President Obama Threatens To Take Schools' Lunch Money
Schools that don't combat bullying may lose funding
By KRISTON CAPPS
Updated 11:31 AM EDT, Tue, Oct 26, 2010
In a move a federal education official described as unprecedented, the Obama administration is announcing today that schools that do not prevent bullying may lose federal funds.
Bloomberg reports that the U.S. Department of Education may strip federal funds from schools that do not enforce gender-discrimination laws. The move signals a shift in the way the government approaches bullying: as a form of harassment, subject to the nation's civil-rights statutes, rather than an unfortunate aspect of growing up.
The Department of Education will tell schools, from elementary to university level, that they must establish plans to tackle discrimination in the wake of a bullying incident -- or face losing federal aid, according to Bloomberg.
Bloomberg's Jeffrey Young quotes Kristen Amundson, former