PENDLETON — The InterMountain Education Service District and its component school districts announced in a news release the winners of the 2022 Crystal Apple Excellence in Education Awards.
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ATHENA â Bailey Munck steeled herself.
In a few short minutes, the 17-year-old Weston-McEwen High School student would testify to the Senate judiciary committee of the Oregon Legislature via video chat. Munck fought her nerves as she thought about the intensely personal information she was about to share with total strangers.
The testimony on March 25 would be in support of âBaileyâs Bill,â named after her. Sponsored by Sen. Bill Hansell, R-Athena, and Sen. Kathleen Taylor, D-Milwaukie, the proposed legislation would increase penalties for criminal sexual contact with an underage victim if the defendant is the victimâs teacher. Currently, a coach convicted of sexual abuse (in the third degree) receives harsher penalties than a teacher who commits the exact same crime.