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5131.911(a)

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Bullying Prevention and Intervention

The Colchester Board of Education is committed to creating and maintaining safe and positive
school climates that are free from bullying, harassment and discrimination. To that end,
Colchester school employees are expected to model positive, respectful, and supportive behavior
toward students, parents, guardians/caregivers, and staff and help to create a collaborative school
atmosphere that promotes appropriate social behavior by students in support of others.

Bullying behavior is strictly prohibited, and students who are determined to have engaged in
such behavior are subject to disciplinary action, which may include suspension or expulsion from
school. The district’s commitment to addressing bullying behavior, however, involves a multi-
faceted approach, which includes education and the promotion of a school atmosphere in which
bullying will not be tolerated by students or school staff.

In accordance with state law and the Board’s Safe School Climate Plan, the Board expressly
prohibits any form of bullying behavior on school grounds; at a school-sponsored or school-
related activity, function or program, whether on or off school grounds; at a school bus stop; on a
school bus or other vehicle owned, leased or used by a local or regional board of education; or
through the use of an electronic device or an electronic mobile device.

The Board also prohibits any form of bullying behavior outside of the school setting if such
bullying (i) creates a hostile environment at school for the student against whom such bullying
was directed, (ii) infringes on the rights of the student against whom such bullying was directed
at school, or (iii) substantially disrupts the education process or the orderly operation of a school.
Discrimination and/or retaliation against an individual who reports or assists in the investigation
of an act of bullying is likewise prohibited.

In accordance with the Board's policies on student discipline, and consistent with state and
federal law, students who engage in bullying behavior shall be subject to school discipline and/or
other appropriate interventions, up to and including suspension and/or expulsion,

Definitions of Bullying and Cyberbullying

For purposes of this policy, “Bullying” means the repeated use by one or more students of a
written, verbal or electronic communication, such as cyberbullying, or a physical act or gesture
directed at another student attending school in the same school district that:

       1)      causes physical or emotional harm to such student or damage to such student’s
               property;

       2)      places such student in reasonable fear of harm to himself or herself, or of damage
               to his or her property;

       3)      creates a hostile environment at school for such student;
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       4)      infringes on the rights of such student at school; or

       5)      substantially disrupts the education process or the orderly operation of a
               school.

Bullying shall include, but not be limited to, a written, verbal or electronic communication or
physical act or gesture based on any actual or perceived differentiating characteristics, such as
race, sex, color, religion, ancestry, age, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender
identity and expression, socioeconomic status, academic status, physical appearance, or mental,
physical, developmental or sensory disability, or by association with an individual or group who
has or is perceived to have one or more of such characteristics.

For purposes of this policy, "Cyberbullying" means any act of bullying through the use of the
Internet, interactive and digital technologies, cellular mobile telephone or other mobile electronic
devices or any electronic communications.

Potential OCR Violations

When bullying behavior targets a student based on a protected class, it may also be a violation of
state and/or federal civil rights laws and must therefore also be investigated as a complaint as
defined by federal legislation per the USDE Office for Civil Rights:

    Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination based on race, color, or
    national origin in programs or activities receiving federal financial assistance.

    Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 prohibits discrimination based on sex in
    education programs and activities that receive federal financial assistance.

    Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 prohibits discrimination based on disability
    in programs or activities receiving federal financial assistance.

    Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 prohibits discrimination based on
    disability in public entities.

I. Other Definitions

       A.      "Electronic communication" means any transfer of signs, signals,
               writing, images, sounds, data or intelligence of any nature transmitted
               in whole or in part by a wire, radio, electromagnetic, photoelectronic
               or photo-optical system;
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Other Definitions continued

      B.     "Hostile environment" means a situation in which bullying among students is
             sufficiently severe or pervasive to alter the conditions of the school climate;

      C.     "Mobile electronic device" means any hand-held or other portable electronic
             equipment capable of providing data communication between two or more
             individuals, including, but not limited to, a text messaging device, a paging
             device, a personal digital assistant, a laptop computer, equipment that is capable
             of playing a video game or a digital video disk, or equipment on which digital
             images are taken or transmitted;

      D.     "Outside of the school setting" means at a location, activity or program that is
             not school related, or through the use of an electronic device or a mobile
             electronic device that is not owned, leased or used by a local or regional board of
             education;

      E.     "Prevention and intervention strategy" may include, but is not limited to,
             (1) implementation of Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports or another
              evidence-based model for safe school climate/bullying prevention,
              (2) school rules prohibiting bullying, harassment and intimidation and
             establishing appropriate consequences for those who engage in such acts, (3)
             adequate adult supervision of outdoor areas, hallways, the lunchroom and other
             specific areas where bullying is likely to occur, (4) inclusion of grade-appropriate
             bullying education and prevention curricula in kindergarten through high school,
             (5) individual interventions with the bully, parents and school employees, and
             interventions with the bullied child, parents and school employees, (6) school-
             wide training related to safe school climate, (7) student peer training, education
             and support, and (8) promotion of parent involvement in bullying prevention
             through individual or team participation in meetings, trainings and individual
             interventions.

