Dive Summary:
- Schools across the country have reacted to the Penn State sex abuse scandal by enacting new rules meant to prevent a repeat of those events on their campuses.
- At the University of Mississippi, a rule says nobody 18 or older can have one-on-one contact with a minor; at the University of Kansas, an employee who doesn't comply with rules about reporting sex crimes can be fired; and at Stanford University, its kids camps are being run in-house instead of independently by coaches.
- In all, an Associated Press review of 69 big-name football schools found that about 80% had either reviewed or strengthened their policies regarding minors on campus after the case involving Jerry Sandusky.
From the article:
... While schools were rewriting their rules, 32 state governments were also reviewing their statutes, with at least 18 adopting laws, most of them adding university employees and volunteers to the list of those required to report child sex abuse. ...
