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Media scrutiny led the BC Ministry of Education to require reassessment and updates of reporting suspected child abuse. This study analyzes 50 current British Columbia school board child protection policies and procedures, examining stated training, resources, and support for helping teachers recognize and report cases requiring protection. Most boards documented procedures, but variation in policy detail suggested updates to align with current legislation and child welfare expectations. 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As a result of the intense media scrutiny, the BC Ministry of Education required all school boards to reassess and update their policies on reporting suspected child abuse. This article presents an analysis of (N = 50) current school board child protection policies and procedures in British Columbia and an exploration of what training, resources, and support school boards state they provide to help teachers recognize and report cases where a child needs protection. The review revealed that most boards had documentation. However, the amount of information provided by each board varied greatly. An analysis of the documents revealed some school board procedures need to be updated to reflect current legislation and expectations regarding child welfare. Policy recommendations are proposed based on the results of the study.  \nIntroduction  \nParents and the public must have confidence that the education system is  \ndoing everything possible to protect the children with whom we are entrusted.  \n—Margaret MacDiarmid, former Minister of Education (School District 42, 2010)  \nChild abuse is a sensitive and complex problem that is linked to difficult, value-laden issues such as social and economic status, family relationships, violence, and sex (Ahrens, Katon, McCarty, Richardson, & Courtney, 2012; Beach, Brody, Todorov, Gunter, & Philibert, 2010; Currie & Widom, 2010; Sousa et al., 2011) . For these reasons, full involvement of the community in the development and implementation of child abuse policies and programs is essential. Schools have been long acknowledged as playing a unique and important role in  \nidentifying child abuse. Canadian children generally spend 190 days in school each year; therefore, teachers and other school employees are able to notice small changes in behaviour which may indicate abuse is occurring. As such, schools are the largest reporters (24% of all cases) of suspected child abuse in Canada (Trocmé et al., 2010) . Due to the large number of reports made by schools, it is in the best interest of school boards to implement explicit, readerfriendly policies that hold the protection of children as paramount and abide with applicable child welfare legislation. Policies help support school employees by providing valuable information on the role and responsibilities of those involved in the reporting process, how and when teachers will receive training on child abuse issues, recognizing signs of abuse, and responding to abuse disclosures (Shewchuk, 2014) . Most importantly, policies need to provide detailed procedures in case the alleged abuser is one of the very employees the school board has hired to care for its students. In these instances, school boards must balance the rights of the child, the individuals accused of abuse, and the need for schools to work in a climate free of fear and suspicion. Therefore, the purpose of this present study is to examine the content of British Columbian school board policies on child abuse.  \nResearch Questions  \nThe following two research questions guided the study:  \n1) What BC school boards have publicly available web-based documents in place in relation to reporting suspected child abuse?  \n2) What is the content of these policies?  \nThis paper is organized into six sections. First, I provide a legislative review of major child abuse policies and policy initiatives from 1990 to 2014. Second, I include a narrative of recent child  \nabuse accusations against two teachers in British Columbia and the ensuing response from the Ministry of Education. Third, I discuss the method for completing the policy analysis. Fourth, findings are presented from the empirical analysis of 50 Brit","cbCairkVsvX0MZ9a","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCairkVsvX0MZ9a","pdf",637444,41,"English","# Introduction\n# Research Questions\n# Legislative Review: Major Policies and Policy Initiatives in British Columbia from 1990–2014\n## Major Policies and Policy Initiatives from 1990–2014","[{\"question\":\"Why did British Columbia school boards need to reassess child protection reporting policies in 2010?\",\"answer\":\"High-profile sexual assault cases involving elementary schoolteachers revealed the policies were “disturbingly inconsistent.” The media scrutiny prompted the BC Ministry of Education to require all boards to reassess and update their policies on reporting suspected child abuse.\"},{\"question\":\"What questions does the study use to guide the analysis of BC school board policies?\",\"answer\":\"The study asks which BC school boards have publicly available web-based documents related to reporting suspected child abuse, and what the content of those policies includes.\"},{\"question\":\"What did the review of 50 school board policy documents find and what changes were recommended?\",\"answer\":\"Most boards had documentation, but the amount of provided information varied widely. 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