Parents in Hampton Township are pushing for change after they were notified a registered sex offender moved near an elementary school in the district.
Households near Central Elementary got a letter informing them an offender on the Megan's Law list had moved close to the school.
In Pennsylvania, there is no law restricting where registered sex offenders live in proximity to a school or child care center. Offenders may have residential restrictions under court order or if they are on probation.
"How did I feel when he moved in? Terrified," said Katie Wymard, a mother whose three children go to Central Elementary.
She is one of a group of parents in the district pushing to tighten the law, including a petition calling for change.
"We need to enact a law that requires a certain distance between where they can live and where our children are going to school and daycare," she said.
A bill introduced in 2017 would have prevented offenders registered under Megan's Law from living within 2,500 feet of a school or childcare facility. It did not pass.
Wymard is now collecting letters to send to state legislators asking them to reconsider.
Anyone interested in writing a letter can send them to kwymard.hamptonletters@gmail.com.