SMS bullies face school suspension

Students who bully by email and SMS could be suspended from NSW schools from next year, under tough new rules announced today, reports The Age Autralia.

"New South Wales (NSW) Education Minister Andrew Refshauge said the new rules would give principals the authority to take "swift and decisive" action against "severely disruptive" students.

He announced the rules after a newspaper reported the state's teachers were under siege in the classroom, with more than 1,000 serious incidents in state schools reported to the department of education in the past year.

Dr Refshauge said the incidents ranged in severity from bullying by SMS to teachers going on strike because of student disruption."

emily | 7:30 AM | Bullying by SMS |
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