retaliation could be determined by the school administrator after consideration of the nature, severity, and circumstances of the act, including law enforcement reports or other legal actions, removal of buildings or grounds privileges, or prohibiting contact with students or the provision of student services. Remedial measures may include, but not be limited to: in or out-of-school counseling, professional development programs, and work environment modifications.
K. Harassment, Intimidation, and Bullying Policy Publication and Dissemination This Policy will be disseminated annually by the Superintendent to all school employees, contracted service providers who have contact with students, school volunteers, students, and parents who have children enrolled in a school in the district, along with a statement explaining the Policy applies to all acts of harassment, intimidation, or bullying, pursuant to N. J. S. A. 18A: 37-14 that occur on school property, at school-sponsored functions, or on a school bus and, as appropriate, acts that occur off school grounds. The Superintendent shall ensure that notice of this Policy appears in the student handbook and all other publications of the school district that set forth the comprehensive rules, procedures, and standards for schools within the school district.
The Superintendent shall post a link to the district’ s Harassment, Intimidation, and Bullying Policy that is prominently displayed on the homepage of the school district’ s website. The district will notify students and parents this Harassment, Intimidation, and Bullying Policy is available on the school district’ s website. The Superintendent shall post the name, school phone number, school address, and school email address of the district Anti-Bullying Coordinator on the home page of the school district’ s website. Each Principal shall post the name, school phone number, address, and school email address of both the Anti-Bullying Specialist and the district Anti-Bullying Coordinator on the home page of each school’ s website.
L. Harassment, Intimidation, and Bullying Training and Prevention Programs The Superintendent and Principal( s) shall provide training on the school district’ s Harassment, Intimidation, and Bullying Policy to current and new school employees,; including administrators, instructors, student support services, administrative / office support, transportation, food service, facilities / maintenance; contracted service providers; and volunteers who have significant contact with students; and persons contracted by the district to provide services to students. The training shall include instruction on preventing bullying on the basis of the protected categories enumerated in N. J. S. A. 18A: 37-14 and other distinguishing characteristics that may incite incidents of discrimination, harassment, intimidation, or bullying. Each public school teacher and educational services professional shall be required to complete at least two hours of instruction in harassment, intimidation, and bullying prevention within each five year professional development period as part of the professional development requirement pursuant to N. J. S. A. 18:37-22. d. The required two hours of suicide prevention instruction shall include information on the risk of suicide and incidents of harassment, intimidation, or bullying and information on reducing the risk of suicide in students who are members of communities identified as having members at high risk of suicide.
Each newly elected or appointed Board members must complete, during the first year of the member’ s first term, a training program on harassment, intimidation, and bullying in accordance with the provisions of N. J. S. A. 18A: 12-33. The school district shall provide time during the usual school schedule for the Anti-Bullying Coordinator and each school Anti-Bullying Specialist to participate in harassment, intimidation, and bullying training programs. A school leader shall complete school leader training that shall include information on the prevention of harassment, intimidation, and bullying as required in N. J. S. A. 18A: 26- 8.2. The school district shall annually observe a“ Week of Respect” beginning with the first Monday in October. In order to recognize the importance of character education, the school district will observe the week by providing age-appropriate instruction focusing on the prevention of harassment, intimidation, and bullying as defined in N. J. S. A. 18A: 37-14. Throughout the school year the district will provide ongoing age-appropriate instruction on preventing harassment, intimidation, or bullying, in accordance with the Core Curriculum Content Standards, pursuant to N. J. S. A. 18A: 37-29. The school district and each school in the district will annually establish, implement, document, and assess harassment, intimidation, and bullying prevention programs or approaches, and other initiatives in consultation with school staff, students, administrators, volunteers, parents, law enforcement, and community members. The programs or approaches and other initiatives shall be designed to create school-wide conditions to prevent and address harassment, intimidation, and bullying in accordance with the provisions of N. J. S. A. 18A: 37-17 et seq.
M. Harassment, Intimidation, and Bullying Policy Reevaluation, Reassessment and Review The Superintendent shall develop and implement a process for annually discussing the school district’ s Harassment, Intimidation, and Bullying Policy with students. The Superintendent and the Principal( s) shall annually conduct a reevaluation, reassessment, and review of the Harassment, Intimidation, and Bullying Policy, with input from the schools’ Anti-Bullying Specialists, and recommend revisions and additions to the Policy as well as to harassment, intimidation, and bullying prevention programs and approaches based on the findings from the evaluation, reassessment, and review.
N. Reports to Board of Education and New Jersey Department of Education The Superintendent shall report two times each school year, between September 1 and January 1 and between January 1 and June 30 at a public hearing all acts of violence, vandalism, and harassment, intimidation, and bullying which occurred during
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