Hillary Clinton is continuing to roll out policy proposals even as she reaches the final stretch of this presidential campaign. Thursday, she launched “Better than bullying,” a “plan to create safer schools for our kids.” A new ad features Bryce, who tells about being bullied as a child because of his muscular dystrophy, saying “I don’t want bullies in my life, and I especially don’t want one in the White House.” (Watch the ad below.)
This is Hillary Clinton we’re talking about, so the policy agenda is substantial. The centerpiece is “an initiative to provide $500 million in new funding to states that develop comprehensive anti-bullying plans” that fit with the following national priorities:
- Develop comprehensive anti-bullying laws and policies.
- Expand behavioral health prevention and intervention programming.
- Make the Internet a safer space for kids by addressing cyberbullying.
- Support educators working to improve school climate.
- Provide support for students impacted by bullying and abuse.
While bullying is an issue that’s gained some attention in recent years, as the ad suggests, it does have a relationship to the presidential election. And it’s not purely politics: the National Education Association has said its members are seeing a rise in bullying along the lines Donald Trump is promoting, with children threatening their classmates with deportation, or calling them terrorists.
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