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South Carolina Safe School Climate Act:
- Harassment, intimidation, or bullying' means a gesture, an electronic communication, or a written, verbal, physical, or sexual act that is percieved to:
- harm a student physically or emotionally or damaging a student's property, or placing a student in reasonable fear of personal harm or property damage; or
- nsulting or demeaning a student or group of students causing substantial disruption in, or substantial interference with, the orderly operation of the school.
- 'School' means in a classroom, on school premises, on a school bus or other school-related vehicle, at an official school bus stop, at a school-sponsored activity or event whether or not it is held on school premises, or at another program or function where the school is responsible for the child
- Before January 1, 2007, each local school district shall adopt a policy prohibiting harassment, intimidation, or bullying at school. The school district shall involve parents and guardians, school employees, volunteers, students, administrators, and community representatives in the process of creating the policy.
- Signed by Governor June 2006
Minnesota SF0646:
- February 2007
- Relating to education; prohibiting electronic and Internet intimidation and
bullying
Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 121A.0695, is amended to read:
121A.0695 SCHOOL BOARD POLICY; PROHIBITING INTIMIDATION
AND BULLYING.
Each school board shall adopt a written policy prohibiting intimidation and bullying
of any student. The policy shall address intimidation and bullying in all forms, including,
but not limited to, electronic forms and forms involving Internet use. - Status: First reading, Referred to E12
- 3/21/07 Second Reading
- 5/07 PASSED
- GOVERNOR approved
- Visit: http://www.senate.leg.state.mn.us/perl/billinf.pl
Washington State SB5288:
- Senators Kohl-Welles, Murray, McAuliffe, Weinstein, Shin, Rasmussen, 2007
- Requiring cyberbullying to be included in school district harassment prevention policies.
- 3rd reading passed
- 3/5/07 Onto House, First Reading
- 3/30/07 Rules Committee for 2nd reading
- 4/4/07 3rd Reading passed
- 4/16/07 Senate refuses to concur in House amendments. Asks House to recede from amendments
- 5/9/07 GOVERNOR SIGNED!
- 7/22/07 Into Effect!!
- For further, please visit: http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?year=2007&bill=5288
Arkansas HB1072 (Now ACT115)
- Jan 07, Introduced by Shirely Walters
- AN ACT TO DEFINE BULLYING AND TO INCLUDE CYBERBULLYING IN PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT ANTIBULLYING POLICIES
- Regulate “cyberbullying” by extending public school jurisdiction to students’ home computers
- Onto GOVERNOR's OFFICE!
- Signed by Governor
- Please visit : http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/2007/scripts/ablr/bills/bills.asp?billno=HB1072
Rhode Island S0099:
- Introduced by Senator John Tassoni
- Create a special Senate Commission to study and make recommendations related to cyber-threats and cyber-bullying
- Rep from iSafe will provide testimony
New Jersy:
- Status: Under review by Senate
Iowa SF61:
- Require all schools to adopt a policy declaring harassment and bullying in schools as against school policy
- A provision offered by Rep. Linda Miller against cyber-bullying to address the potential for harassment through electronic communications, including e-mail, Web sites and text messaging
- Harassment" and "bullying" shall be construed to mean
any electronic, written, verbal, or physical act or conduct
toward a student which is based on any actual or perceived
trait or characteristic of the student and which creates an
objectively hostile school environment that meets one or more
of the following conditions:
(1) Places the student in reasonable fear of harm to the
student's person or property.
(2) Has a substantially detrimental effect on the
student's physical or mental health.
(3) Has the effect of substantially interfering with a
student's academic performance.
(4) Has the effect of substantially interfering with the
student's ability to participate in or benefit from the
services, activities, or privileges provided by a school - Governor Signed Bill, March 5, 2007
- http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us/Cool-ICE/default.asp?Category=billinfo&Service=Billbook&ga=82&hbill=SF61
Oklahoma HB1804
- Introduced Lance Carghill
- Status: Passed House, Onto Senate 2nd Reading
- Visit: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/WebBillStatus/main.html
Oklahoma HB1714
- Will allow the courts to prohibit registered sex offenders from accessing certain communication Web sites, like MySpace and Facebook, and requires them to register with authorities any current e-mail addresses they are using
- Introduced by Rep. Paul Wesselhoft, R-Moore, and Sen. Jonathan Nichols, R-Norman
- "Endorsed" by personal appearance from Miss America !
- Passed House 99-0
- 3/15/07 Onto Senate Judiciary Committee
- Visit: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/WebBillStatus/main.html
Florida Bill HB669
- Various related bills over a three-year period
- Bullying/Harassment/Schools [SPCC]: cites act as "Jeffrey Johnston Stand Up for All Students Act"; prohibits bullying or harassment during education programs or activities, on school buses, or through use of data or computer software accessed through computer systems of certain educational institutions; requires DOE approval of school district's policy & its compliance with reporting procedures as prerequisites to receipt of safe schools funds, etc.
- 06/10/08 SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
Delaware HB 7 School Bullying Prevention Act:
- Jan 07 introduced in House
- The goals of this Act is to provide a safer learning environment for students attending public schools, including charter schools and for the staff members of those institutions.
This Bill requires each school district and charter school to establish a policy on bullying prevention with certain minimal requirements including, but not limited to developing a bullying prevention program and reporting bullying to the Delaware Department of Education.- 4/07 Passed Senate
- 5/3/07 SIGNED BY GOVERNOR !!
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