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Whereas according to researchers, bullies and their victims 
are more likely than others to develop depression and sui-
cidal thoughts in life and are at a higher risk of becom-
ing felons and domestic abusers; 
Whereas according to a study by the National Threat Assess-
ment Center run by the United States Secret Service, 
two-thirds of the 41 youths involved in school shootings 
since 1974 said they had been bullied at school and that 
revenge was one of their motives; 
Whereas resolving bullying today will have long-lasting soci-
etal effects well into the lives of future generations; 
Whereas Students United with Parents and Educators to Re-
solve Bullying (SUPERB) is a curriculum designed by 
experienced educators at Nova Southeastern University’s 
Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences in 
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, that teaches students to work 
together to overcome the epidemic of bullying by edu-
cating students, teachers, and parents that teasing and 
tormenting peers cannot be tolerated in the school com-
munity; 
Whereas SUPERB is a program that works with community 
leaders and seeks not only to identify bullies and victims, 
but rather to transform the existing social contract that 
allows bullying and interpersonal violence to occur within 
schools; 
Whereas SUPERB’s purpose is to raise awareness and inter-
vene at multiple levels by targeting students, parents, 
educators, and members of the local community to under-
stand the ‘‘life-long’’ consequences of bullying; 
Whereas SUPERB initially intends to target elementary and 
middle school students to try to form their attitudes as
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early as possible, thereby attempting to halt the problem 
of bullying, and high school students will also be used as 
volunteers; 
Whereas SUPERB launched a 6-school pilot program in Sep-
tember 2003, in Broward County, Florida, which is the 
third largest accredited school system in the Nation; 
Whereas SUPERB has worked with the Broward County 
Board of Education and superintendent to select 6 
schools from areas with diverse financial backgrounds to 
participate in the pilot program, and all 6 schools will be 
staffed with master’s and doctoral level students from 
Nova Southeastern University’s Family Therapy and 
Conflict Resolution programs; 
Whereas SUPERB will also ensure regular correspondence 
with parents of the children in the pilot programs to edu-
cate them about SUPERB’s goals and curriculum and to 
update them on the progress of their children; 
Whereas SUPERB will leverage the vast resources of Nova 
Southeastern University as well as local businesses and 
media outlets to ensure that children receive awards for 
excellence within the pilot program; and 
Whereas, because bullying is a health risk, by resolving it 
now, SUPERB’s program is intended to decrease rates of 
depression and addiction later in life, and additionally, 
aims to curb criminal violence by training children early 
in life that tormenting others is not acceptable behavior: 
Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives—
(1) commends Students United with Parents 
and Educators to Resolve Bullying (SUPERB), and
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its founders Jeremy and Sharon Ring and Nova 
Southeastern University for their steadfast commit-
ment to end bullying; and 
(2) supports SUPERB’s curriculum, which 
teaches students to work together to overcome the 
epidemic of bullying and uses a comprehensive pro-
gram that educates all members of the community, 
to include the students, parents, and teachers.
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