CONCORD — A Madison father and his teenage son, Kevin and Danya Clifford, on Wednesday testified to the N.H. House Education committee in support of a bill that calls for a state study committee on bullying.Â
The House Education Policy and Administration Committee, chaired by Glenn Cordelli (R-Tuftonboro) was taking testimony on SB 210. Sen. Donovan Fenton (D-Keene) sponsored the bill, which, if passed, would create a study committee consisting of one senator and three House members to "study the issue of school bullying" and report its findings to the president of the Senate, the Speaker of the House, the Senate clerk, the House clerk, the governor, and the state library on or before Nov. 1.
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