Scoop USA Newspaper | ScoopDigital, Volume 5 - Number 20

Oct 19

impacts on students’ mental health, academic performance and overall well-being.

Scoop USA Newspaper | ScoopDigital, Volume 5 - Number 20

At a Capitol news conference on Monday, the family of Sammy Teusch, a child who was bullied at his school in Indiana and died by suicide on May 5, joined state Reps. Danilo Burgos and Joe Hohenstein, both D-Phila.; Jennifer O'Mara, D-Delaware; Kiria Cora, executive director of the Cora Foundation; and others to call upon the legislature to act on anti-bullying legislation.

The legislation includes O'Mara's House Bill 1293, which would require schools to notify parents and legal guardians when their child is involved in or experiences bullying, and a comprehensive series of bills, known as the Rights and Protections for All Students package, introduced by Hohenstein and others.