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SALT LAKE CITY -- The NAACP is giving Utah's public schools recommendations to prevent bullying.
"We're sending our children to school to get an education, and not to be bullied by anybody," said Jeanetta Williams, president of the Salt Lake branch of the NAACP.
Williams says almost 30 percent of students in the United States are involved in bullying, whether as a target or instigator.
Utah lawmakers passed anti-bullying legislation in 2008, giving schools the power to develop their own policies; however, many schools still don't have them.
The NAACP is giving suggestions to Utah school boards for anti-bullying policies that include training for teachers and an effective system to report bullying.
