If you watch newscasts or sports programs, you already know about the child sex scandal at Penn State University.
If even a fraction of the allegations made against Penn State Assistant Coach, Jerry Sandusky are true, then he will spend many years in prison.
These events and the allegations of similar crimes at Syracuse University, are causing us all to look harder at what might be done to protect children.
Now New York State lawmakers are seeking tougher laws that would require college coaches and administrators to report cases of child abuse. The same is being considered in California.
The state of Connecticut has a new law that strengthens reporting of suspected child abuse.
Wisconsin's Governor just last week signed a bill that does the same thing. These laws are steps in the right direction.
It seems like common sense that when someone is aware of sex crimes involving children, they would immediately call the police. But as we've learned from these highly publicized cases on college campuses, it may actually take a law to force people to do that.
I'm James Smith.
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