Harassment, Intimidation, or Bullying. (HIB). Harassment, intimidation, or bullying (HIB) in school settings presents an ongoing challenge throughout New Jersey. Acts 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, tear at the fabric of our society, pose grave risks to the physical and emotional well-being of children, and can quickly lead to retaliation, an escalation of violence both on and off school grounds, and even suicide. HIB may take a myriad of forms, encompassing even common activities such as the photographing or recording of one student by another. To address this problem, New Jersey enacted the Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights Act (ABR) on January 5, 2011 (N.J.S.A. 18A:37-13 et seq.). The ABR sets forth standards and procedures for preventing, reporting, investigating, and responding to incidents of HIB of students that occur on school grounds, at school-sponsored functions, on school buses, and off school grounds. The ABR further requires that polices be adopted through a process that includes representation of parents or guardians, school employees, volunteers, students, administrators and community representatives (N.J.S.A. 18A:37-15a). Upon request by a school district, law enforcement agencies shall make available a representative to participate in this process (see Article 13.6 of this Agreement).
Harassment, Intimidation, or Bullying. A. “Harassment, Intimidation, or Bullying” means any intentional written, verbal, graphic, or physical act that a student or group of students exhibits toward school personnel which:
Harassment, Intimidation, or Bullying. The board expects all students to treat each other with civility and respect and not to engage in behavior that is disruptive or violent. This type of behavior interferes with a student’s ability to learn and a school’s ability to educate its students in a safe environment. Therefore, the school will not tolerate acts of harassment, intimidation or bullying. The board prohibits acts of harassment, intimidation or bullying against any student. “Harassment, intimidation or bullying” is defined as any gesture, any written, verbal or physical act, or any electronic communication that is reasonably perceived as being motivated either by any actual or perceived characteristic, such as race, color, religion, gender, a mental, physical or sensory disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin or ancestry, or by any other distinguishing characteristic, that takes place on school grounds, at any school-sponsored function or on a school bus and that:
Harassment, Intimidation, or Bullying. Any act that substantially interferes with a student’s educational benefits, opportunities or performance, that takes place on, or immediately adjacent to, school grounds, at any school-sponsored activity, on school-provided transportation or at any official school bus stop. Harassment, intimidation and bullying may be based on, but not limited to, the protected class status of a person, and have the effect of:
Harassment, Intimidation, or Bullying. Any act that substantially interferes with an employee’s opportunities or performance, which takes place on District property, or at any District-sponsored activity. Harassment, intimidation and bullying have the effect of: • Physically harming an employee or damaging an employee’s property; or • Knowingly placing an employee in reasonable fear of physical harm to the employee or damage to the staff member’s property; or • Creating a hostile work environment.
