A bill for an act relating to mandatory reporting to the board of educational examiners of licensed school employees who engage in grooming behavior toward students.

HF 167 modifies the definition of "grooming behavior" for licensed school employees. Currently, school districts and agencies must report employees who engage in grooming behavior, defined as actions to entice or entrap a student for a sex act. This bill changes that definition to "the process of building trust and emotional connections with a student with the intent to exploit such student." This revised definition would be used when school authorities make mandatory reports to the Board of Educational Examiners (BOEE).