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Lawmakers split on bullying bill: study committee or immediate legal changes
Summary
A committee of conference on Senate Bill 210 split over whether to return to a Senate study committee to examine bullying and prevention or to adopt the House’s more prescriptive measures requiring parental notification, handbook information and a potential private right of action; conferees recessed the conference for further work.
Conferees on Senate Bill 210 debated sharply over whether the state should form a study committee to examine bullying and prevention or move forward now with stricter statutory requirements recommended by the House.
Madam Chair (identified in the session) favored restoring the original Senate bill’s study‑committee approach, arguing that existing law and Department of Education guidance already require written procedures, reporting and notification. “The thing about the schools having…open enrollment has to be deleted from the House version,” the chair said when describing her preference to return to the original Senate study framework.
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