NJ Fixes Anti-Bullying Law
New Jersey Governor Christie announces a bipartisan clean-up of Anti-Bullying law that preserves the protections it affords to students.
TRENTON, NJ, (Governor's Office/Tim Larsen) March 7, 2012 -- Governor Chris Christie holds press conference, with Senator Diane Allen, Assemblywoman Valerie Huttle, Garden State Equality Chair and CEO Steven Goldstein and Garden State Equality Vice Chair Luanne Peterpaul, announce the introduction of bipartisan legislation to fix the Anti-Bullying law at the Statehouse in Trenton, N.J. on Wednesday, March 7, 2012. The agreement will strengthen the law and allow the protections it affords to New Jersey students to remain in place.
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