Anti-bullying bill's success in Senate is bittersweet
by Hannah Clay Wareham
Staff Reporter
Tuesday Mar 16, 2010
http://www.baywindows.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=glbt&sc2=news&sc3=&id=103515The Massachusetts State Senate on Thursday, March 11, passed bill S. 2283, also known as the "Anti-Bullying Bill." The legislation will work to prevent bullying and cyber-bullying by developing anti-bullying programs and raising the level of accountability of school adults; all school employees will be required to report bullying immediately after witnessing or becoming aware of it.
While the Anti-Bullying Bill pledges to make schools safer for all students, several local LGBT advocacy organizations are disappointed in the lack of language specifically referring to "enumerated categories" -- students who become the targets of sexual orientation- and gender identity/expression-related bullying.
