School districts move teachers who commit sexual assaults to other schools: Report

The report from the Defense of Freedom Institute, a conservative think tank, details several incidents of teachers in public school districts across the country who were accused of sexually abusing students and were subsequently transferred to another school where the abuse continued, a practice the report calls"passing the trash."According to the report, school employees who sexually abuse children are typically moved three different times before they are fired or arrested.

The report faults several causes for the pass the trash practice, including weak background checks and a lack of communication between school districts. The report also faults collective bargaining agreements made with teachers unions that allow employees to have their personnel files"scrubbed," thus ensuring future employers are unaware of an abuser's history.

The report notes that moving teachers who have been accused of sexual assault to another school or school district in fact violates the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, which requires states to enact laws to prohibit abusers from moving between schools and school districts. "This report uncovers failures at every level to protect students from sexual abuse in public K–12 schools,” Defense of Freedom Institute President and co-founder Bob Eitel said in a statement. “What’s most shocking is the lengths to which teacher union leaders will go to protect their members suspected of abusing students and the number of states that have ignored their ESEA ‘pass the trash’ obligations. It’s long past time for real action on this issue.

The Department of Education did not respond to a request for comment, nor did the American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association, the nation's two largest teachers unions.

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