Teacher-Student Sex Penalties May Stiffen

[The Straight Story]

Teacher-Student Sex Penalties May Stiffen
Florida Legislature Considers Longer Jail Terms For Convicted Teachers

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Florida lawmakers are considering longer jail terms for teachers who take sexual advantage of underage students.

A House committee approved a measure (HB 819) Tuesday that would toughen penalties imposed on teachers and other schoolhouse "authority figures" convicted of sex crimes against students under age 18. An identical bill (SB 1334) has been filed in the Senate.

A number of Florida teachers have recently been convicted of luring underage students into sexual encounters. The bill applies to any school authority figure and any student, regardless of where they attend.

Prison time would be extended by 10 or 15 years or converted to life terms, depending on the crime.

http://www.clickorlando.com/education/22788681/detail.html

[Xipe Totec]

1. Stiffen? nt

[muffin1]

5. Yeah, that caught my eye, too.

:evilgrin:

[Robb]

6. Headline writing is a good gig. nt

[muffin1]

9. And writing employee manuals, apparently.

Back when we were still hiring at the video (!) store where I work, I had to go over this manual with new hires.
Under the topic of sexual harassment was:

Anyone who sexually harasses another employee will be subject to discharge.:P
It was 'hard' to get past that page without at least grinning.

[DJ13]

2. Will it lead to a spurt of arrests?

[Duer 157099]

3. That writer should be ashamed of himself

The second subtitle could have been:

Florida Legislature Considers Longer, Harder Jail Terms For Convicted Teachers

[Tommy_Carcetti]

4. That's what she said!

Sorry, I couldn't resist.

[Botany]

7. Cum cum ..... you people are so juvenile

[Fumesucker]

8. Young teacher the subject of schoolgirl fantasies.. n/t

[reflection]

10. Yes.

(insert 'hard time' and 'penal system' joke here)

[EOTE]

11. I guess we'll be seeing a decline in high-five related casualties in the future. NT.

[Warren DeMontague]

12. Huh.. Huh Huh Huh Huh.

Aeeeeeeeee!

[truebrit71]

13. That would make things very hard...

..for the convicted offenders that is....:evilgrin:

[upi402]

14. Longer, harder, uncut

prison terms. Cartman, is that you?

[BR_Parkway]

15. The Cougar Endangerment Act of 2010

[Chipper Chat]

16. Watch for increased false charges by vindictive students.

Unfortunately this happens much too often and ruins teachers' lives.

[Xipe Totec]

17. Lawmakers groping for answers nt

[petronius]

18. Sounds like they're really putting some meat into the law; no one will get off

easy after this...