THURS: Maryland Guidelines and Best Practices for the Design, Assessment, and Modification of Physical Facilities and Spaces to Reduce Opportunities for Child Sexual Abuse

On Thursday, February 6, 2020, the Maryland Board of Works will take up Guidelines that were to  have been developed by December 1 of 2018.

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Maryland Chapter 31 of 2018 requires that:

On or before December 1, 2018, the Interagency Committee on School Construction and the State Council on Child Abuse and Neglect jointly shall develop guidelines and best practices for the assessment and modification of physical facilities and spaces to reduce opportunities for child sexual abuse.
Beginning in the 2019-2020 school year, each county board shall develop policies and procedures on the use and modification of physical facilities and spaces to reduce opportunities for child sexual abuse.
IAC staff have worked with the State Center on Child Abuse and Neglect to develop the attached guidelines and best practices. After adoption, these will be distributed to the LEAs and placed on the IAC’s website.

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