NYC settles suit alleging weak response to school bullying
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March 15, 2018
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City has settled a federal lawsuit filed in 2016 by public school parents who charged that school violence and bullying were not being adequately addressed.
The settlement announced Wednesday will require the city Department of Education to report bullying incidents into an electronic system within one day. Parents will also be able to submit school bullying complaints electronically.
"This settlement finally brings meaningful reform to a troubled and broken system that placed every New York City school student in dire and dangerous circumstances," said Jim Walden, the...
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