>Ridgefield looks to create anti-bullying ordinance
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2011
BY MONSY ALVARADO
STAFF WRITER
THE RECORD
RIDGEFIELD — The borough could soon become the first town in the state to adopt an ordinance to prevent bullying and harassment in local recreation sports programs, at the library and on other municipal-owned property.
“We should all be making sure that anti-bullying will be implemented for all municipal practices,” said Mayor Anthony Suarez, who proposed the law to the council last week. “We are going to start with what schools are doing and pull that into our local ordinance, and expand it to all levels of our town.”
Borough Attorney Stephen Pellino has been asked by Suarez to craft the ordinance, which could be ready for introduction as early as the Borough Council’s reorganization meeting, which is scheduled for Jan. 6.
New Jersey’s Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights Act, which was implemented in schools statewide in September, will be used as a reference for the local ordinance, Pellino said. The ordinance will establish an educational policy against bullying, training for employees, raise awareness and contain mechanisms to address bullying incidents, he said.
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