[Libs-Or] Mandatory reporting for libraries

Fri Sep 28 09:43:38 PDT 2012

Mornin', y'all.  I'll chime in with a related question for higher-ed folks:
how does this interact with FERPA? I assume that any reported situation
would have a paper trail to go with it; would these be educational records
for FERPA purposes?

And an unrelated question/comment - I'm assuming this law now covers most
or all statutory rape situations.  In the extreme form, this would mean
that any time we hear any unmarried under-18 students talking about their
sex lives we need to report - yes?  Or am I moving too far away from the
intent of this law?

Thanks for your input,

Scott

On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 9:27 AM, Hicks, Doris
<doris.hicks at cityofalbany.net>wrote:

>  Is there a conflict between the policies of mandatory reporting and of
> patron confidentiality if we report the name, address, and other
> confidential information of the patron suspected of child abuse or neglect?
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> We're working on something here at MCL--both a message for staff about
> their new 24/7 responsibilities as mandatory child abuse reporters and
> figuring out the training.****
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> The Multnomah County Attorney has advised us that all library employees
> should consider themselves responsible under this law.  It is a personal
> responsibility and it doesn't go away just becasue your employer has a bad
> policy or bad training or didn't tell you about it.  So we do all have a
> responsibility to make sure that our employees are aware of this.****
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> Our county attorney's office is working on an on-line training for all
> county staff who have this responsibility, but there are lots of potential
> sources of training.****
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> Also, our attorney advises that library volunteers are NOT included.  The
> language about volunteers that was in the original bill was removed
> purposely before the final bill passed.****
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> We'll be happy to share more when we get some messages finalized.  Though
> the law does not take effect until 1/1/13, we are hoping to get a message
> out to staff very shortly.****
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> Cindy
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> On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 10:12 AM, Maureen Cole <mcole at ci.oregon-city.or.us>
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> Hi all:****
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> Has anyone out there written new policy/procedure regarding library staff
> actions in light of the mandatory reporting law which now seems to applies
> to libraries? I know city attorneys have varying opinions about how this
> law applies to us, but ours is sticking with the ‘better safe than sorry’
> approach. We had some training by DHS today and it reminded me that we need
> to have something in place to guide us internally. ****
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> Thanks for your help!****
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