For the Rhode Island Laws and Policies I am just going to reflect on them and give a personal experience.
I agree with everything the law says about gender and sexuality in schools because this is someone's life. I think we definitely need to facilitate compliance with the state and federal laws concerning bulling, harassment, and discrimination because we shouldn't judge someone on their sexual orientation, gender, sexuality, and more. The education environment should be free of discrimination for everyone regardless their sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression. A key concept is a supportive school environment, supportive family and educational professionals. The Rhode Island Department law states that everyone in elementary and special ed is committed to ensure a safe and supportive learning environment for all students.
In my high school I had a friend who was apart of the LGBTQ community and there were other students harassing him and he had an adult in the school he went to so he could get some help. Although she was not administration she got the administration involved because he felt unsafe at school because he was not sure who it was because the person harassing him was texting him under a phone number that he was unsure of. The issue eventually got resolved but it was not fair to him that he was feeling endangered when he should have never felt that way because of his sexuality. Nobody should ever feel the way he did for being himself. Bullying in general needs to come to an end because it can really effect someone's mental health, or just in general think bad about themselves
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