191st Massachusetts Legislative Session Ends Hours Before New One Begins

191st Massachusetts Legislative Session Ends Hours Before New One Begins

Under normal circumstances, the 191st Massachusetts legislative session would have ended on July 31, 2020.

However, amid the coronavirus pandemic, House and Senate leadership indefinitely extended it.

New Hampshire’s Sexual Assault Law Strengthened To Include Student-Teacher Relations
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New Hampshire’s Sexual Assault Law Strengthened To Include Student-Teacher Relations

Tom Joyce

As of the new year, the grounds for sexual assault are different in New Hampshire. It now includes any sexual contact between school employees and students ages 13 to 18 at the school.

Previously, ithe law in New Hampshire allowed teen-agers 16 and older to be able to consent to such things, meaning it was essentially legal at the state level for some high school students to date teachers at their schools, as WMUR reports.

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