Butterfly ballots in Florida might pick up a few votes for bullying, but that's it. The thing is, there have always been bullies. In a perfect world, there would be no bullies. But big kids have always teased, picked on and intimidated smaller kids. It happens in families, and it happens in schools.
Parents go gray trying to keep their children from killing one another.
Perhaps Tate could pass a law requiring all parents to develop plans to stop bullying in Colorado families. After all, no one favors brothers and sisters hitting one another or even threatening violence. There isn't a teacher, principal or school administrator in the nation who doesn't know that children often are mean to one another and sometimes step over the line into bullying. Tate's bill, SB 80, defines bullying as any written or verbal expression or physical act or gesture that inflicts injury, violence or a reasonable fear of injury of violence on another student. The proposed legislation covers schools, school grounds, school activities and travel to and from school.