures of themselves to other people. The situation...
Oct 31, 2023 Regulators Go Aggressively After Facebook Parent for Kids' Privacy Violations By Mitzi Hill Attorneys general and other regulators from more than half the states in the US brought federal and state actions against Meta in...
Oct 30, 2023 New York Rolls Out New Mandated Reporter Training By Debbie Ausburn In New York, only 25% of mandated reports are substantiated. For referral from educators, the substation rate is much lower, at 16%....
Oct 28, 2023 One Simple Way The Community Can Help Foster Parents By Debbie Ausburn Earlier this month, my TED colleague, Tom Rawlings, and I spoke at the Christian Legal Society national conference about ways that local...
Oct 25, 2023 Mandated Reporters Can’t Wait for Internal Investigations By Debbie Ausburn Police have charged a principal in Missouri for failure to report alleged sexual activity between students in the school. The students...
Oct 23, 2023 Yes, Children Can Be Charged with Child Pornography By Debbie Ausburn An incident from Ohio that has been making the rounds of the Internet started when a parent discovered that his 11-year-old daughter had...
Oct 21, 2023 School’s Transgender Anti-Bullying Policy Violates First Amendment By Debbie Ausburn The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals recently enjoined a school’s policy requiring “respect” of students’ gender identities. The court...
Oct 18, 2023 Understanding Mandated Reporting Obligations for Professionals By Debbie Ausburn One persistent question for mandated reporters is whether to report incidents when the victim is now an adult, but the possible abuse...
Oct 16, 2023 Eye-Popping Jury Verdict Against California School By Debbie Ausburn We have another eye-popping verdict in a child abuse case. Jurors in Riverside County Superior Court recently awarded $135 million to...
Oct 12, 2023 Georgia High School Association Bylaws Rule Change – NIL Deals for High School Students By Christina Moore On October 2, 2023, the Georgia High School Association approved a Bylaws rule change to allow athletes from any sport to earn money for...