On June 30, 2009 North Carolina became the sixth state to enact a comprehensive anti-bullying law. Governor Beverly Perdue signed the School Violence Prevention Act (SB 526) which protected LGBT students from being bullied in public schools. SB 526 was landmark legislation because it was the first gay rights bill to pass the North Carolina legislature in over thirty years. Since SB 526 was passed, the number of states with anti-bullying laws has tripled. Today at least 18 states have enacted legislation similar to the School Violence Prevention Act. Below is a map of states with anti-bullying laws. The states shaded in dark blue are the states that protect LGBT students from being bullied.
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Gabriel FilerThis blog started as a place to dump my thoughts as I tried to wade through the complexity of this world. It also serves as a platform to put my ideas out into the ethers. Archives
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