After being bullied dozens of times for being gay at Daniel
Pearl Magnet High School, James Anthony Scott is reaching out to local
representatives. On December 4th he found a note on his locker with
an offensive term for a gay man and a message that read, “Get out or die.” That
was the law straw.
Scott’s mother, Amber Baker, was afraid for her son’s safety
at school. To date, none of the alleged bullies have faced any form of
punishment. Baker went to the school administrators who told her son that the
bullies “have a right to have fun and laugh and be loud in their high school
years.”
“The Student Non-Discrimination Act actually has already
made it out of the HELP committee and is awaiting a vote on the floor of the
Senate, while the Safe Schools Improvement Act has been referred to the HELP
committee and is awaiting action there,” Peter True said.
This acts requires schools to “establish policies that
prevent and prohibit conduct, including bullying and harassment,” that would
get in the way of a student’s education.
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