The governing board of every public school district and charter school must have policies and procedures to prohibit pupils from harassing, intimidating and bullying other pupils on school grounds, on school property, on school buses, at school bus stops, at school-sponsored events and activities and through the use of electronic technology or electronic communication on school computers, networks, forums and mailing lists that include the following components:
(a) A procedure for pupils, parents and school district
employees to confidentially
report to school officials incidents of harassment, intimidation or
bullying. The school shall make available written forms designed to provide a full and
detailed description of the incident and any other relevant information about
the incident.
(b) A requirement that school
district employees report
in writing suspected incidents of harassment, intimidation or bullying to the appropriate school
official and a description of appropriate disciplinary procedures for employees who fail to report
suspected incidents that are known to the employee.
(c) A requirement
that, at the beginning of each school year, school officials provide all pupils with a written copy
of the rights, protections and support services available to a pupil who
is an alleged victim of an incident reported pursuant to this paragraph.
(d) If an incident is
reported pursuant to this paragraph, a requirement that school officials provide a pupil who is an alleged victim
of the incident with a written copy of the rights, protections and support
services available to that pupil.
(e) A formal process for the
documentation of reported incidents of harassment, intimidation or
bullying and for the confidentiality, maintenance and disposition of this
documentation. School districts shall maintain documentation of all incidents
reported pursuant to this paragraph for at least six years. The school shall not use that documentation to impose
disciplinary action unless the appropriate school official has investigated and
determined that the reported incidents of harassment, intimidation or bullying
occurred. If a school provides documentation of reported incidents to
persons other than school officials or law enforcement, all individually identifiable information shall
be redacted.
(f) A formal process for the
investigation by the appropriate school officials of suspected incidents
of harassment, intimidation or bullying, including procedures for notifying the alleged victim on
completion and disposition of the investigation.
(g) Disciplinary procedures
for pupils who have admitted or been found to have committed incidents of
harassment, intimidation or bullying.
(h) A procedure
that sets forth consequences
for submitting false reports of incidents of harassment, intimidation or
bullying.
(i) Procedures
designed to protect
the health and safety of pupils who are physically harmed as the result of incidents of
harassment, intimidation and bullying, including, if appropriate, procedures to
contact emergency medical services or law enforcement agencies, or both.
Source: ARS 15-341
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