      F.     "School climate" means the quality and character of school life with a particular
             focus on positive relationships within the school community between and among
             students and adults.

      G.     "School employee" means (1) a teacher, substitute teacher, school administrator,
             school superintendent, guidance counselor, psychologist, social worker, nurse,
             physician, school paraprofessional or coach employed by a local or regional board
             of education or working in a public elementary, middle or high school; or (2) any
             other individual who, in the performance of his or her duties, has regular contact
             with students and who provides services to or on behalf of students enrolled in
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             a public elementary, middle or high school, pursuant to a contract with
             the local or regional board of education.

      H.     “School-Sponsored Activity” shall mean any activity conducted on or
             off school property (including school buses and other school-related
             vehicles) that is sponsored, recognized or authorized by the Board of
             Education.

II. Leadership and Administrative Responsibilities

      A.     Safe School Climate Coordinator

             For the school year commencing July 1, 2012, and each school year thereafter, the
             Superintendent shall appoint, from existing school district staff, a District Safe
             School Climate Coordinator (“Coordinator”). The Coordinator shall:

             1.     be responsible for implementing the district’s Safe School
                    Climate Plan (“Plan”);

             2.     collaborate with Safe School Climate Specialists, the Board, and
                    the Superintendent to prevent, identify and respond to bullying in
                    district schools;

             3.     provide data and information, in collaboration with the
                    Superintendent, to the Department of Education regarding
                    bullying;

             4.     meet with Safe School Climate Specialists at least twice during
                    the school year to discuss issues relating to bullying in the school
                    district and to make recommendations concerning amendments to
                    the district’s Plan.

      B.     Safe School Climate Specialist

             For the school year commencing July 1, 2012, and each school year thereafter, the
             principal of each school (or principal’s designee) shall serve as the Safe School
             Climate Specialist. The Safe School Climate Specialist shall investigate or
             supervise the investigation of reported acts of bullying and act as the primary
             school official responsible for preventing, identifying and responding to reports of
             bullying in the school.
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III. School Employee Responsibilities

School employees who witness suspected acts of bullying or receive reports of bullying are
required to to orally notify the safe school climate specialist, or another school administrator if
the safe school climate specialist is unavailable, not later than one school day after such school
employee witnesses or receives a report of bullying, and to file a written report not later than two
school days after making such oral report.

In addition to prevention and intervention strategies, administrators, teachers and other
professional employees should utilize opportunities to educate students about bullying and help
eliminate bullying behavior through class discussions, counseling, and reinforcement of socially-
appropriate behavior. Administrators, teachers and other professional employees should
intervene promptly whenever they observe student conduct that has the purpose or effect of
ridiculing, harassing, humiliating or intimidating another student, even if such conduct does not
meet the formal definition of “bullying.”

IV. Development and Review of Safe School Climate Plan

Consistent with the requirements under state law, the Colchester Board of Education authorizes
the Superintendent or his/her designee(s), along with the Safe School Climate Coordinator, to be
responsible for developing and implementing a Safe School Climate Plan in furtherance of this
policy. As provided by state law, our Safe School Climate Plan:

       (1) Enables students to anonymously report acts of bullying to school employees and
           requires students and the parents/guardians/caregivers of students to be notified
           annually of the process by which students may make such reports;

       (2) enables/assists the parents/guardians/caregivers of students to file written reports of
           suspected bullying;

        (3) requires the safe school climate specialist to investigate or supervise the investigation
           of all reports of bullying and ensure that such investigation is completed promptly
           after receipt of any written reports made under this section;

       (4) requires the safe school climate specialist to review any anonymous reports, except
           that no disciplinary action shall be taken solely on the basis of an anonymous report;

       (5) includes a prevention and intervention strategy for school employees to deal with
          bullying;

