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Senate Bill\u00a01059\u00a0would ensure child welfare reports made by educators are\u00a0prioritized<\/i><\/div>\n
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LANSING, Mich.\u00a0(July\u00a07,\u00a02026) \u2014\u00a0Last week,\u00a0Sen.\u00a0<\/span>Jeremy Moss<\/b> (D-Bloomfield) introduced Senate Bill\u00a0<\/span>1059<\/u><\/a><\/span>, a critical piece of legislation that would require Children\u2019s Protective Services (CPS) to prioritize claims filed by school officials. This legislation was introduced\u00a0<\/span>in response to an incident of child abuse in Sen. Moss\u2019 district<\/u><\/a><\/span>, where educators submitted eight separate complaints to CPS spanning over three years \u2014 all of which were valid but closed without action.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen school officials \u2014 who are already mandatory reporters \u2014 spot signs of child abuse, their reports must be treated seriously. But multiple complaints to CPS from a Pontiac school fell through the cracks, and the child only received help when the abuse became life-threatening. This is inexcusable,\u201d said Sen.\u00a0<\/span>Moss.<\/b> \u201cThe Pontiac principal did everything right, and we must make sure that CPS prioritizes the reports from educators who care deeply about the welfare of their students.\u201d<\/p>\n

In March, the Senate\u00a0unanimously\u00a0passed Senate\u00a0Bill\u00a0<\/span>429<\/u><\/a><\/span>,\u00a0additional\u00a0legislation\u00a0championed by\u00a0Sen.\u00a0<\/span>Moss\u00a0<\/span><\/b>that\u00a0aims to safeguard\u00a0vulnerable Michigan children,\u00a0<\/span>stemming from another high-profile case of abuse in his district<\/u><\/a><\/span>. This bill would require that students transferring from one school to another are not disenrolled until their records are accepted by the new school, ensuring no children are unreachable for welfare checks and services.<\/p>\n

Senate Bill\u00a01059\u00a0now heads to the Senate Committee on Housing and Human Services for further consideration<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Senate Bill\u00a01059\u00a0would ensure child welfare reports made by educators are\u00a0prioritized LANSING, Mich.\u00a0(July\u00a07,\u00a02026) \u2014\u00a0Last week,\u00a0Sen.\u00a0Jeremy Moss (D-Bloomfield) introduced Senate Bill\u00a01059, a critical piece of legislation that would require Children\u2019s Protective Services […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8398,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","twitterCardType":"","cardImageID":0,"cardImage":"","cardTitle":"","cardDesc":"","cardImageAlt":"","cardPlayer":"","cardPlayerWidth":0,"cardPlayerHeight":0,"cardPlayerStream":"","cardPlayerCodec":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-release"],"yoast_head":"\nSen. 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