Changes to New Hampshire sexual assault laws taking effect
December 30, 2020 GMT
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) Changes to New Hampshire state laws on sexual assault take effect in the new year.
Starting Jan. 1, the definition of sexual assault will be expanded to include any sexual contact between school employees and students between ages 13 and 18. The legislation was aimed at closing a loophole in state law that advocates argued enabled a Concord High School teacher accused of abuse.
Primo “Howie” Leung was charged in 2019 with sexually assaulting a student off school property in Massachusetts in 2015 and 2016. But school officials did not report him to police after he was seen kissing a different student in 2018 because state law allowed teenagers 16 and older to consent to such contact if they were not being coerced.
UpdatedMon, Dec 21, 2020 at 5:01 pm ET
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An SAU 8 educator has been placed on leave after a former student made accusations against the teacher. (Tony Schinella/Patch)
CONCORD, NH A Concord High School teacher has been placed on leave after a former student made accusations against the teacher claiming they were involved in inappropriate, online solicitation, according to Kathleen Murphy, the interim superintendent of the Concord School District.
The accusation against the teacher was made to an administrator in the district Wednesday. Based on the information, she said, Concord police and the New Hampshire Department of Education, which handles educator certifications and accusations against school employees, were notified.
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