       (6) provides for the inclusion of language in student codes of conduct concerning
           bullying;
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      (7) requires each school to notify the parents/guardians/caregivers of students who
          commit any verified acts of bullying and the parents/guardians/caregivers of students
          against whom such acts were directed not later than forty-eight hours after the
          completion of the investigation;

      (8) requires a school administrator to invite the parents/guardians/caregivers of a student
          who commits any verified act of bullying and the parents/guardians/caregivers of the
          student against whom such act was directed to separate meetings to communicate to
          such parents/guardians/caregivers the measures being taken by the school to ensure
          the safety of the student against whom such act was directed and to prevent further
          acts of bullying;

      (9) establishes a procedure for each school to document and maintain records relating to
           reports and investigations of bullying in such school and to maintain a list of the
           number of verified acts of bullying in such school and make such list available for
           public inspection, and annually report such number to the Department of Education
           and in such manner as prescribed by the Commissioner of Education;

      (10) directs the development of case-by-case interventions for addressing repeated
           incidents of bullying against a single individual or recurrently perpetrated bullying
           incidents by the same individual that may include both counseling and discipline;

      (11) prohibits discrimination and retaliation against an individual who reports or assists in
          the investigation of an act of bullying;

      (12) directs the development of student safety support plans for students against whom an
          act of bullying was directed that address safety measures the school will take to
          protect such students against further acts of bullying;

      (13) requires the principal of a school, or the principal's designee, to notify the
          appropriate local law enforcement agency when such principal, or the principal's
          designee, believes that any acts of bullying constitute criminal conduct;

      (14) prohibits bullying (A) on school grounds, at a school-sponsored or school-related
           activity, function or program whether on or off school grounds, at a school bus stop,
           on a school bus or other vehicle owned, leased or used by a local or regional board
           of education, or through the use of an electronic device or an electronic mobile
           device owned, leased or used by the local or regional board of education, and (B)
           outside of the school setting if such bullying (i) creates a hostile environment at
           school for the student against whom such bullying was directed, (ii) infringes on the
           rights of the student against whom such bullying was directed at school, or (iii)
           substantially disrupts the education process or the orderly operation of a school;
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       (15) requires, at the beginning of each school year, each school to provide all school
            employees with a written or electronic copy of the school district's safe school
            climate plan; and

       (16) requires that all school employees annually complete the training described in Conn.
            Gen. Stat. §10-220a.

The notification required pursuant to subdivision (7) (above) and the invitation required pursuant
to subdivision (8) (above) includes a description of the response of school employees to such
acts and any consequences that may result from the commission of further acts of bullying. Any
information provided under this policy or accompanying Safe School Climate Plan shall be
provided in accordance with the confidentiality restrictions imposed under the Family
Educational Rights Privacy Act ("FERPA") and the district's Confidentiality and Access to
Student Information policy and regulations.

The Colchester Board of Education approved the Safe School Climate Plan developed pursuant
to this policy and submitted such plan to the Department of Education. The Board has made
such plan available on the Board's and each individual school in the school district's web site and
will ensure that the Safe School Climate Plan is included in the school district's publication of
the rules, procedures and standards of conduct for schools and in all student handbooks.

Legal References:
       Public Act 11-232, An Act Concerning the Strengthening of School Bullying
       Laws
       Conn. Gen. Stat. 10-145a
       Conn. Gen. Stat. 10-145o
       Conn. Gen. Stat. 10-220a
       Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-222d
       Conn. Gen. Stat. 10-222g
       Conn. Gen. Stat. 10-222h
       Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 10-233a through 10-233f




Policy adopted: January 14, 2003                                    Colchester Public Schools
Policy revised: January 13, 2009                                    Colchester, CT
Policy revised: December 13, 2011
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                                      Colchester Public Schools Safe School Climate Plan
Introduction
There is a growing understanding that school climate is an integral component of the learning environment and essential for school
improvement. Connecticut has defined school climate as “the quality and character of school life with a particular focus on the quality
of the relationships within the school community between and among students and adults.” The National School Climate Standards
provide a vision and framework for a positive and sustainable school climate. Through the implementation of appropriate prevention
and intervention strategies the Colchester Public Schools will sustain school environments where all members are welcomed,
supported and feel safe in school; socially, emotionally, physically, and intellectually. In response to the need to establish these
positive school climates, the Board of Education has adopted the following Safe School Climate Plan.

