When Sex Education Meets Mandatory Reporting

U Choose to Know Digest, 2020

As a teacher, you know that if you suspect that a student has been abused, or a student tells you about a situation that sounds like abuse, you must report it to the authorities. Although you hope you never have to serve in your role as a mandatory reporter, it’s important to be prepared, especially when you are teaching sex education and might learn things about your students that cause you to ask, “Should I be reporting this?”

Check out this U Choose to Know resource for examples and answers to common questions.

Contributing Staff