House OKs anti-bullying bill
LANSING – Buoyed by parents, students and advocates, the Democratic-led House approved legislation Wednesday that would require Michigan schools to adopt anti-bullying and harassment policies.
$500M to fight obestity in kids
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation said Wednesday in Newark it would spend $500 million over the next five years to combat an “epidemic” of childhood obesity.
Ax falls on anti-bullying funds
SPRINGFIELD Less than a year after launching a million-dollar program to combat bullying in Illinois schools, the governor axed all funding for it, potentially leaving local schools and police departments to fend for themselves.
House council unanimously OK’s anti-bullying bill
The Florida House Policy and Budget Council today unanimously passed anti-bullying legislation named after a Cape Coral teen who committed suicide.
Unseen bullies: Web sites new hangout for bullies
By Suzanne Laurent THE EAGLE-TRIBUNE (NORTH ANDOVER, Mass.) NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. Blake Richards wishes a message would flash across TV screens each night asking parents, “It’s 10 p.m. Do you know what your children are doing on the computer?”
Rally supports anti-bullying bill
State Senator Glenn Anderson — a longtime proponent to fight bullying in schools — joined Gov. Jennifer Granholm and hundreds of parents, educators, and children who united Thursday at the Capitol to support Matt’s Safe School Law.
