Wisconsin leaders want answers on teacher assault probe

(The Center Square) – The leaders of Wisconsin’s Senate Committee on Education are demanding answers from the state’s Department of Public Instruction following a report showing that 200 investigations into teachers for sexual assault and grooming were shielded from the public.

Rep. Amanda Nedweski (R-Pleasant Prairie) said that she plans to draft three bills in response to the report to create a grooming law, standards for communication between students and faculty, and to end a “loophole” where educators can surrender their teaching license rather than facing further investigation.