Foxborough Town Meeting will decide whether more people in town should be trained to recognize and required to report suspected child sexual abuse, a broadening of state law that would need legislative approval.

The proposal comes from the Foxborough Child Sexual Abuse Committee, which was created in 2013 after a group of residents alleged they had been molested by a local teacher and Scout leader in the 1970s. The committee has trained more than 1,000 people in town since then to recognize signs of child sex abuse, according to former selectman James DeVillis, who became involved with the issue while on the board.

“I’ve learned to say this won’t ever happen again,’’ De­Villis said, of abuse. “But what we have been working toward is that if it does happen, it won’t go undetected. It will be exposed quickly.’’

The proposal would add all public and private school employees — not just teachers — to the list of “mandated reporters’’ of sex abuse suspicions.

All town employees, anyone who cares for children in a child care facility or works with children in Foxborough-based teams and youth organizations, and “any other person in a Foxborough youth organization who has contact with children’’ also would be required to report suspected sex abuse.

The list would apply to both paid workers and volunteers who are 18 or older.

The Special Town Meeting is scheduled for Feb. 23 at 7:30 p.m. at Foxborough High School.

Johanna Seltz can be reached at seltzjohanna@gmail.com.