Legislature revisits bills to criminalize sexual misconduct by school staff

Legislature revisits bills to criminalize sexual misconduct by school staff

After years of stalled attempts, Massachusetts lawmakers are inching closer to passing a bill that would prohibit sexual relationships between school staff and students as young as 16. The state remains one of 11 nationwide that does not criminalize sexual misconduct between staff and students who are 16 and 17 years old. For more than a decade, legislators have filed bills to address the issue, but none have become law.  Now, a pair of bills mo…