  Component                                  Actions                                   Person(s) Responsible           Timeline
Bullying         Implement and enforce Bullying Prevention and                     Superintendent of Schools       Ongoing
Prevention and   Intervention Policy which includes:                               School Administrators
Intervention     • Student codes of conduct that are defined and prohibit
Policy               bullying in accordance with state law.
                 • A prohibition against bullying on school grounds, at a
                     school-sponsored or school-related activity, function or
                     program whether on or off school grounds, at a school
                     bus stop, on a school bus or other vehicle owned,
                     leased or used by a local or regional board of
                     education, or through the use of an electronic device.
                 • A prohibition of bullying outside of the school setting
                     if such bullying results in any of the following: (i)
                     creates a hostile environment at school for the student
                     against whom such bullying was directed, (ii) infringes
                     on the rights of the student against whom such bullying
                     was directed at school, or (iii) substantially disrupts the
                     education process or the orderly operation of a school.
                 • A prohibition against any form of discrimination and
                     retaliation directed toward an individual who reports or
                     assists in the investigation of an act of bullying is also
                     strictly prohibited.
                 • A prohibition against teen dating violence as defined
                     as, “any act of physical, emotional, or sexual abuse,
                     including stalking, harassment and threatening that
                     occurs between two students who are currently or have
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                   recently been in a dating relationship.”


Notification   •   Provide all school employees with a written or             Safe School Climate District    Annually
Requirements       electronic copy of the school district's Safe School       Coordinator
                   Climate Plan.
               •   Notify students and parents/guardians/caregivers of the    Safe School Climate District    Annually
                   process by which students may make reports of              Coordinator
                   bullying.
               •   Notify students and parents/guardians of the process by    Safe School Climate District    Ongoing
                   which students may make anonymous reports of               Coordinator, Specialists, and
                   bullying.                                                  School Administrators

