New Jersey Definition Of Bullying

Mission statement the mission of the nj coalition for bullying awareness and prevention is to increase community awareness of bullying as a common serious problem of school age children and to advocate for the implementation of effective bullying prevention approaches in the state of new jersey.

New jersey definition of bullying. 2010 chapter 122 p l. New jersey anti bullying laws prohibit harassment intimidation or bullying that is reasonably perceived as being motivated either by any actual or perceived characteristic such as race color religion ancestry national origin gender sexual orientation gender identity and expression or a mental physical or sensory disability or by any other distinguishing characteristic. Harassment intimidation or bullying means any gesture any written verbal or physical act or any electronic communication whether it be a single incident or a series of incidents that is reasonably perceived as being motivated either by any actual or perceived characteristic. Provided below are information and resources to aid schools in the establishment of hib policies the adoption of hib.

1 threatens to inflict injury or physical harm to any person or. Titled bullying bias and racial disparities in discipline the workshop highlighted the critical importance of proactive efforts to address various forms of bias as part of comprehensive anti bullying programming promoting equity in education and complying with laws such as the anti bullying bill of rights the new jersey law against discrimination and title ix. Harassment intimidation bullying hib new jersey has been a leader in the establishment of a strong statutory regulatory policy and program framework to support the prevention remediation and reporting of hib in schools. Bullying laws in new jersey.

22 2010 the new jersey legislature passed the anti bullying bill of rights act with nearly unanimous support in both houses it was signed into law as p l. To help the public understand how the anti bullying bill of rights act and the new jersey law against discrimination lad help protect students from school bullying the new jersey division on civil rights dcr collaborated with the new jersey department of education doe to create a guidance document and an on line tutorial.