This slideshow highlights important legal and ethical information regarding bullying in California public schools. Presented to Foothill staff August 28, 2012.

1. “Safe, Healthy, High Performing Schools”

2.  Kathy Asher  Varita Mateos-
 Gretchen Bradvica Bendinelli
 Carlos Cohen  Nancy Maxson
 Susan Eberhart  Soledad Molinar
 Susan Estrada  Eric Reynolds
 Robin Faigin  Rene Rickard
 Mary Grisafe  Kyunghae Schwartz
 Karen Hartwell  Bob Shirley
 Peggy Kroener  Diana Stephens
 Kelly Lara  Michael Tapia
 Vida Martinez  Matt Walden

3. Based on the new legislation:
 Board Policy 5131.2 Bullying
 Administrative Regulation 5131.2 Bullying
 Can be accessed at:
http://www.venturausd.org/boardpolicy.htm

4.  AB 9 (Effective July 1, 2012)
 AB 746 (Effective January 1, 2012)
 AB 1156 (Effective July 1, 2012)

5. “Any severe or pervasive physical or verbal act or
conduct, including communications made in writing or by
means of an electronic act, as defined, including, but not
limited to, sexual harassment, hate violence or
harassment, threats or intimidation that has the effect or can
reasonably be predicted to have the effect of placing a
reasonable pupil, as defined, in fear of harm to that pupil’s or
those pupils’ person or property, causing a reasonable pupil
to experience a substantially detrimental effect on his or her
physical or mental health causing a reasonable pupil to
experience substantial interference with his or her academic
performance, or causing a reasonable pupil to experience
substantial interference with his or her ability to participate in
or benefit from the services, activities, or privileges provided
by a school.”
AB 1156(3)

6.  AKA: Seth’s Law
 Adopt a policy that prohibits discrimination
harassment, intimidation, and bullying based
on the actual or perceived characteristics set
forth by Penal Code Section 422.55 and
Section 220
 Policy applies to all acts related to school
activity or school attendance occurring within
a school under the jurisdiction of the school
district’s superintendent

7. • Adopt a process for receiving and
investigating complaints of
discrimination, harassment, intimidation and
bullying
• School personnel shall take immediate steps to
report and intervene
• Timeline to investigate and resolve complaints
• Appeal through Uniform Complaint Process
• Publicize and post policies at all school sites
• Maintain documentation for one review cycle
• Protect complainants from retaliation

8.  Specifically defines an electronic act
 Suspension/ expulsion for bullying
“An electronic act means the transmission of a
communication, including, but not necessarily
limited to, a message, text, sound, image, or a post
on a social network Internet Web site, by means of an
electronic device, including, but not necessarily
limited to, a telephone, wireless telephone or other
wireless communication device, computer, or pager.”

9. • Comprehensive school safety plan will include
policies and procedures for bullying prevention
• Encourage interagency strategies and trainings
to address all types of bullying
• Department of Justice and California
Department of Education are required to
contract to provide training in the prevention of
bullying
• A bullying victim, as determined by District
Personnel, is given priority for inter-district
transfer

10. Current Practices and Resources
• VUSD Guiding Principles
• Response to Intervention and Instruction (RtI2)
• The Great Body Shop (K-5)
• Too Good for Drugs and Violence (6-8)
• Project Towards No Drug Abuse (9 and all
alternative schools)
• Science and Health courses (6-12)

11. • CHAMPS (Safe and Civil Schools)
• Search Institute
40 Developmental Assets
Change of Heart Student and Staff Retreats
Building Assets in School Communities
• Lesson One
• Positive Behavior Intervention and Support
(PBIS) - Mike Mattos
• Bullying Training – Dora Dome, Esq.
• Raising Responsibility System – Dr. Marvin
Marshall

12. AB 746 Encourages school districts, county
offices of education…to develop and implement
in-service training programs and activities that
will:
• Improve school attendance
• Reduce school crime and violence, including…
 hate crimes
 bullying, including bullying committed personally or by means
of an electronic act
 teen relationship violence
 discrimination
 harassment

13.  Identify current lessons, programs,
curriculum that supports change..for
example:
o Anti-bullying Literature: “Everybody see the Ants”
o Ms. Carr: Positive Labels, “Pause before you post”
 Create, update and post forms and
information on new changes and policies
 Implement a plan that includes:
◦ Training staff
◦ Informing families, students and community
◦ On-going feedback loops to check for
accountability

14.  www.venturausd.org
 Family Resources
◦ Technology Resources
 Staff
◦ WIKI
◦ Professional Development
◦ Administration