How would you write a piece of anti-school bullying legislation?

[bluestateguy]

Let's have a brainstorming session. What would you put in the bill?

[elleng]

1. Would have to SERIOUSLY PUNISH

ANY school 'officials' (defined very loosely) for not taking immediate action against anyones doing AND permitting such behavior.

Prob = definitions, to pass legal review.

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

2. Bullying is to be investigated by the police and prosecuted by the DA

The school administration will have no role in investigation or punishment,

[ZombieHorde]

3. The first step is to legally define bullying. nt

[propaper]

4. You can't legislate good parenting.

We have too many single parent kids that are being raised by single parent parents.

[walldude]

6. No you can't but people can be held responsible

for the consequences of their actions.

[rucky]

5. Set the definition of bullying & the minimum policy that should be in every school.

Hold teachers & principals liable for not enforcing.

[notesdev]

7. Can't be done with the way schools are run today

that's why the problem is so rampant.

Can't expel students, teachers are forbidden from acting on it, parents not held responsible for anything, administrators don't care if there's no lawsuit involved.

The only real solution is for the bullied to turn the tables and make the pain threshold for the bullies high enough that they decline to continue. In other words, punch the bullies in the mouth (like they deserve) and they will go find an easier target - a tried and true solution.

[proud2BlibKansan]

8. Don't need it

There are laws against assault and laws against battery.

You need to get schools to report and force police to arrest and prosecute.

This is one issue we need a zero tolerance policy for.

[ChicagoSuz219]

9. Take existing laws for harassment, assault, hate crimes, stalking, etc...

& apply them to the situation. Then, call the Police. Many schools already have a Zero-Tolerance policy for drugs, gangs, guns, etc. Add bullying to the policy.

[applegrove]

10. You can't project the things you don't like about yourself onto a person or a group and

attack them for it. I had old friends who attacked me for lying when I was harrassed inside and outside of the workplace. Fact is I wasn't lying. They were lying to me.

[paulsby]

11. i wouldn't. it's a stupid idea imo

we already have laws against assault, making threats, etc.

it's feelgood legislation, and since we already have laws covering bullying type behavior any new law would likely be overbroad, vague, and unconstitutional or redundant

which aspect of "bullying" needs a new law apart from the laws against assault, threats, etc? and do we really want to inject LAW ENFORCEMENT into schoolyard taunts? the power of the state law enforcement apparatus ? get real