MCPS "teacher who sexually abused my classmate had worked at a prior school in MCPS and was credibly accused of doing the exact same thing" #sexualabuse @MarylandSCCAN @paulpinsky @ericluedtke @clarencelammd #HB486 #SB541

On average, a school employee that has been alleged to have engaged in sexual
abuse or misconduct will be transferred to THREE different schools before they
are reported to the police.

Fix this system failure and support Senate Bill 541/House Bill 486 in Maryland! The
S.E.S.A.M.E. Bill (Stop School Employee Sexual Abuse, Misconduct and
Exploitation) keeps our children safe and protects the integrity of the education
profession.

Listen to the testimony below as a Montgomery County Public School graduate details to the Maryland House Ways and Means Committee what it was like to be in a MCPS middle school when his teacher was found to have sexually abused a classmate.

The speaker describes the case of Robert Ballmann who taught at Westland Middle School in Bethesda and was then moved to Frost Middle School in Rockville.  Mr. Ballmann victimized 
students at both schools.  

The practice of moving around school staff who have been credibly accused of sexual abuse of students is known as "passing the trash." 



Public Comment given before Maryland House Ways and Means Committee on February 14, 2019, on House Bill 486.