Three New Jersey teenagers were charged Wednesday with assault and robbery in what authorities described as the bullying of a 15-year-old high school freshman who committed suicide after he was attacked in March. Notably, New Jersey’s aggressive anti-bullying law was signed by Gov. Chis Christie on March 26, just two days before Morristown High School [...] Read more »
Bias Crimes: Dharun Ravi Sentenced to 30 Days in Jail
Former Rutgers University student Dharun Ravi was sentenced to 30 days in Middlesex County jail in North Brunswick, this afternoon. According to NJ.com, Ravi will receive a 3-year probation sentence, will be required to perform 300 hours of community service, and will attend a counseling program related to cyber bullying and alternative lifestyles. In addition, [...] Read more »
Teacher Secretly Recorded Bullying Student
Bullying is not always done by children’s peers, as demonstrated by the case in which teachers in a Cherry Hill school district were secretly recorded bullying and taunting an autistic boy, as reported in NJ.com. Last month Stuart Chaifetz, the father of an autistic boy, sent his son to school with a hidden recording device [...] Read more »
New Jersey Schools to Adopt New Anti-Bullying Policies
Attorney General Paula T. Dow today announced the distribution of a new agreement to be executed by school districts and law enforcement agencies throughout New Jersey in order to establish enhanced policies and procedures to protect students from bullying. The revised Uniform State Memorandum of Agreement Between Education and Law Enforcement Officials was drafted to [...] Read more »
Division on Civil Rights Announces Finding of Probable Cause in Case of Student Allegedly Targeted for Race-Based Bullying
Division on Civil Rights Director Chinh Q. Le announced today that the Division has issued a Finding of Probable Cause against the Board of Education in Franklin Township, Gloucester County, for allegedly not taking sufficient steps to end the race-based bullying of a student that went on for nearly four years. Named as sole Respondent [...] Read more »