Arkansas Anti-Bullying Law
What to do if you or a friend are being bullied?
If you are being bullied on school grounds, according to Arkasnas state law, you may contact the followng authoraties:
- School Principle
- School Faculty
- School Counselor
- School Superintendent
- Parents
If you are being cyber-bullied you may report the harassment to the following people,
- Any and all trusted school faculty memeber such as: Teachers, Superintendents, Principal, conselor
- Parents
*Any information can be submitted anonymously
Is it bullying?1
In the state of Arkansas bullying, both physical and electronical, is defined as:
- the intentional harassment, intimidation, humiliation, ridicule, defamation, or threat or incitement of violence by a student against another student or public school employee by a written, verbal, electronic, or physical act. In which may lead to:
- Physical harm/damage to student/employee or their property
- Substantial interference to a students education
- Hostile education enviornment
State | Arkansas |
---|---|
Bullying Law | Yes |
Include "cyberbullying" | Yes |
Include electronic harassment | Yes |
Criminal Sanction | Yes |
School sanction | Yes |
Require School Policy | Yes |
Include off campus behaviors? | Yes |
Summary2
- State has a law pertaining to bullying
- The term cyberbullying is specifically included
- The law does include electronic harassment
- The law does provide for criminal sanctions
- The law does have a school policy on bullying
- State does follow federal law for off-campus bullying behavior
School's reponsibility for OFF campus bullying
The school may enforce policies if a student is being physically/electroncially harassed on/off campus. Those policies may differ from school district.
*See resource 3 for more info*
News about Bullying in
Resources
1Horowitz, M. & Bollinger, D.M. (2014). Cyberbullying in social media within educational institutions. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield
2http://cyberbullying.org/Bullying-and-Cyberbullying-Laws.pdf