Indiana House Bill 1189 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-01-25 - Representatives Riecken and Hinkle added as coauthors
Pending: House Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Creates the school bullying prevention task force for students with disabilities to: (1) study the causes and effects of bullying in schools; (2) identify practices that reduce incidences of bullying; (3) highlight training and technical assistance opportunities for schools to effectively address bullying; and (4) evaluate the effectiveness of schools' current antibullying policies and other antibullying programs for students with disabilities. (The introduced version of this bill was produced by the Indiana Commission on Autism.)

Bullying prevention task force.

Rep. Phillip Hinkle [R]

Rep. Gail Riecken [D]

Rep. Dennis Tyler [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-01-25		Representatives Riecken and Hinkle added as coauthors
2011-01-10		First reading: referred to Committee on Education
2011-01-10		Authored by Representative Tyler

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.in.gov/apps/lsa/session/billwatch/billinfo?year=2011&session=1&request=getBill&doctype=HB&docno=1189
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2011/IN/IN1189.1.html