Bill Text: PA SR209 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Designating the month of October 2011 as "Bullying Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2011-10-17 - Introduced and adopted [SR209 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-SR209-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 1677
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No. 209 Session of2011
INTRODUCED BY WASHINGTON, BREWSTER, COSTA, DINNIMAN, FERLO, FONTANA, KITCHEN, SOLOBAY, WARD, BROWNE, PILEGGI, BOSCOLA, RAFFERTY, SCHWANK AND ALLOWAY, OCTOBER 17, 2011
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, OCTOBER 17, 2011
A RESOLUTION
Designating the month of October 2011 as "Bullying Awareness
Month" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Bullying is intentional, repeated behavior by one or
more people which can harm others physically and emotionally;
and
WHEREAS, Bullying is a type of abuse which can take many
forms and crosses all classes, ages, religions and areas without
discrimination; and
WHEREAS, Bullying is most common during elementary and middle
school years but also occurs in high school; and
WHEREAS, In a 2009 National Center for Education Statistics
study of students ages 12 to 18 years, slightly less than one-
third of students reported that they had been bullied in school;
and
WHEREAS, In 2009, the Office of Juvenile Justice and
Delinquency Prevention reported that among children and youth
ages 17 and younger about one in five reported being physically
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bullied, and about three in ten reported being teased or
emotionally bullied in their lifetime; and
WHEREAS, In a 2010 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC) study of youth in grades 9 through 12, 21.2% of females
and 18.7% of males reported being bullied on school property in
the previous 12 months; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate designate the month of October 2011
as "Bullying Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania.
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