DANBURY, Connecticut, USA -- Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman was joined by state leaders, local officials, and representatives from Connecticut Sexual Assault Crisis Services to mark the passage of Erin's Law, a statewide sexual abuse and assault awareness program.
Signed into law by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy on June 11, Erin’s Law requires the Department of Children and Families, the Department of Education, and sexual abuse prevention organizations to identify or develop age-appropriate sexual abuse prevention programs to raise awareness of and prevent sexual assault for children from grades kindergarten through 12.
“Eradicating the culture of silence and isolation around sexual assault is key to protecting young people,” Wyman said in a statement. “Governor Malloy and I are committed to the health and well-being of Connecticut’s children and teens.
Erin’s Law prioritizes efforts to give students the language and resources they need to respond to a threat or get help if they are victimized. This is important information that can help keep young people safe.”
Connecticut Boards of Education have until Oct. 1, 2015 to implement the new curricula in grades K-12, which must include education materials and reporting and response policy.
Excellent! Good for you Connecticut. The law was named after Erin Merryn -
Erin Merryn (born 1985) is an American writer and activist from Schaumburg, Illinois who advocates the prevention of child sexual abuse. Beginning in 2010,[1] she launched a campaign to pass a law that would mandate a sexual abuse prevention curriculum in schools, and has since seen it successfully passed in several states.
Merryn suffered sexual abuse at the hands of a male neighbor at ages six to eight and from a teenage cousin at ages 11 to 13. According to her personal account, she told her parents about the latter after her sister confided that she had also been abused by the same relative.
The family pressed charges, and the cousin eventually confessed to three counts of child sexual abuse. The case did not go to trial, resulting in the cousin receiving "some counseling, but no punishment".
Erin's Law has been passed in 16 states: Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi, Nevada, New Mexico, New Hampshire, Arkansas, Utah, Tennessee, Connecticut, Louisiana, South Carolina, Vermont, and Texas passed a similar law called 'Jenna's Law'.
Erin’s Law has been introduced and is pending in many more states, including:
Delaware
Georgia
Hawaii
Iowa
Kansas
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Nebraska
New York
Ohio
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Erin, you are my hero. God bless you.
Signed into law by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy on June 11, Erin’s Law requires the Department of Children and Families, the Department of Education, and sexual abuse prevention organizations to identify or develop age-appropriate sexual abuse prevention programs to raise awareness of and prevent sexual assault for children from grades kindergarten through 12.
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| Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman |
“Eradicating the culture of silence and isolation around sexual assault is key to protecting young people,” Wyman said in a statement. “Governor Malloy and I are committed to the health and well-being of Connecticut’s children and teens.
Erin’s Law prioritizes efforts to give students the language and resources they need to respond to a threat or get help if they are victimized. This is important information that can help keep young people safe.”
Connecticut Boards of Education have until Oct. 1, 2015 to implement the new curricula in grades K-12, which must include education materials and reporting and response policy.
Excellent! Good for you Connecticut. The law was named after Erin Merryn -
Erin Merryn (born 1985) is an American writer and activist from Schaumburg, Illinois who advocates the prevention of child sexual abuse. Beginning in 2010,[1] she launched a campaign to pass a law that would mandate a sexual abuse prevention curriculum in schools, and has since seen it successfully passed in several states.
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| Erin Merryn Founder and President of Erin's Law Glamour Magazine's Woman of the Year |
The family pressed charges, and the cousin eventually confessed to three counts of child sexual abuse. The case did not go to trial, resulting in the cousin receiving "some counseling, but no punishment".
Erin's Law has been passed in 16 states: Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi, Nevada, New Mexico, New Hampshire, Arkansas, Utah, Tennessee, Connecticut, Louisiana, South Carolina, Vermont, and Texas passed a similar law called 'Jenna's Law'.
Erin’s Law has been introduced and is pending in many more states, including:
Delaware
Georgia
Hawaii
Iowa
Kansas
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Nebraska
New York
Ohio
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Erin, you are my hero. God bless you.
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