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125th MAINE LEGISLATURE |
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LD 1237 |
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LR 614(09) |
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An Act To
Prohibit Bullying in Schools |
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Fiscal Note for
Senate Amendment " " to
Committee Amendment "B" |
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Sponsor: Sen. Rosen of Hancock |
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Fiscal Note Required: Yes |
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Fiscal Note |
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State Mandate - Exempted |
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State Mandates |
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Required Activity |
Unit Affected |
Local Cost |
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Requires school
boards, when amending its policies and procedures that address bullying, to
include the following: |
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Significant statewide |
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~ procedures for students, school staff,
parents, guardians and others to report incidents of bullying including
anonymous reporting of bullying; |
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~ procedures for prompt investigating and
responding to incidents of bullying including written documentation of
reported incidents and the outcome of the investigation; |
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~ procedure for appealing a decision to take
or not take disciplinary action; |
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~ procedure to remediate any substantiated
incident of bullying; |
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~ process to communicate measures being taken
to ensure the safety of the targeted student and to prevent further acts of
bullying. |
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Requires the
annual dissemination of the written policy to students, parents, guardians,
volunteers, administrators, teachers and school staff; posting of policy on
the school administrative unit's publicly accessible website; and inclusion
of the policy, in detail, to the student handbook. |
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Requires
superintendent to address every substantiated incident of bullying. |
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Requires local
school administrative units to provide professional development and staff
training in the best approaches to implementing the anti-bullying policy. |
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Pursuant to the
Mandate Preamble, the two-thirds vote of all members elected to each House
exempts the state from the constitutional requirement to fund 90% of the
additional costs. |
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