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When School Employees Cross the Line with Students: What You Need to Know About School Employee Sexual Misconduct

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School employee sexual misconduct occurs when a school employee (e.g., teacher, coach, administrator, volunteer, staff member) sexually abuses a child (i.e., contact or non-contact) while caring for that child in a K-12 school setting. According to a 2010 Government Accountability Study, one teacher offender can have as many as 73 victims. For more information on how to protect students from school employee sexual misconduct, visit sesamenet.org For the full report, visit magnoliaconsulting.org/publications-reporting 93% of incidents occurred in public schools occurred in urban schools occurred in suburban schools 26% 37% Economically disadvantaged Schools' Student Demographics 53% 49% Minority Locations of Where Offenses Occurred 53% school/school event 51% outside of school 19% online 50% prior allegations made against them 36 Average age 78% White 67% male 7% prior arrests 21% coaches 68% general education teachers 9% music/art , teachers , Average age 15 56% female 1 in 3 offenders had multiple victims 116 Offenders had multiple victims 16% had 5+ victims 11% had 4 victims 27% had 3 victims 47% had 2 victims 62% high school students On average, offenders were sentenced to jail for 47 months 90% Convicted 39% Required to register as a sex offender 36% Paid administrative leave 24% Resigned
When School Employees Cross the Line with Students
School employee sexual misconduct occurs when a school employee (e.g., teacher, coach, administrator, volunteer,
staff member) sexually abuses a child (i.e., contact or non-contact) while caring for that child in a K-12 school setting.
According to a 2010 Government Accountability Study, one teacher offender can have as many as 73 victims.
This project was supported by Award No. 2015-CK-
BX-0009 awarded by National Institute of Justice,
Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of the
Justice. The opinions, findings, and conclusions, or
recommendations expressed in this publication are
those of the authors(s) and do not necessarily reflect
those of the Department of Justice.
For more information on how to
protect students from school
employee sexual misconduct, visit
sesamenet.org
For the full report, visit
magnoliaconsulting.org/publications-reporting
93% of incidents occurred in public schools
occurred in
urban
schools
occurred in
suburban
schools
26% 37%
Economically
disadvantaged
Schools’ Student Demographics
53%
49% Minority
Locations of Where Offenses Occurred
53%
school/school
event
51%
outside of
school
19%
online
50%
prior
allegations
made against
them
36
Average
age
78%
White
67%
male 7% prior
arrests
21%
coaches
68%
general education
teachers
9%
music/art ,
teachers ,
Average
age
15
56%
female
1 in 3 offenders had multiple victims
116 Offenders had
multiple victims
16% had 5+ victims
11% had 4 victims
27% had 3 victims
47% had 2 victims
62%
high school
students
On average, offenders were sentenced to jail for 47 months
90% Convicted
39% Required to register
as a sex offender
36% Paid administrative leave
24% Resigned
Questions?
Contact Billie-Jo Grant, Ph.D.
bgrant@magnoliaconsulting.org
805-550-9132
An estimated 1 in 10 students will experience school employee sexual misconduct
by the time they graduate from high school.
Mobile
devices
were the
most
common
use of
technology
52%
Share your thoughts
Approximately 3 out of 4 offenders used technology to communicate with victim(s)
79% Contact
Non-Contact
14%
Both
8%
Types of Misconduct
Victims Offenders
of incidents occurred in
the southern region of the U.S.
52%
In 2014, there were 361
published cases of
school employee sexual
misconduct in the U.S.
What You Can Do
Source: Stop Educator Sexual Abuse, Misconduct and Exploitation (SESAME)
www.sesamenet.org, Google Alerts
what you need to know about school employee sexual misconduct
Source: U.S. Department of Education [ED]. (2004). Educator sexual misconduct: A
synthesis of existing literature. Washington, DC: Office of the Under Secretary.
Source: Government Accountability Office. (2010). K–12 education: Selected cases of
public and private schools that hired or retained individuals with histories of sexual
misconduct. United States Government Accountability Office, GAO-11-200.
Ateacher will be transferred to three different schools before they are reported to the police.
This practice is called Passing the Trash.
Source: Government Accountability Office. (2010). K–12 education: Selected cases of public and private schools that hired or retained individuals with histories
of sexual misconduct. United States Government Accountability Office, GAO-11-200.
Due to rounding, percentages add to more than 100%
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