Senate Bill 538 on bullying prevention is supported by the Midwest Bullying Prevention Project, Prevent Child Abuse Indiana and the Children's Coalition of Indiana, and the Senate committee will vote on the proposal on Wednesday, February 16th.
Senate Bill 538 has some new ideas about how to involve the department of education in bully prevention. Most of you know by now that I am an advocate for Happy Kids & Safe Schools, and eliminating bullying from our schools is one of my biggest priorities. I am really happy to see the assembly consider SB 538.
Under this proposal, the department of education would be responsible for making sure schools have prevention plans - this is a really big step in the right direction. Also, schools might be required to publish information in their annual reports about how bullying is impacting kids in their district. These reports might even include statistics on how many incidents of bullying take place at schools. More prevention plans and more accurate information about the problem could really help reduce bullying in schools.
I hope many of you will take a minute to contact your representative and let them know you support legislation that protects kids in Indiana and helps create safer schools.
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