Child+Abuse+Reporting

=**Child Abuse Reporting**=

In accord with the Diocesan policy and California State Law, school staff is obligated, under penalty of fine and jail term, to report the reasonable suspicion of physical abuse, emotional abuse, emotional deprivation, physical neglect, inadequate supervision, or sexual abuse and exploitation. In this very serious and legally narrow area, the school will not contact parents in advance of making a report to legal authorities which would be procedure followed in most other legal matters. The clear intent of the law based on the seriousness of the crimes listed above, is to mandate that a report of reasonable suspicion of abuse be made. School staff will make the report to the proper authorities for their investigation and review.