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Like the Meier case, the Clementi case spurred legislators (this time, in New Jersey) to pass a law specifically aimed at bullying, an "Anti-bullying Bill of Rights". [ 20 ] While some laws are written such that the focus on cyberbullying is the set of acts that occur within a school, others are more general, targeting cyberbullying no matter ...
Each school has to report each case of bullying to the State, and the State will grade each school based on bullying standards, policies, and incidents. Each school must have an effective plan to deal with bullying. All school administrators and teachers are required to deal with any incidents of bullying reported to them or witnessed by them ...
By 2011, over forty-five US states had implemented laws against digital harassment, although many of these were focused on school policies for dealing with bullying and harassment, rather than criminalizing cyberbullying.
Florida's DeSantis-backed Senate Bill 266 now sits in the crosshairs of a federal lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Florida and attorneys on behalf of educators who ...
As the start of the school year approaches in Florida, some teachers say chaos and confusion have marked the days leading up to reopening as they navigate how to teach under new state policies.
Rebecca Ann Sedwick (October 19, 2000 – September 9, 2013) was a 12-year-old American student at Crystal Lake Middle School in Lakeland, Florida who died by suicide when she jumped off a concrete silo tower. Investigation into her death led to a conclusion of in-person and cyberbullying contributing to the decision to take her own life. [1]
Two 12-year-olds in Florida were arrested for cyberbullying following the suicide of a middle-school student.
Date: 3 May 2009, 17:00 (UTC): Source: This file was derived from: USA Counties with FIPS and names including territories.svg: Information from the Human Rights Campaign (anti-bullying laws and nondiscrimination laws), Bully Police USA (what states/territories have anti-bullying laws), and the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network.