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Lawmakers debate notifications for juvenile sex offenders in school

By "eAdvocate"

1-27-2011 Washington: OLYMPIA, Wash. -- If a juvenile sex offender is attending a school, who should know about it? The principal? Teachers? Parents? Lawmakers discussed the tough issue during a public hearing in Olympia Wednesday afternoon. Rep. Kirk Pearson is pushing a bill that would require notification of parents, staff and adult students when a juvenile sex offender attends a school. Under current law, only principals and those who supervise the student are notified. "Notification like this is powerful," Pearson testified. "When you have information like this out, a juvenile sex offender knows they're being watched by people." But opponents of the bill say such broad notification would make it difficult for the juvenile sex offenders...continue to full post

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