The New Jersey State Bar Association has filed an amicus brief in support of New Jersey’s landmark Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights legislation passed in the wake of the suicide of Rutgers student Tyler Clemente. The legislation has been challenged in the State Council on Local mandates by Allamuchy Township, which complained that the legislation is an unfunded mandate. The State Bar Association has argued that the mandate requires no funding, as existing non-profit resources exist for municipal personnel to get the training needed to implement the law. The Council disagreed, however, and the association is currently working with the legislature on finding funding sources. Notably, the Council stated that it supported the intent of the law, but that it invalidly imposed additional costs on local municipalities.
C. Megan Oltman
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