Effective 1/24/2018 53G-9-602. Bullying, hazing, and cyber-bullying prohibited. (1) A school employee or student may not engage in bullying a school employee or student: (a) on school property; (b) at a school related or sponsored event; (c) on a school bus; (d) at a school bus stop; or (e) while the school employee or student […]
Effective 1/24/2018 53G-9-603. Retaliation and making a false allegation prohibited. (1) A school employee or student may not engage in retaliation against: (a) a school employee; (b) a student; or (c) an investigator for, or a witness of, an alleged incident of bullying, cyber-bullying, hazing, or retaliation. (2) A school employee or student may not […]
Effective 5/14/2019 53G-9-604. Parental notification of certain incidents and threats required. (1) A school shall: (a) notify a parent if the parent’s student threatens to commit suicide; or (b) notify the parents of each student involved in an incident of bullying, cyber-bullying, hazing, abusive conduct, or retaliation of the incident involving each parent’s student. (2) […]
Effective 5/14/2019 53G-9-605. Bullying, cyber-bullying, hazing, abusive conduct, and retaliation policy. (1) On or before September 1, 2018, an LEA governing board shall update the LEA governing board’s bullying, cyber-bullying, hazing, and retaliation policy to include abusive conduct. (2) A policy shall: (a) be developed only with input from: (i) students; (ii) parents; (iii) teachers; […]
Effective 5/4/2022 53G-9-606. Model policy and state board duties. (1) On or before September 1, 2018, the state board shall: (a) update the state board’s model policy on bullying, cyber-bullying, hazing, and retaliation to include abusive conduct; and (b) post the model policy described in Subsection (1)(a) on the state board’s website. (2) The state […]
Effective 5/12/2020 53G-9-607. Training, education, and prevention — Standards. (1) (a) An LEA governing board shall include in the training of a school employee training regarding bullying, cyber-bullying, hazing, abusive conduct, and retaliation that meets the standards described in Subsection (4). (b) An LEA governing board may offer voluntary training to parents and students regarding […]
Effective 1/24/2018 53G-9-608. Other forms of legal redress. (1) Nothing in this part prohibits a victim of bullying, cyber-bullying, hazing, abusive conduct, or retaliation from seeking legal redress under any other provisions of civil or criminal law. (2) This section does not create or alter tort liability. Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 3, 2018 General […]
