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Suffolk bullying bill would hold officials responsible

Quick ReadSuffolk Legis. Jon Cooper said he was spurred to act after hearing one Lake Grove family's story.

Jamie Isaacs, 14, of Lake Grove, says she

Photo credit: Newsday / Thomas A. Ferrara | Jamie Isaacs, 14, of Lake Grove, says she was bullied by classmates in school. (May 10, 2010)

The bullies at school were so mean to Jamie Isaacs for so long, her parents said, that her grades suffered, she fell into depression and her parents tried selling their Lake Grove house.

Isaacs, 14, is at the center of proposed anti-bullying legislation in Suffolk that would hold school administrators responsible for writing up repeated incidents of bullying and punishing children who bully.

"I...

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