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Child Abuse Reporting
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CHILD ABUSE REPORTING – REQUIRED BY LAW

                                        

Any staff member who has reasonable cause or reasonable suspicion to believe that any child under 18 years of age with whom he/she has come in contact has suffered abuse or neglect, or that any adult with whom he/she is in contact has abused a child, shall immediately orally report to the Oregon Department of Human Services, Community Human Services, or a law enforcement agency.

                                        

The building principal or supervisor is to be immediately informed. Staff members are required to provide the building administrator written documentation of the report. The form and procedures are available on the district server. If the report includes allegations of harassment or abuse between an employee and a student, the reporting person is to contact the HR Director immediately.

                                

Oregon law recognizes these types of abuse;

                        

  1. Physical;
  2. Neglect;
  3. Mental injury;
  4. Threat of harm;
  5. Sexual abuse or sexual exploitation                                                

                                                                                 

Failure to report suspected child abuse or to comply with the confidentiality of records requirements is a violation of state law and punishable by law and/or by district disciplinary action up to and including dismissal.

                                        

A staff member who, based on reasonable grounds, participates in the good faith making of a child abuse report shall have immunity from any liability, civil or criminal, that might otherwise be incurred or imposed as provided by law.