Sex Abuse (Regents Policy), 1985

Letter to Regents from Education Commissioner Gordon Ambach noting allegations of molestation of students by school staff, recommending legislative agenda to amend Child Protective Services Act to cover children in any institutional setting, including schools, February 12, 1985; press release re Regents proposal to crack down on child sexual abuse in school, February 22, 1985; letter to Regent Emlyn Griffith from NYSUT Vice President Antonia Cortese, opposing expansion of protection to children in school because it would damage teacher morale, March 4, 1985; response from Griffith, assuring that due process would be followed, March 11, 1985; text of proposed Regents rule prohibiting corporal punishment, with letter from Ambach, February 1, 1985