“The effort to combat bullying by teens in Maryland’s public schools and on the Internet would be strengthened under legislation being considered by state lawmakers at the request of a Montgomery County high schooler who was tormented by her peers when she came out as a lesbian.
“A state law might never end teenage teasing: a nasty look here, a snub there. But some in the General Assembly want to tighten school enforcement policies for more serious physical and emotional offenses and cyber-bullying, which national research suggests is escalating as students take to social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook.”
