Intro: Legislators agree action must be taken to prevent sexual abuse in Missouri Schools.
Emily Rau (Ra-Ow) has more from Jefferson City. Legislators are fed up with the amount of sexual misconduct in Missouri schools.
Republican Representative Jane Cunningham says a main purpose for the bill she is sponsoring is to protect victims who are too scared to protect themselves.
The bill also requires annual background checks for school employees.
A study by the Associated Press shows that Missouri is the eleventh worst state in the country for cases of sexual misconduct committed by educators.
Reporting from the Capitol, I'm Emily Rau.
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Description: They are scared to death and it takes them years, sometimes decades to ever come forward about this. So we've also removed the statute of limitations because sexual misconduct between a teacher and a child is never casual sex.
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