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Vermont advocate urges excused absences and advisory-council reforms in school harassment bill testimony
Summary
Charley Gloserman, policy director at the Vermont Network Against Domestic and Sexual Violence, told a legislative committee that harassment, hazing and bullying contribute to chronic absenteeism and urged keeping harassment-related absences excused while strengthening the state's Hazing, Harassment and Bullying Advisory Council.
Charley Gloserman, policy director at the Vermont Network Against Domestic and Sexual Violence, told a legislative committee the state should preserve an excused-absence provision for students affected by hazing, harassment and bullying and strengthen the advisory body that oversees related policy.
Gloserman said the Network, a statewide membership organization that supports 14 independent nonprofits providing direct services in every Vermont town, works in schools on prevention and to support youth who experience gender-based harassment and sexual assault. "We support maintaining it as an excused absence as…
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