It's the Law!

Florida Statute requires school and other personnel to be mandatory reporters of suspected child abuse or neglect. 

Section 1006.061(1), Florida Statutes requires each district school, charter school and private school that accepts scholarship students under section 220.187 or section 1002.39 to post in a prominent place a notice that pursuant to chapter 39 all employees and agents of the district school board, charter school or private school have an affirmative duty to report all actual or suspected cases of child abuse, abandonment, or neglect.

WHO MUST REPORT ABUSE?

• Doctors

• Nurses

• Social Workers

• Police Officers

• Child Care Workers

• Any Witnesses

• Any/All School Personnel

Call or Report it online at: http://www.dcf.state.fl.us/abuse/report/

Click here for signs of symptoms of child abuse and neglect