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Today, my office released a statement #MoLeg's failure to protect kids in residential facilities like #AgapeBoardingSchool. Because even though Agape is closed, there are more than 30 facilities with similar licensing exemptions. 🧵dss.mo.gov/provider-servi… 
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — State Rep. Sarah Unsicker, D-Shrewsbury, released the following statement on the lack of action taken on House Bill 605 during the 2023 legislative session:
“My bill would have required all institutions that keep kids overnight to abide by the same rules and regulations as licensed residential facilities in order to prevent abuse at places where the state has no direct authority.
"But despite Speaker Plocher’s emphasis on protecting children, he refused to assign a bill that would protect children from physical and emotional trauma from even having a hearing in committee.
“In a year where the majority party claims to be doing everything in their power to protect children, I am disappointed they would continue to allow boarding schools to operate in Missouri with absolutely no state oversight.
As the example with Agape Boarding School shows, the laws we have are backwards as they protect facilities that harm children rather than children being harmed.”
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