Superintendent Supports Legal Challenge to Anti-Bullying Law
Fair Lawn superintendent Bruce Watson said he considers the state-imposed anti-bullying law an unfunded and thus unconstitutional mandate
Fair Lawn Schools superintendent Bruce Watson said he supports a legal challenge being made to the state's anti-bullying law by a small Warren County school district. Allamuchy School District in Warren County will formally challenge the law on Jan. 27 before the state's Council on Local Mandates, arguing that it amounts to an unfunded and thus unconstitutional mandate due to the requirements it imposes on schools, NJ Spotlight reported last week. "I think it's far reaching and it does constitute an unfunded mandate, clearly. There are expenses involved," Watson said of the Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights that went into effect Sept. 1. "The law was put together without really having any conversation with those who live in the world of …
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