February 24, 2017      4:07 PM

Researcher calls code of educator ethics the missing piece in inappropriate teacher-student relationships

In the case of teachers, a code of ethics would guide pre-service training, be incorporated into professional development and provide a launching pad for colleagues to share important decision points

New bills to address inappropriate teacher-student relationships have everything in them, except the one thing experts consider important to prevent so-called “pass the trash” in the first place: a code of ethics.

“Passing the trash” is the crude term for moving a potentially problematic teacher from one campus to another or one district to another.

The Senate Education Committee rolled out two bills to combat inappropriate relationships: Sen. Paul Bettencourt’s, R-Houston, Senate Bill 7 and Sen. Van Taylor’s, R-Plano, much more extensive Senate Bill 653. Bettencourt said his goal was to stamp out a problem that has appeared to have skyrocketed in recent years.

By Kimberly Reeves

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