With a vote set today in the state Senate, local lawmakers are lining up behind a bill to require schools to try to prevent bullying and develop plans for reporting and responding to the problem.
“Kids need to know that they can’t bully other kids,” said state Sen. Karen Spilka, D-Ashland. “This is a step that we as adults and we as parents and we as staff of schools can take to show that we are serious about bullying prevention and intervention.”
The legislation, Senate Bill 2313, would prohibit bullying both in-person on school grounds and by electronic means.
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