Earlier this year I had the opportunity to speak to a group of staff members from the Minneapolis School District at Davis Center. At the end of my presentation we got into an interesting discussion about what the schools are doing today to prevent bullying as opposed to the 80s and the 90s when I was going through school. I think we came to a consensus that although there is certainly a much greater level of awareness in schools today, we are still far from being truly effective in preventing bullying. State of Minnesota is getting close to approving a legislation intended to prevent bullying by a student to facilitate a safe and conducive educational environment for all students. With this new legislation in place, all schools will have to put something in place in order to comply with the new requirements.