Supporters are saying the bill N.J. Gov. Chris Christie signed into law Thursday is the toughest anti-bullying legislation in the nation. In the works for almost a year, and spurred to nearly unanimous passage by the recent suicide of Rutgers freshman Tyler Clementi, it has several mandates - among them: training for school employees, creation of a team within schools to review incidents and reporting by school staff of such incidents even when they happen outside of school. Failure to report such incidents will lead to disciplinary measures for school personnel.

Self-described teacher from the NJ.com community dedicated_teacher weighs in, responding in part to another comment implying that the real world is tougher than school:

Do you agree the law is necessary and that this is a strong piece of legislation? Join the conversation by going straight to the comments section of the article. Note that there's also considerable NJ.com user conversation in Thursday's Star-Ledger post on the signing.