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The anti-bullying resolution will be addressed in the House Health & Human Services Committee tomorrow (Friday). The meeting begins at 4:30.

Please ask the following committee members to support this important resolution.
blast@utah.gov - Brad Last
dgreggbuxton@comcast.net - Gregg Buxton
blockhart@utah.gov - Rebecca Lockhart
steven_mascaro@comcast.net - Steve Mascaro
patjones@utah.gov - Pat Jones
dlitvack@utah.gov - David LitvackYou may also cut and paste the emails below into some e-mail clients.

Again, congratulations to everybody and thank you! But we cannot rest yet. The House may be a tough fight.

Check back here for updates.

In the meantime please continue to register your support for this resolution.

Thank you to everyone who has worked to get this resolution to this point!

Vern Larsen brought us great news just minutes just before the resolution was brought up in the Senate Education Committee, that The State Board of Education had voted unanimously to support the resolution.

ALL Children Have The Right to Feel Safe at School.
It is OUR job to protect their rights!

Senator-D Patrice Arent and Rep-R Ronda Menlove are COOL! Reed Cowan gave another dramatic testimony including the unbelievable news that just hours earlier a teen was caught with a .45 caliber handgun at Union High in Roosevelt, the very same school where Reed was bullied for the balance of his 12 years in rural public schools.

Listen to audio of the Senate Education Committee hearing

This will be a tough fight in the House. We MUST continue to speak out!

Contact your Representative

Tell YOUR story

So far…

Governor Huntsman
The First Lady
Attorney General Mark Shurtleff
The Utah Education Assoc. (UEA)
State Board of Education
The State Parent Teacher Association (PTA)
The Human Rights Education Center of Utah
The Jordan Board of Education
Salt Lake City School District Chair Peggy Jo Kennet, “We support the resolution.”
Superintendent Mikell Withers, “I support the concept”
NCCJ
NAACP

Pending
Granite Board of Education (Meeting February 7)
Salt Lake City School Board

Senator Patrice Arent-D has authored an anti-bullying resolution co-sponsored by Representative Ronda Menlove-R, which will be introduced in this session!

Register your URGENT support for this resolution NOW!

This is a great thing because recent studies have shown that feeling safe at school may in fact be the single best way to not only increase student grades, but also reduce crime.

Kids deserve to feel safe at school, and it is the responsibility of our legislators to protect our kids.

After Colombine, Colorado led the way with a slew of studies that found some very interesting things. Fact is, bullying begins in kindergarten and it not an urban thing. After a Secret Service study showed that 75% of school shooters were harrassed at school, the research (read money) picked up.

WaPo article says it all.

Even the American Medical Association is SCREAMING about it!

Since 2001, 23 states have passed anti-bullying legislation. 9 states are considering laws this year. Utah will NOT leave our kids behind!

Stand for ALL Children’s Right to Feel Safe at School! Last Day!
360 names and counting. Please send the petition around to all your friends.

Click here to register your support for this resolution.