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Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Sacramento Press / Organization Wants Schools to take Notice - Seth's Law is in Effect

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Organization Wants Schools to take Notice - Seth's Law is in Effect

Peer-abuse and biased harassment is a problem in the best of schools. Last Sunday, “Seth’s Law” which forces public schools to better enforce existing anti-bullying policies took effect.
To those parents whose children were victims of peer abuse-driven bullycide, based on biased harassment, this California law comes too late.
However, for those students returning to school in the fall, it will offer them, as well as their parents’ valuable support in enforcing legal protections as well as creating a transparent compliance structure that schools must follow in order to be in compliance with Seth’s Law.
Authored by Assemblymember Tom Ammiano (D-San Francisco) and sponsored by Equality California, ACLU, Gay-Straight Alliance Network, and the National Center for Lesbian Rights, AB-9 requires schools to establish