‘Faith’s Law’ looks to protect Illinois students from grooming, sexual abuse
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Subject: ‘Faith’s Law’ looks to protect Illinois students from grooming, sexual abuse Sat Dec 04, 2021 5:15 pm
This is a good law that will protect a lot of us when we are on the Internet. Anything to keep predators from grooming through any means is a good thing.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WIFR) - Governor JB Pritzker signed Faith’s Law on Friday. The house bill is named after Faith Colson, who was sexually abused as a high school student in Schaumburg, Ill.
It took time to get signed into law, but the house bill closes very risky loopholes in existing state legislature. Faith’s Law expands the definition of grooming in the criminal code from internet communication to acts performed in-person, through direct communication or a third party, or written communication.
The law also provides resources and protections for sexual abuse survivors and their families, and requires school districts to develop a sexual misconduct code for educators, review employment history, and raise awareness to teachers about what grooming looks like and how it effects victims/survivors of sexual abuse both physically and mentally.
“My goal in working on this legislation for the past two years has been to prevent other students from having to suffer as I did, and I am hopeful that with these new measures, schools will be safer and futures will be brighter. Protecting children and preventing abuse takes not just emotion but action,” says the law’s namesake.
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‘Faith’s Law’ looks to protect Illinois students from grooming, sexual abuse
Sat Mar 25, 2023 8:20 pm by Jamie
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