Massachusetts Governor's Task Force on Hate Crimes
The Governor's Task Force on Hate Crimes was an agency created by then-Governor
In 2003, Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney vetoed a bill funding hate crimes prevention funding, after which he impounded money previously approved by former Governor Jane Swift for a bullying prevention program. The anti-bullying program was based on a 165-page guide, "Direct from the Field: A Guide to Bullying Prevention", which the Task Force intended to publish and make available to communities to provide guidance on implementing bullying prevention programs in middle schools and high schools. The editor of the bullying prevention manuscript was Don Gorton, who had been appointed chair of the Task Force by Weld in 1991.[2]
The bullying prevention guide was ready in 2003, but according to Gorton, the $10,000 needed to publish it was not available. Mitt Romney, who was inaugurated as governor on January 2, 2003, eliminated all funds for
Notes
- ^ Governor's Task Force On Hate Crimes Executive Office of Public Safety (EOPS), Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved January 10, 2007.
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- ^ Mann, A. Middle School Transgender Bullying? MassResistance. October 13, 2006. Retrieved January 10, 2007.