HARASSMENT, INTIMIDATION & BULLYING (HIB)
New Jersey has been a leader in the establishment of a strong statutory, regulatory, policy and program framework to support the prevention, remediation and reporting of HIB in schools. Provided below are information and resources to aid schools in the establishment of HIB policies, the adoption of HIB program strategies, the implementation of proactive responses to HIB and the adoption of effective HIB reporting procedures.
- Resources Supporting the New Jersey Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights
(Includes guidance, tutorials, power point presentations, questions and answers, etc.) - Other Resources
- Reports
- Data Collection
- Statutes
- Regulations
- Case Law
- Government Agencies
- Professional Associations
Resources Supporting the New Jersey Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights
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Anti-bullying Bill of Rights Act (P.L. 2010, c.122)
March 2012 Amendment (P.L. 2010, c.1) - Anti-Bullying Task Force
- Questions and Answers Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights Act P.L. 2010, c. 122 and P.L.2012, c.1
- Guidance for Schools on Implementing the Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights Act
Accompanying Memo to Chief School Administrators and Charter School Lead Persons
- Guidance for Parents on the Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights Act
- Obtaining Assistance for HIB Concerns under the Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights Act
- Commissioner's Program and Guidance for Determining Grades under the Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights Act
- HIB Online Tutorials
- Webinars
- Teacher and Educational Leader Professional Development on Harassment, Intimidation and Bullying Guidance
Accompanying Memo to Chief School Administrators and Charter School Lead Persons
- Educator Preparation Programs on Harassment, Intimidation and Bullying Guidance
Accompanying Memo to Deans and Alternate Route Directors of Educator Preparation Programs
- Model Policy and Guidance for Prohibiting Harassment, Intimidation, and Bullying on School Property, at School-Sponsored Functions and on School Buses
- Resources on Harassment, Intimidation and Bullying
- Harassment, Intimidation and Bullying Power Point Presentations
- Harassment, Intimidation and Bullying Compliance Checklist (Revised September 2011)
- Week of Respect
- Violence Awareness Week
- Social Norms Project
- Commissioner’s Annual Report to the Education Committees of the Senate and General Assembly on Violence, Vandalism and Substance Abuse
- Report of the New Jersey Commission on Bullying in Schools
- Law Establishing the Commission on Bullying
- Stop the Pain: New Jersey Cares About Bullying
- Association for Children of New Jersey
- Blueprints Matrix of Prevention Programs
- Bullies at School-When Your Disabled Child is Targeted by School Bullies
- Bullying Information Center
- The Center for Healthy Schools, Families and Communities
- Center for the Prevention of School Violence
- Comprehensive Health and Physical Education Standards
- Exemplary and Promising Safe, Disciplined and Drug-Free Schools Programs, United States Department of Education
- Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network
- Harassment, Intimidation and Bullying Compliance Checklist (Revised September 2011)
- Kidshealth
- Model Policy and Guidance for Prohibiting Harassment, Intimidation, and Bullying on School Property, at School-Sponsored Functions and on School Buses
- National School Climate Center
- National School Safety Center
- National Youth Violence Prevention Center
- New Jersey Coalition for Bullying Awareness and Prevention
- New Jersey State Bar Foundation
- Olweus Bullying Prevention Program
- Research Based Curricula and Program Matrix, Rutgers Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Project
- Safe Kids Worldwide
- SAMHSA’s National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP)
- Statewide Parent Advocacy Network
- Stop Bullying.gov (Includes videos for classroom use)
- What Works Clearinghouse
- Bullying and Students with Disabilities: Summary Report of Parent Focus Groups
- Commissioner’s Annual Report to the Education Committees of the Senate
and General Assembly on Violence, Vandalism and Substance Abuse
- Discipline Problems Reported by Public Schools, Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2007, National Center for Education Statistics
- New Jersey Student Health Survey
- Report of the New Jersey Commission on Bullying in Schools
- School Crime Statistics
- Selected Youth and School Violence Statistics: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
- “Student Victimization in U.S. Public Schools: Results from the 2005 School Crime Supplement to the National Crime Victimization Survey,” National Center for Education Statistics
- United States Department of Justice; “Bullying in Schools”
- United States Secret Service: A Guide to Managing Threatening Situations and to Creating Safe School Climates
- United States Secret Service: Implications for Prevention of School Attacks in the United States
- All References below can be found at the New Jersey Legislature's website:
- N.J.S.A. 2C:16-1 Bias intimidation
- N.J.S.A. 10:1, Civil Rights
- N.J.S.A. 10:2, Antidiscrimination Provisions
- N.J.S.A.18A:37-13 through 17
- Harassment, Intimidation and Bullying Compliance Checklist
- N.J.A.C. 6A:3, Controversies and Disputes
- N.J.A.C. 6A:4, Appeals
- N.J.A.C. 6A:16-5.2, School violence awareness week
- N.J.A.C. 6A:16-5.3, Incident reporting of violence, vandalism and alcohol and other drug abuse
- N.J.A.C. 6A:16-7.9, Intimidation, harassment and bullying
- NJDOE Unsafe School Choice Option
- Commissioner Decisions: Controversies and Disputes
- L.W. v. Toms River Regional Schools Board of Education (A-111-05)
- New Jersey Department of Education School Law Decisions (Commissioner of Education decisional law affecting education; School Ethics Commission decisions; State Board of Examiners decisions)
- Rutgers Law Library
- Child Assault Prevention Project
- New Jersey Department of Children and Families
- New Jersey Department of Education
- New Jersey Department of Education School Security Unit
- New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety, Division on Civil Rights
- New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety, Office of Bias Crimes and Community Relations
- New Jersey Office of the Child Advocate
- United States Department of Health and Human Services: Health Resources and Services Administration
- United States Secret Service
- Association of Student Assistance Professionals of New Jersey
- International Bullying Prevention Association
- National Association of Special Education Teachers
- New Jersey Association of Pupil Services Administrators
- New Jersey Association of School Administrators
- New Jersey Association of School Psychologists
- New Jersey Association of School Social Workers
- New Jersey Coalition for Bullying Awareness and Prevention
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