Michigan’s recent anti-bullying bill debate has moved one step forward and two steps back for actual protection against bullying in the state’s schools. The anti-bullying bill, is named “Matt’s Safe School Law” for Matt Epling of East Lansing, Michigan who committed suicide after being bullied. Like all anti-bullying efforts, the goal of the bill is to protect those who are vulnerable to attack and create a safer and more humane environment for all children in schools.
Unfortunately, the state’s Senate Republicans added language to the bill to establish that schools could not prohibit “a statement of a sincerely held religious belief or moral conviction of a school employee, school volunteer, pupil, or a pupil’s parent or guardian.”
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