Chicago (AP) -- Gov. Pat Quinn has signed legislation into law that aims at reducing
bullying in Illinois schools.
Quinn signed the bill
Sunday at a Chicago school and the law goes into effect immediately.
His office says the measure expands the definition of bullying to
include communications via e-mail, text message or social networking Web
sites.
Quinn says the new law "helps schools
protect students so they can succeed both inside and outside of the
classroom."
It requires Illinois schools to have gang-prevention training and creates a 15-member School Bullying Prevention Task Force in the state. The task force must prepare a report for the Illinois governor by March 1.
This article was published in The Chicago Tribune [1]on June 27th, 2010 and was written by the AP.