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Senate Amendment 5079

Amendment Text

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  1  1    Amend Senate File 2176 as follows:
  1  2    #1.  By striking everything after the enacting
  1  3 clause and inserting the following:
  1  4    "Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  280.16  ANTIBULLYING
  1  5 POLICY AND PROCEDURES REQUIREMENT.
  1  6    1.  The board of directors of a school district and
  1  7 the authorities in charge of an accredited nonpublic
  1  8 school shall each adopt and annually review a policy
  1  9 prohibiting the bullying of all students.  The policy
  1 10 shall reflect community standards by including local
  1 11 input from parents, guardians, school employees,
  1 12 volunteers, students, school administrators, and other
  1 13 members of the community.  Each school board and the
  1 14 authorities in charge of each nonpublic school shall
  1 15 annually review their policy with parents, guardians,
  1 16 school employees, volunteers, students, school
  1 17 administrators, and other members of the community.
  1 18    2.  The antibullying policy shall, at a minimum,
  1 19 include or provide for all of the following:
  1 20    a.  A definition of bullying.
  1 21    b.  Effective prevention strategies.
  1 22    c.  Monitoring and evaluation of the policy's
  1 23 effectiveness.
  1 24    d.  Procedures for receiving and responding to
  1 25 complaints.
  1 26    e.  Consequences and appropriate remedial action
  1 27 for violation of the policy, taking into account the
  1 28 pattern and severity of particular bullying behavior.
  1 29    f.  Public notice of the policy.
  1 30    g.  Prohibition of reprisals or retaliation against
  1 31 any person who reports bullying behavior.
  1 32    3.  Each school board and the authorities in charge
  1 33 of each nonpublic school shall develop procedures
  1 34 necessary to implement and administer this section."
  1 35    #2.  Title page, line 2, by inserting after the
  1 36 word "districts" the following:  "and accredited
  1 37 nonpublic schools".  
  1 38 
  1 39 
  1 40                               
  1 41 JACK HOLVECK
  1 42 KEITH A. KREIMAN 
  1 43 SF 2176.201 80
  1 44 kh/sh
     

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