chanel
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Under a new state law in New Jersey, lunch-line bullies in the East Hanover schools can be reported to the police by their classmates this fall through anonymous tips to the Crimestoppers hot line.
The law, known as the Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights, is considered the toughest legislation against bullying in the nation.
Each school must designate an antibullying specialist to investigate complaints; each district must, in turn, have an antibullying coordinator; and the State Education Department will evaluate every effort, posting grades on its Web site. Superintendents said that educators who failed to comply could lose their licenses.
Its not the traditional bullying: the big kid in the schoolyard saying, Youre going to do what I say, Richard Bergacs, an assistant principal at North Hunterdon High, said.
Its gossip, innuendo, rumors and people getting mad about it, he said.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/31/n...jersey-schools-on-spot.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1
You have no idea how angry I am about this. I will have students this year who will be sent out of class EVERY SINGLE DAY under the letter of this law.
"Girls are dumb". "Books are gay" "She's a slut". "I was on facebook last night and so and so wrote..."
I'm not risking my license. No more judgment calls. Let the parents and cops deal with it.