Lawmakers clamp down on child abuse at early learning centers

Sen. Regina Barrow proposed a bill to protect children at early learning centers. (Photo courtesy of the Louisiana Senate)
Sen. Regina Barrow proposed a bill to protect children at early learning centers. (Photo courtesy of the Louisiana Senate)

The Louisiana Senate Health and Welfare Committee advanced legislation this week aimed at closing gaps in child abuse investigations at early learning centers. The bill moved forward following a heartbreaking testimony from a family whose three-year-old daughter was sexually assaulted by a classmate at an unlicensed private school. Senate Bill 41, introduced by Sen. Regina Barrow, D-Baton Rouge, a…