SENATE BILL - 240
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updated 4/20/2011 12:19:27 PM ET 2011-04-20T16:19:27
Senator Joann Verger, Dem., Coos Bay, Oregon
The committee unanimously approved SB 240 Tuesday, sending it to the Senate Floor.
The measure would also require schools to create a mechanism for students or others to anonymously report acts of harassment or bullying. It would require schools to report criminal violations to police.
Senator Joanne Verger (D) of Coos Bay sponsored the bill. She said she was moved by a Mass. case that involved a teen who was bullied by girls in her high school.
“It was on cell phones, it was on Facebook. They wrote terrible things about her, then they began to taunt her with messages to kill herself, and she later committed suicide," Verger said. “I wanted to do something to raise the visibility of bullying and the destructive nature of it to our young people.”
Verger said she has a lot of support from fellow senators and remains hopeful the anti-cyberbullying bill will move forward.
If approved it would become law in July.
The measure would also require schools to create a mechanism for students or others to anonymously report acts of harassment or bullying. It would require schools to report criminal violations to police.
Senator Joanne Verger (D) of Coos Bay sponsored the bill. She said she was moved by a Mass. case that involved a teen who was bullied by girls in her high school.
“It was on cell phones, it was on Facebook. They wrote terrible things about her, then they began to taunt her with messages to kill herself, and she later committed suicide," Verger said. “I wanted to do something to raise the visibility of bullying and the destructive nature of it to our young people.”
Verger said she has a lot of support from fellow senators and remains hopeful the anti-cyberbullying bill will move forward.
If approved it would become law in July.
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