Um no. In my school district people use the bullying reports as a threat, if you don't do this for me I'm going to report you. I had one filed on me because I was standing up for my friend, I basically owned the kid who was being a bully. He in turn went straight to the guidance counselor and filed a bullying report on me. I was never even given a chance to say my side of the story. The only person who was ever asked any questions as a witness was the kids best friend. I even gave 4 people for the guidance counselor to ask questions to she never even attempted to contact them. I flipped on her and my principle. They were clearly favoring whoever reported the person first. The way the system is set up clearly favors the one who reports the person. I have never seen the bullying that is often portrayed by the media, most times it is started by an argument and the person uses it as a weapon to get the other in trouble. One girl in my school left this year because she was being "bullied". She asked for a TBR (To Be Rude) on social media, well she got what she was asking for. The people were rude and blunt to her. But she wasn't expecting that's what they were going to say, so they were given a suspension. This girl asked for people to be mean to her, she got what she asked for and got mad about it. How is that bullying?
The public education debate is riduclous. It's basically a way to set you up for being mommys little baby for the rest of you're life.