chanel
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The Anti Bullying Bill of Rights, announced at an emotional news conference attended by parents, lawmakers and adults who had been bullied in school, would require training for nearly all school employees on how to spot, prevent and report acts of intimidation. Each district must form a school safety team that reviews complaints, lead by a counselor designated as an anti-bullying specialist.
Four major points of proposed legislation designed to combat incidents of bullying, harassment and intimidation at public schools and colleges:
1. Requires new teachers and administrators hired in the 2011-12 school year to complete an anti-bullying training program, and mandates all teachers must learn about bullying as part of the suicide prevention training they already complete. School board members would also undergo training.
2. Disciplines school administrators who fail to investigate an incident of bullying.
3. Includes harassment, intimidation and bullying in the types of conduct that may cause a student to be suspended or expelled.
4. Mandates school superintendents deliver a report twice a year at an open school board meeting on all acts of violence, vandalism, harassment, intimidation or bullying. The report would be used to grade schools and districts on their efforts to identify and respond to incidents of bullying under a program devised by the state Education Commissioner. The states School Report Cards would also include statistics about bullying.
The measure (A3466) would also require school employees to report harassing actions they learn about that take place off school property and those who dont could face disciplinary action.
N.J. proposal to toughen anti-bullying laws follows Rutgers student suicide | NJ.com
Another feel good piece of legislation that has no funding and adds another level of bureaucracy to already cash-strapped schools.
This infuriates me. The suicide at Rutgers was tragic - as are all teen suicides. But a team of "professionals" at the high school level would not have prevented a death at Rutgers.
This is not about bullying. It is about pandering to the gay community. Don't tell me that fat kids and ugly kids and kids with weird ticks will get the same attention. And no one is bullied more.