E.
II.
Students who engage in bullying behavior or teen dating violence in violation of Board
Policy and the Safe School Climate Plan shall be subject to school discipline, up to and
including expulsion, in accordance with the Board's policies on student discipline,
suspension and expulsion, and consistent with state and federal law.
Definition of Bullying
A.
“Bullying” means the repeated use by one or more students of a written, oral, or
electronic communication, such as cyberbullying, directed at or referring to another
student attending school in the same district, or a physical act or gesture by one or more
students repeatedly directed at another student attending school in the same school
district, that:
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B.
III.
causes physical or emotional harm to such student or damage to such student’s
property;
places such student in reasonable fear of harm to himself or herself, or of damage
to his or her property;
creates a hostile environment at school for such student;
infringes on the rights of such student at school; or
substantially disrupts the education process or the orderly operation of a school.
Bullying shall include, but not be limited to, a written, verbal, or electronic
communication or physical act or gesture based on any actual or perceived differentiating
characteristics, such as race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, gender, sexual
orientation, gender identity and expression, socioeconomic status, academic status,
physical appearance, or mental, physical, developmental or sensory disability, or by
association with an individual or group who has or is perceived to have one or more of
such characteristics.
Other Definitions
A.
"Cyberbullying" means any act of bullying through the use of the Internet, interactive
and digital technologies, cellular mobile telephone or other mobile electronic devices, or
any electronic communications.
B. "Electronic communication" means any transfer of signs, signals, writing, images,
sounds, data, or intelligence of any nature transmitted in whole or in part by a wire, radio,
electromagnetic, photoelectronic, or photo-optical system;
C. "Hostile environment" means a situation in which bullying among students is
sufficiently severe or pervasive to alter the conditions of the school climate;
D. "Mobile electronic device" means any hand-held or other portable electronic equipment
capable of providing data communication between two or more individuals, including,
but not limited to, a text messaging device, a paging device, a personal digital assistant,
a laptop computer, equipment that is capable of playing a video game or a digital video
disk, or equipment on which digital images are taken or transmitted;
E. "Outside of the school setting" means at a location, activity or program that is not
school related, or through the use of an electronic device or a mobile electronic device
that is not owned, leased, or used by a local or regional board of education;
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