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School Bullying and Harassement.

Educational facilities in the Commonwealth should implement policies and procedures to help local school districts document, track and deal with harassment and intimidation. Educational facilities should provide school officials with mechanisms for dealing with harassment based on students’ sexual orientation and gender identity.

Of the commonwealth's 250 schools, 80% have reported bullying problems, according to education offices.  Currently, educators are ill equipped to deal with the problem.

One of the principal goals of the Kentucky Education Reform Act was for "Students to apply concepts and principles from mathematics, the sciences, the arts, the humanities, social studies, practical living studies, and vocational studies to what they will encounter throughout their lives."  Our youth will be in schools with homosexuals and most definitely encounter them throughout their life; they need to understand that though they may be different, we tolerate them, are friends with them, and do not bully or make fun of them.