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.. Synopsis: 2002 Connecticut Public Act 2-119, SHB 5425 Requires boards of education to develop a policy to address bullying. Requires the policy to: enable students to anonymously report acts of bullying; enable parents/guardians to file written reports of suspected bullying; require teachers and school personnel to report witnessed acts of bullying to school administrators; require school administrators to investigate any written reports of bullying submitted to them; requires parents/guardians of both suspected bullies and victims of bullying to be notified; requires schools to keep a record, open to public inspection, of all verified acts of bullying and the school's response to those acts; requires intervention strategy for school staff to deal with bullying and language in school codes of conduct that addresses bullying behavior.

This Connecticut law covers point 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, and 11 on the "Grade Scale," therefore Connecticut gets a B- (see http://www.bullypolice.org/grade.html)

CONNECTICUT
Substitute House Bill No. 5425

B-

Public Act No. 02-119

AN ACT CONCERNING BULLYING BEHAVIOR IN SCHOOLS AND CONCERNING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2002) Each local and regional board of education shall develop a policy, for use on and after February 1, 2003, to address the existence of bullying in its schools. Such policy shall: (1) Enable students to anonymously report acts of bullying to teachers and school administrators, (2) enable the parents or guardians of students to file written reports of suspected bullying, (3) require teachers and other school staff who witness acts of bullying or receive student reports of bullying to notify school administrators, (4) require school administrators to investigate any written reports filed pursuant to subdivision (2) of this section and to review any anonymous reports, (5) include an intervention strategy for school staff to deal with bullying, (6) provide for the inclusion of language in student codes of conduct concerning bullying, (7) require the parents or guardians of students who commit any verified acts of bullying and the parents or guardians of students against whom such acts were directed to be notified, and (8) require each school to maintain a list of the number of verified acts of bullying in such school and make such list available for public inspection. The notification required pursuant to subdivision (7) of this section shall include a description of the response of school staff to such acts and any consequences that may result from the commission of further acts of bullying. For purposes of this section, "bullying" means any overt acts by a student or a group of students directed against another student with the intent to ridicule, humiliate or intimidate the other student while on school grounds or at a school-sponsored activity which acts are repeated against the same student over time.

Sec. 2. Section 10-230 of the general statutes is amended by adding subsection (c) as follows (Effective October 1, 2002):

(NEW) (c) Each local and regional board of education shall develop a policy to ensure that time is available each school day for students in the schools under its jurisdiction to recite the "Pledge of Allegiance". The provisions of this subsection shall not be construed to require any person to recite the "Pledge of Allegiance".

Approved June 7, 2002

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Associated Websites

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WHAT WOULD
THE PERFECT
ANTI BULLYING LAW
LOOK LIKE?
PDF - Word

HOW are STATES

"GRADED"

Brenda's notes:
GETTING LAWS PASSED

John Halligan's notes
RyansLaw.pdf

Example of a School
Anti Bullying Policy

Student Bill of Rights