               •   Educate students about the district’s Bullying             School Administrators           Ongoing
                   Prevention and Intervention Policy through                 Teachers
                   developmentally appropriate discussions of the
                   schools’ behavioral expectations as specified in policy.
               •   Educate parents/guardians/caregivers about the
                   district’s Bullying Prevention and Intervention Policy     School Administrators           Annually
                   through a variety of communication vehicles including
                   the digital backpack, open houses, PTO meetings,
                   Community conversation/forums, etc.
               •   Publish Bullying Prevention and Intervention Policy
                   and Safe School Climate Plan on the school and
                   district's web sites and in the District Policy Handbook   Superintendent of Schools       Annually
                   for parents/guardians/caregivers and student               School principal
                   handbooks.
Safe School    •   Appoint District Safe School Climate Coordinator           Superintendent of Schools       Annually
Climate        •   Appoint Safe School Climate Specialists in each school
Committee                                                                     School Principals               Annually
               •   Establish Safe School Climate Committee in
                   accordance with the law, including at least one
                   parent/guardian/caregiver of a student at the school       Safe School Climate District    Annually
                                                                              Coordinator and Safe School
               •   Ensure that parent(s)/guardian(s)/caregiver(s) serving     Climate Specialists
                   on the Committee do not participate in any activities
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                     which may compromise the confidentiality of any
                     student.                                                    Safe School Climate District       Ongoing
                 •   Establish roles, responsibilities and procedures for Safe   Coordinator and Safe School
                     School Climate Committee including:                         Climate Specialists
                     • Receive copies of completed reports following
                         investigations of bullying;                             Safe School Climate Specialists    Ongoing
                     • Identify and address patterns of bullying among
                         students in the school;
                     • Review and make recommendations to amend
                         school policies relating to bullying;
                     • Review and make recommendations to the district
                         safe school climate coordinator regarding the
                         district's safe school climate plan based on issues
                         and experiences specific to the school;
                     • Educate students, school employees and parents
                         and guardians of students on issues relating to
                         bullying;
                     • Collaborate with the district safe school climate
                         coordinator in the collection of data regarding
                         bullying, in accordance with the law;
                     • Perform any other duties as determined by the
                         school principal that are related to the prevention,
                         identification and response to school bullying for
                         the school.
Prevention and   •   Identify effective evidence-based prevention and            Director of Curriculum,            Ongoing
Intervention         intervention strategies. Strategies may include, but are    Instruction, Safe School Climate
Strategy             not limited to the following:                               District Coordinator and Safe
                                                                                 School Climate Specialists
                        o Implement a positive behavioral interventions
                          and supports process or another evidence-based         Identified teachers
                          curriculum for safe school climate or for the                                             Ongoing
                          prevention of bullying
                        o Make students aware of school rules                    School Administrators and
                          prohibiting bullying, harassment and                   Teachers                           Ongoing
                          intimidation and establish appropriate
                          consequences for those who engage in such
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           acts;
       o   Provide adult supervision of outdoor areas,          School Administrators and
           hallways, the lunchroom, the bus, and other          School Employees                   Ongoing
           specific areas where bullying is likely to occur;
       o   Inclusion of grade-appropriate bullying
           education and prevention curricula in                Director of Curriculum and
           kindergarten through high school;                    Instruction, Identified Teachers   Ongoing
       o   Individual interventions with the bully, parents
           and school employees, and interventions with         Safe School Climate Specialists
           the bullied child, parents and school employees;     and School Administrators
       o   School-wide training related to safe school                                             Annual
           climate, to include relevant training in Title
           IX/Sexual harassment, Section 504/ADA, and           Director of Curriculum and
           cultural diversity.                                  Instruction/School Principals      Ongoing
       o   Student peer training, education and support,
           including advocacy for victims                                                          Ongoing, as
                                                                                                   indicated
       o Promotion of parent involvement in bullying            Safe School Climate Specialists    As determined by
         prevention through individual or team                                                     Committee
         participation in meetings, trainings and
         individual interventions.                              Safe School Climate Specialists
                                                                and School Administrators
        o Training in prevention, identification and
           response to teen dating violence for school
           employees.
•   Implement the evidence-based prevention and                 School Administrators
    intervention strategies identified by the Safe School
    Climate Committee
                                                                Identified School Employees
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Assessment of   •   Complete an assessment using the school climate             Safe School Climate Committee   Biennially
School              assessment instruments including surveys, approved                                          thereafter,
Climate             and disseminated by the State Department of Education
                    for each school                                             Safe School Climate District
                •   Submit assessment results for each school in the district   Coordinator
                    to the State Department of Education                        Safe School Climate Committee   Biennially
                •   Review and analyze data obtained from climate
                    surveys/ make necessary modifications to the district       Safe School Climate Committee
                    plan                                                                                        Ongoing
                •    Compare and contrast survey results with the National      District Safe School Climate
                    School Climate Standards and best practices                 Coordinator
                •   Meet with Safe School Climate Specialists at least                                          Ongoing
                    twice during each school year to discuss issues related
                    to school climate/bullying and make recommendations
                    to BOE Policy Committee concerning revisions to the                                         Two times per
                    District’s Bullying Prevention and Intervention Policy                                      school year
                    and/or Safe School Climate Plan
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Training   •   Provide all certified school employees training on the Safe School Climate District       Annually
               prevention, identification and response to bullying and Coordinator and Specialists
               the prevention of and response to youth suicide. The
               training will be provided to teachers, administrators and
               pupil personnel who hold the initial educator,
               provisional educator or professional educator certificate
               via in-service training.
           •   Provide all other school employees training provided
               by the State Department of Education.                     CSDE with Safe School Climate   Annually
                                                                         District Coordinator and
           •   Provide annual notice to students and                     Specialists
               parents/guardians/caregivers of the process by which
               bullying reports are made                                 School Principal                Annually

           •   Ensure the inclusion of language in student discipline
               policy concerning bullying as posted in District Parent   Superintendent of Schools
               Policy Manual                                             Board of Education              Annually

           •   Provide all school employees with written or electronic
               copy of school district’s safe school climate plan        Superintendent of Schools       Annually at
                                                                                                         beginning of school
           •   Require that all school employees and bus drivers                                         year
               annual complete training on the identification,
               prevention, and response to bullying as required by law   Director of Curriculum and
                                                                         Instruction/School Principals   Annually
                                                                         Transportation Coordinator
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Reporting       •   Orally notify the Safe School Climate Specialist or         All school employees           Within one school
Procedures          school Administrator after being witness to acts of                                        day after
                    bullying or receiving reports of bullying                                                  witnessing/receiving
                •   File a written report with the Safe School Climate          All school employees           report
                    Specialist after being witness to acts of bullying or
                    receiving reports of bullying                                                              Within two school
                •   Any student who believes s/he has been the victim of        All Students                   days of oral
                    bullying/cyberbullying or who has witnessed bullying                                       notification
                    behavior should report the matter to any school
                    employee, either in writing or anonymously.                                                Ongoing
                •   Parent(s)/guardian(s)/caregiver(s) may file written
                    reports of Suspected bullying/cyberbullying.                All
                •   Report acts of bullying that may constitute a criminal      Parents/Guardians/Caregivers
                    offense to appropriate law enforcement
                                                                                School administrator           Ongoing


