Bullying

First Step
Meet with student being bullied and request a “Written Statement”

Second Step
Conduct Students/Witnesses investigation.

Third Step
Stress the confidentiality of the Bullying Investigation

Fourth Step
Meet with the student doing the Bullying and hear his story and have him write a “Written Statement”

Final Outcome
Suspension – See Ed. 48900 district policy.

48900(r) Engaged in an act of bullying. For purposes of this subdivision, the following terms have the following meanings:

   (1) "Bullying" means any severe or pervasive physical or verbal act or conduct, including communications made in writing or by means of an electronic act, and including one or more acts committed by a pupil or group of pupils as defined in Section 48900.2, 48900.3, or 48900.4, directed toward one or more pupils that has or can be reasonably predicted to have the effect of one or more of the following:

   (A) Placing a reasonable pupil or pupils in fear of harm to that pupils or those pupils' person or property.

   (B) Causing a reasonable pupil to experience a substantially detrimental effect on his or her physical or mental health.

   (C) Causing a reasonable pupil to experience substantial interference with his or her academic performance.

   (D) Causing a reasonable pupil to experience substantial interference with his or her ability to participate in or benefit from the services, activities, or privileges provided by a school.

   (2) (A) "Electronic act" means the transmission, by means of an electronic device, including, but not limited to, a telephone, wireless telephone, or other wireless communication device, computer, or pager, of a communication, including, but not limited to, any of the following:

   (i) A message, text, sound, or image.

   (ii) A post on a social network Internet Web site including, but not limited to:

   (I) Posting to or creating a burn page. "Burn page" means an Internet Web site created for the purpose of having one or more of the effects listed in paragraph (1).

   (II) Creating a credible impersonation of another actual pupil for the purpose of having one or more of the effects listed in paragraph

(1). "Credible impersonation" means to knowingly and without consent impersonate a pupil for the purpose of bullying the pupil and such that another pupil would reasonably believe, or has reasonably believed, that the pupil was or is the pupil who was impersonated.

   (III) Creating a false profile for the purpose of having one or more of the effects listed in paragraph (1). "False profile" means a profile of a fictitious pupil or a profile using the likeness or attributes of an actual pupil other than the pupil who created the false profile.

   (B) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) and subparagraph (A), an electronic act shall not constitute pervasive conduct solely on the basis that it has been transmitted on the Internet or is currently posted on the Internet.

   (3) "Reasonable pupil" means a pupil, including, but not limited to, an exceptional needs pupil, who exercises average care, skill, and judgment in conduct for a person of his or her age, or for a person of his or her age with his or her exceptional needs.

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