Child abuse investigations in Pennsylvania are governed by something called the Child Protective Services Law (CPSL). Over the last two years, in the wake of the Penn State and Catholic Church sex-abuse scandals, there has been a push in the state legislature to significantly overhaul the CPSL and close some loopholes and ambiguities. The last and most sweeping of these changes, actually 23 pieces of new legislation, took effect Dec. 31, 2014. Educators are the group of professionals that are most largely affected by these changes.
Although there are several significant changes to the way child abuse is reported and investigated in Pennsylvania, the most significant change affecting educators is that the “chain of command” reporting procedure for child abuse is no longer acceptable. In fact, this is something that went from an accepted practice to a third-degree felony if the underlying abuse rises to the level of a felony.
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