Currently, a registrant who has a child enrolled in a school is able to be present on school property to drop off and pick up their child and attend school functions when their children are concerned.
A proposed bill will stop that. The bill will require the registrant to first undergo a public hearing at which other parents will be able to chime in. A public shaming, in other words.
One news station reporting on the bill has put up a poll, asking whether registrant parents should be allowed on school campuses where their children attend.
You can vote and chime in here: http://wtvr.com/2015/02/03/should-sex-offenders-be-allowed-to-visit-their-own-child-at-school/
I have never heard of a case where a convicted sex offender molested a child on school property during school hours. This is much ado about nothing. So if a child is having issues at school and the parent needs to go in for a conference, he/she would have to post a two week notice and conduct a public hearing before the issues could be addressed? Please. Such foolish restrictions end up hurting the children of the FORMER offender and do not protect anyone. The “danger” is purely imaginary. This proposed legislation is tantamount to putting justice in the hands of a lynch mob. It is time to tune into facts and reality instead of ignorance-fueled hysteria.
Another political move to get more votes from scared parents. Besides sounding like the Salem Witch trials. what about the shame and ridicule of the children of the Sex Offenders? That is putting a Scarlet letter on them also. When are we going to stop this insanity! Is this an effort by Congress to make voters happy? Trying to up their approval rating that is low?