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.
- Memo
- Application and Instructions (Word)
- Funding Request Form (Excel)
Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights Act
- Resources Supporting the New Jersey Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights
- Other Resources
- Reports
- Data Collection
- Statutes
- Regulations
- Case Law
- Government Agencies
- Professional Associations
Resources Supporting the New Jersey Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights
- Questions and Answers Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights Act P.L.2010, c.122
- Guidance for Schools on Implementing the Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights Act
Accompanying Memo to Chief School Administrators and Charter School Lead Persons
- HIB Online Tutorials
- 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
- 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
- Harassment, Intimidation and Bullying Complaint Procedures and Investigation Protocols
- 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, Disciplined, and Drug-Free Schools Expert Panel Promising Programs (2001)
- 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 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
- “Indicators of School Crime and Safety” US Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics
- New Jersey Student Health Survey
- Report of the New Jersey Commission on Bullying in Schools
- 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
- 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
- Review of District Policies and Procedures on Harassment, