Indiana education committee looks at sexual misconduct

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A group of Indiana lawmakers is looking at sexual misconduct in schools to see if legislation is needed in 2017 to help curb abuse.

Kelly Bauder, legal counsel for the Indiana Department of Education, told the Interim Study Committee on Education on Monday how the department revokes an educator's license if he or she is found to have sexually abused a student.

Indiana Prosecuting Attorneys Council assistant executive director Chris Naylor said he was concerned that the state's expungement law could allow teachers who have inappropriate relationships with students to slip through the cracks of a background check.