By Dawn Wolfe Gutterman
LANSING – According to a report from the Triangle Foundation, House Speaker Craig DeRoche (R-Novi) has refused to allow movement on House Bill 5616, which if passed would protect Michigan's schoolchildren from bullying.
The bill requires Michigan's school districts to adopt uniform anti-bullying policies that protect all children, including LGBT children.
According to the Triangle release, "Speaker DeRoche is blocking the bill from seeing the light of day, we fear, because it would also grant greater protections to GLBT youth and other minorities."
Speaker DeRoche's office did not return phone calls from BTL seeking his position on the bill.
Speak OUT
Contact Republican House Speaker Craig DeRoche and tell him to support House Bill 5616 and protect all of Michigan's children from bullying in our public schools.
DeRoche can be reached by phone at 517-373-0827, by email at [email protected], and by postal mail at 166 Capitol Building, P.O. Box 30014, Lansing, MI, 48909-7514.
