f9a60d9c_bout_an_Athlete_Welfare_Policy__BILL_SUMMARY
[STATE] Florida [BILL] FL HB 1355, Chapter 155 [DISPOSITION] Enacted [BILL SUMMARY] 
Determines that any Florida College System institution, state university, or nonpublic college, university, or school whose administrators, faculty, or staff knowingly and willfully fail to report known or suspected child abuse, abandonment, or neglect committed on the property of the institution, university, college, or school, or who knowingly and willfully prevent another person from doing so shall be subject to fines of $1 million for each such failure. The bill would require anyone to report suspected child abuse or neglect to the Department of Children and Families (DCF) hotline and would require hotline operators to process all abuse complaints; any calls about abuse other than by caregivers will be forwarded by DCF officials to local authorities. Determines that DCF will promote public awareness of the central abuse hotline through community-based partner organizations and public service campaigns. Requires DCF to collect and analyze reports of child abuse and sexual abuse which are reported from or occurred on the campus of any Florida College System institution, state university, or nonpublic college, university, or school. Requires teachers in grades 1-12 to participate in continuing education training provided by the Department of Children and Family Services on identifying and reporting child abuse and neglect.
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