Amador County – An Amador High School teacher was charge last week with a misdemeanor for failing to report child abuse.

Amador County District Attorney Todd Riebe announced March 9 that a teacher in the Amador County Unified School District has been charged with failing to report child abuse. Riebe said his office has “filed a misdemeanor charge of failure to report child abuse against Amador High School teacher, Lori Thomas, 43.”

Riebe said “under state law, teachers are mandated to report instances of child abuse that they gain knowledge of in the scope of their employment when they know or reasonably suspect the child to be the victim of child abuse or neglect.”

He said a “report must be made to law enforcement or other appropriate agency immediately or as soon as is practicably possible by telephone and followed up by a written report within 36 hours of receiving the information.”

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