                                                                                                               Ongoing
Investigation   •   Develop and disseminate investigation procedures for        Safe School Climate District   Annually
                    use by safe school climate specialists.                     Coordinator

                •   Investigate or supervise the investigation of all reports
                    of bullying and ensure that such investigation is           Safe School Climate            Promptly
                    completed promptly after receipt of any written reports.    Specialists/School
                                                                                Administrators
                •   Review any anonymous reports, except that no
                    disciplinary action shall be taken solely on the basis of
                    an anonymous report.                                        Safe School Climate            Promptly
                                                                                Specialists/School
                •   Determine whether the alleged conduct occurred &            Administrators
                    whether such conduct constitutes bullying as defined in
                    the district policy.                                        Safe School Climate            Upon completion of
                                                                                Specialists/School             investigation
                •   Investigate bullying incidents that raise concerns about    Administrators
                    discrimination or harassment on basis of legally
                    protected classifications                                   School administrators refer    As indicated
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                •   Notify the parents/caregivers of the victim and the         investigations to Director of
                    parents/caregivers of the student alleged to have           Pupil Services
                    committed acts of bullying that an investigation has        School Administrators           Promptly
                    commenced.
Response to     •   Take prompt corrective action that is reasonably            Safe School Climate             Upon determination
Verified Acts       calculated to stop the bullying and prevent any             Specialists/School              that bullying has
of Bullying         recurrence of such behavior, if it is determined that       Administrators                  occurred
                    bullying has occurred.
                •   Notify the parents/guardians/caregivers of students who     School Administrators           48 hours after the
                    commit any verified acts of bullying and the parents or                                     completion of the
                    guardians of students against whom such acts were                                           investigation
                    directed. This notification shall include a description
                    of the response of school employees to such acts, with
                    care taken to respect the statutory privacy rights of
                    others students, including the perpetrator. The specific
                    disciplinary consequences imposed on the perpetrator,
                    or personally identifiable information about a student
                    other than the parent/guardian/caregiver’s own child
                    may not be disclosed except as provided by law.
                •   Invite the parent(s)/guardian(s)/caregiver(s) of students
                    who engage in any verified acts of bullying after the
                    completion of the investigation to a meeting at which
                    the following will be shared:                               School Administrator            Upon determination
                    1. A description of the verified act(s).                                                    that bullying has
                    2. A description of the school’s interventions in                                           occurred
                        response to the act(s).
                    3. Consequences, as appropriate
                •   Invite the parent(s)/guardian(s)/caregiver(s) of any
                    student against whom an act of bullying was verified
                    after the completion of the investigation at which the
                    following information will be shared:                                                       Upon determination
                     1. A description of the verified act(s).                   School Administrator            that bullying has
                     2. A description of the school’s interventions                                             occurred
                         designed to keep the student safe & prevent any
                         further acts of bullying.
                     3. The content of the student safety support plan.
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              Except in rare circumstances, such meetings with parents
              and guardians should be held separately.
              • Develop a student safety support plan for any student
                 against whom an act of bullying was directed. The plan
                 shall address safety measures the school will take to
                 protect such students against further acts of bullying.
              • Develop case-by-case interventions to address repeated         Safe School Climate            Upon determination
                 incidents of bullying against a single individual or          Specialists/School             that bullying has
                 recurrently perpetrated bullying incidents by the same        Administrators                 occurred
                 individual that may include both counseling and
                 discipline.


                                                                               Safe School Climate
                                                                               Specialists/School             Upon determination
                                                                               Administrators                 that bullying has
                                                                                                              occurred
Documentation •   Establish a procedure for each school to:                    Safe School Climate District   July 1, 2012
and Record            o Document and maintain records relating to              Coordinator & Specialists
Keeping                    reports and investigations of bullying in the
                           school.
                      o Maintain a list of the number of verified acts of
                           bullying in the school and make such list
                           available for public inspection. This public list
                           must not contain any personally identifiable
                           information about any student or information
                           that might reasonably lead to the identification
                           of any student.
              •   Report the number of verified acts of bullying in the
                  district’s schools to the Department of Education in         Safe School Climate District   Annually based on
                  such manner as prescribed by the Commissioner of             Coordinator                    timeline established
                  Education                                                                                   by CSDE
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Regulation adopted: March 11, 2003                             Colchester Public Schools
Regulation revised: December 13, 2011                          Colchester, CT
Regulation revised: December 9, 2014