Feds eye CA district's handling of bullying claim
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By LISA LEFF
The Associated PressTuesday, December 21, 2010; 5:37 PM
SAN FRANCISCO -- Federal education officials say a California school district is being investigated over its handling of harassment by classmates of a gay, 13-year-old boy who later committed suicide.
Justin Hamilton, a spokesman for Education Secretary Arne Duncan, confirmed the probe Tuesday.
Investigators from the department's civil rights division are trying to determine if Tehachapi Unified School District employees failed to address bullying that preceded the