Wait, what? Yup, you read the headline right. Members of the NEARI and the RIUFT took to the state house to express the opposition against a bill that would make it illegal for Rhode Island teachers to have sex with their 16 and 17 year-old students.
via – GoodSchoolHunting
Yesterday at a hearing for a bill (HB 5817) that would make sex between school employees and students a crime—even after they’ve turned 16, the legal age of consent in Rhode Island—both teachers’ unions made their objections known. NEA RI didn’t have anyone testify but Pat Crowley did sign in to the hearing and note his opposition to the bill. I suspect the NEA also submitted written testimony. James Parisi of the United Federation of Teachers (UFT) did testify—in fact, we sat beside one another, each offering our very different opinions on the bill.
Is this real life? That’s not already illegal???
As it currently stands, Rhode Island is one of a few states where it is perfectly legal for teachers and other school employees to have sexual relations with their students once they turn 16. It’s literally a dirty little secret—almost no one seems to be aware of this loophole in the law and yet it leaves high school students without any protection from those who would sexually abuse them after their 16th birthday.
Nope. It’s legal.
Let’s be honest. We’ve always known that the teachers unions don’t care one bit about the students. Not one! Their job is to make money, plain and simple. They protect bad teachers and reward seniority over merit. They don’t care about the kids and their opposition to this bill shows it clear as day.
People love to talk about school safety when it’s about guns but what about also protecting our students from sexual predators? https://t.co/C48gOeQZoU @citizenstewart @TedNesi @tanzister @kathyprojo
— Erika Sanzi (@esanzi) April 3, 2019
Is there anyone out there who thinks it’s ok for gym teacher Brown to be bumping uglies with Becky or Chad in their office over lunch break?
And we wonder why our public schools are failing our children?
My God! The teachers unions don’t even want to protect them from sex abuse. This isn’t a complicated issue. Don’t bang your students.
Absolute bananaland!
