If it gets to the floor for a vote:
Mike Schlicht, State Coordinator for NYHWA (New York Healthy Workplace Advocates) says they are “just two sponsors short of having one third of the Assembly signed onto their version of the bill.” But before that can happen, it still has to make it out of the Labor [...]
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By Cathy Hughes, The Times-Picayune
A bill that would make it a crime for one youth to send another an intimidating or threatening text, e-mail or computer message was reworked by a Senate committee Tuesday to make it apply to adults who harass young people.
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(NOTE: This bill apparently repeats the same mistake virtually every other jurisdiction has made when it comes to addressing off-campus cyberbullying. It incorporates the (ahem) “substantial disruption” standard of Tinker v Des Moines SD. As I have noted in the past, that is a standard based on age bias, since “disruption” is commonly interpreted by the [...]
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(NOTE: Part of responsible blogging is making a good faith attempt to provide different perspectives and opinions, which is why I’m running this. The author’s complaint is that the damage limits are too low, and suggests that higher limits are necessary in order for the bill be effective. My first reaction is that this might [...]
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Gov. Jennifer Granholm is using her weekly radio address, released Friday, to ratchet up the pressure on the state senate to act on anti-bullying legislation.
Legislation passed the Michigan House Thursday on a 76-29 vote. But it is now on its way to the Republican controlled state senate, which activists say has been the legislative stumbling [...]
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(NOTE: This article indicates that some legislators believe language stating that a single event might be sufficient to justify invoking a bullying prevention policy goes too far. Researchers are well aware that, while bullying is usually repetive abuse, a single event can sometimes be sufficient. The objections seem misguided and uninformed. – Mike)
STRATHAM — The [...]
Continue reading about Stratham School Board holds off on new bullying policy (NH)
New York State Senator Thomas P. Morahan, Chairman of the Committee on Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities today secured Senate passage of his landmark legislation (S.1823-B) which establishes a civil cause of action for employees who are subjected to an abusive work environment. The May 12 Senate floor vote was 45 in favor, 16 against, [...]
By Lauren Barack — School Library Journal, 5/5/2010
An anti-bullying bill, which Illinois Governor Pat Quinn is expected to sign shortly, is the latest in the country to specify protection for all students on the basis of their sexual orientation, gender identity, and expression.
So-called enumerated bills, these types of laws that spell-out in detail the type [...]
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By Jonathan Saltzman
Globe Staff / May 4, 2010
When Governor Deval Patrick signed Massachusetts’ first antibullying law yesterday, supporters heralded it as the most far-reaching effort yet by a state to deter behavior that has driven youngsters to suicide.
But a number of civil rights lawyers and plaintiffs’ attorneys across the country and in Massachusetts say the [...]
Continue reading about Antibully law may face free speech challenges (MA)
(NOTE: I strongly disagree with the author’s conclusions and question some of the research cited, especially research critical of “whole school” bullying prevention programs, such as the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program. There is far more research that supports the positive results of whole school programs than the opposite conclusion. But I like to provide various [...]
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