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Does the legislation go too far? joining us now from boston, state senator robert owe o leary supports the bill. everybody is sympathetic to what happened to phoebe prince but do you actually expect that your law is going to be enforced and how can it be enforced because if i'm a teacher and i say i didn't see it, how can you put me in jail for that? >> well, we're not going to put teachers in jail but we are going to set up a state standard for what is required. and if a teacher becomes aware of a bullying incident, they are required to report it to the principal. if it's a criminal act, the ...

Joining us now from boston, state senator robert owe o leary supports the bill. everybody is sympathetic to what happened to phoebe prince but do you actually expect that your law is going to be enforced and how can it be enforced because if i'm a teacher and i say i didn't see it, how can you put me in jail for that? >> well, we're not going to put teachers in jail but we are going to set up a state standard for what is required. and if a teacher becomes aware of a bullying incident, they are required to report it to the principal. if it's a criminal act, the principal is required to report t...

Meeting a state standard. those children are barely able to graduate from high school and are totally inadequately prepared for college. >> who do you blame for this failure? >> i agree with the secretary that there have been a number of states that have lowered -- like 15 to 18 states have lowered standards since no child left behind. but there are the pressures of the groups -- the labor unions get into it -- >> teachers unions -- >> and they react negatively. there is insufficient accountable. secretary duncan said if you're going to evaluate teachers and you should because we have to rewar...

They're meeting a state standard, that bar has dumb yesterday down so much, they're barely able to graduate from high school and totally inadequately prepared for college. >> who do you blame for this failure? >> i agree with the secretary there have been a number of states that lowered, something like 15 to 18 states have lowered standards, but there are other political pressures. the pressures of the groups, whenever you sgrou a reform, the unions get into it, and obvious they react negative. let me put this in the form of the compliment, secretary duncan has said if you're going to evaluate...