Table of Cont . Grad . Req . Disciplinary Responibilities Stud . Activities School Services Miscellaneous
The Board of Education shall develop and implement a Safe School Climate Plan to address the existence of bullying and teen dating violence in its schools . Such plan shall :
1 . Require school employees who witness acts of bullying or receive reports of bullying to orally notify the Safe School Climate Specialist , or another school administrator if the Safe School Climate Specialist is unavailable , not later than one school day after such school employee witnesses or receives a report of bullying , and to file a written report not later than two school days after making such oral report ;
2 . Require the Safe School Climate Specialist to investigate or supervise the investigation of all reports of bullying and ensure that such investigation is completed promptly after receipt of any written reports made under this section and that the parents or guardians of the student alleged to have committed an act or acts of bullying and the parents or guardians of the student against whom such alleged act or acts were directed to receive prompt notice that such investigation has commenced ;
3 . Require the Safe School Climate specialist to review any anonymous reports , except that no disciplinary action shall be taken solely on the basis of an anonymous report ;
4 . Include a prevention and intervention strategy for school employees to deal with bullying and teen dating violence ;
5 . Provide for the inclusion of language in student codes of conduct concerning bullying ;
6 . Require each school to notify 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 not later than forty-eight hours after the completion of the investigation of the results of such investigation , and verbally and / or by electronic mail , if such parents or guardians electronic mail addresses are known , that such parents or guardians may refer to the plain language explanation of the rights and remedies available under C . G . S . 10-4a and 10-4b published on the District ’ s website ;
7 . Require each school to invite the parents or guardians of a student who commits any verified act of bullying and the parents or guardians of the student against whom such act was directed , to a meeting to communicate to such parents or guardians the measures being taken by the school to ensure the student ’ s safety and to prevent further acts of bullying ;
8 . Establish a procedure for each school to document and maintain records relating to reports and investigations of bullying in such school and to maintain a list of the number of verified acts of bullying in such school and make such list available for public inspection , and annually report such number to the Department of Education , and in such manner as prescribed by the Commissioner of Education ;
9 . Direct the development of case-by-case interventions for addressing repeated incidents of bullying against a single individual or recurrently perpetrated bullying incidents by the same individual that may include both counseling and discipline ;
10 . Prohibit discrimination and retaliation against an individual who reports or assists in the investigation of an act of bullying ;
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