ONLINE BULLYING TRAINING MODULE�ASSEMBLY BILL 1993��The California State seal is used for the background for each slide.

California Department of Education

TOM TORLAKSON

State Superintendent of Public Instruction

Purpose

• To assist entire school communities including school staff, administrators, parents, students, and communities in increasing knowledge and strategies for recognizing, preventing, and intervening in the trend and harmful effects of bullying and cyberbullying on our youth.

California Education Code �Section 32283.5�

The California Department of Education (CDE) shall develop an online training module to assist all school staff, school administrators, parents, pupils, and community members in increasing their knowledge of the dynamics of bullying and cyberbullying.

California Education Code �Section 48900 (1)

• (1)  “Bullying” means any severe or pervasive physical or verbal act or conduct, including communications made in writing or by means of an electronic act, and including one or more acts committed by a pupil or group of pupils as defined in sections 48900.2, 48900.3, or 48900.4, directed toward one or more pupils that has or can be reasonably predicted to have the effect of one or more of the following:

California Education Code �Section 48900 (2)

• (A) Placing a reasonable pupil or pupils in fear of harm to that pupil’s or those pupils’ person or property.
• (B) Causing a reasonable pupil to experience a substantially detrimental effect on his or her physical or mental health.
• (C) Causing a reasonable pupil to experience substantial interference with his or her academic performance.

California Education Code �Section 48900 (3)

• (D) 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.

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Bullying and Cyberbullying Facts (1)

• One in three California students reported being bullied. (2015 California Healthy Kids Survey [CHKS])
• Nationwide, one in five students reported being bullied. (2016 National Center for Educational Statistics)
• Thirty-three percent of students who reported being bullied at school indicated that they were bullied at least once or twice a month during the school year. (2016 National Center for Educational Statistics)

Bullying and Cyberbullying Facts (2)

• Nationwide, 52 percent of young people report being cyberbullied and 25 percent of teenagers report that they have experienced repeated bullying on their cell phones or on the internet. (https://www.nobully.org/)
• Victims of cyberbullying are more likely to suffer from low self-esteem and to engage in suicide ideation. (https://www.nobully.org/)
• Students with disabilities are much more likely to be bullied than their nondisabled peers. (http://www.pacer.org/bullying/resources/students-with-disabilities/)

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How Common is Bullying/Cyberbullying? (1)

• Nationally, more than 25 percent of children ages twelve to eighteen report having been bullied during the last school year. (2013 Indicators of School Crime and Safety; 2012 National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and Bureau of Justice Statistics, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice)

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How Common is Bullying/Cyberbullying? (2)

• Sixteen percent of high school students report having been “cyberbullied,” or bullied over digital media, in the last year. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2012. Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance—United States 2011.)
• Nearly 20 percent of students report being bullied two times a month or more. (Olweus, D. & Limber, S.P., 2010 What we are learning about bullying)

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Who Is at Risk of Being Bullied?

• Twenty-seven percent of females and 18 percent of males say they were bullied at school in the past year. (2012 MetroWest Adolescent Health Survey)
• More than 80 percent of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or questioning (LGBTQ) youth report being verbally harassed at school due to their sexual identity. (The 2011 National School Climate Survey)
• Youth with physical or learning disabilities are more likely to be bullied at school (34 percent) than youth without disabilities (21 percent). (2012 MetroWest Adolescent Health Survey)

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What Are the Consequences for the Target Being Bullied?

• Forty-seven percent of children who are bullied either at school or online show depressive symptoms, compared to 13.6 percent of non-victims. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2012. Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance—United States 2011)
• Many students who are bullied show responses such as poor appetite, headaches, sleep disturbances, abdominal pain, and fatigue. (Bully Victims: Psychological and Somatic Aftermaths. Psychiatry. 2008)

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What Are the Consequences for the Perpetrator of the Bullying?

• Children who bully have lower academic achievement and a poorer perception of school climate than their non-bullying peers. (JAMA Journal of the American Medical Association, 2001)
• Children who bully are almost twice as likely as non-bullies to be convicted of crimes later in life. (Criminal Behavior & Mental Health, 2011)

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Legal Definitions and Mandates

• Student discipline: EC Section 48900(r)
• Bullying and cyberbullying definitions
• Discipline, suspension, and other alternative
• Discrimination, harassment: EC Section 234
• Assembly Bill 9: Seth’s Law and the Uniform Complaint Procedure (https://www.cde.ca.gov/re/cp/uc/ab9letter09042012.asp)
• School Safety Plans: EC Section 32282(e)
• “…Legislature encourages all plans, to the extent that resources are available, to include policies and procedures aimed at the prevention of bullying.”

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Local Educational Agency Responsibilities (1)

• Adopt a policy that prohibits discrimination, harassment, intimidation, and/or bullying based on actual or perceived characteristics contained in Section 422.55 of the Penal Code and pursuant to the EC Section 220 and include a statement that the policy applies to all acts related to school activity or school attendance that occurs within a school under the jurisdiction of the superintendent of the local educational agency (LEA)

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• School personnel are to take immediate action to intervene, when safe to do so, if he or she witnesses an act of discrimination, harassment, intimidation, or bullying

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Local Educational Agency Responsibilities (2)

• Adopt and implement a complaint process to receive, investigate, and resolve complaints of discrimination, harassment, intimidation, or bullying based on actual or perceived characteristics contained in Section 422.55 of the Penal Code and EC Section 220

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• The complaint process shall include, but not be limited, to the following:
• A timeline to investigate and resolve complaints;
• An appeal process; and
• All forms developed relative to this process shall be translated pursuant to EC Section 48985

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School Climate and Local Control and Accountability Plan

State Priorities

• School Climate
• Suspensions and expulsion rates, other local measures
• Pupil Engagement
• Attendance, chronic absenteeism, dropout and grad rates�

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School Climate and Local Control and Accountability Plan

State Priorities

• Basic Services
• Other Pupil Outcomes
• Implementation of Common Core Standards
• Parental Involvement
• Course Access
• Pupil Achievement

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California Healthy Kids Survey

• The CHKS, developed and sponsored by the CDE, is the largest statewide survey of resiliency, protective factors, risk behaviors, and school climate in the nation.

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• The CHKS allows LEAs to measure two domains of school climate: Supports and Engagement, and Violence and Substance Use.

California Healthy Kids Survey� Core Module

Supports and Engagement

• High Expectations and Caring Relationships
• Meaningful Participation in School
• Perceived School Safety
• School Connectedness

Violence and

Substance Use

• Physical Violence Perpetration
• Physical/Emotional Violence Victimization
• Bullying and Harassment
• Substance Use At School

Uniform Complaint Procedures

• The California Code of Regulations, Title 5 (5 CCR), Chapter 5.1, Section 4600, et seq. establishes Uniform Complaint Procedures to be followed for complaints of:

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• Discrimination; Harassment; Intimidation; or Bullying based on one or more of the following protected classes, or association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics:

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• Disability; Gender; Gender Identity/Expression; Nationality; Race or Ethnicity; Religion; or Sexual Orientation

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Conclusion

Without A Doubt, It Takes an Entire Community!

Thank you for helping ensure the safety and well-being that every student deserves and needs to thrive.