Under NYS Law, individuals in certain occupations have a legal obligation to report suspected child maltreatment or abuse to child protective services, and we call these people “Mandated Reporters”. Most Mandated Reporters know they are mandated reporters , but if you’re unsure, please check the list. Coincidentally, many employees are also “Mandated Reporters”.
Mandated Reporters are required to contact the New York Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment. Once a report has been made, the employee must notify the ‘person in charge of that institution’, for which SU has designated the Title IX coordinator Sheila Johnson-Willis.
As a University community member and employee, we are all designated as “responsible employees” and therefore must disclose information related to, among other things, sexual misconduct, to the Title IX Coordinator. The exceptions to this policy are confidential sources.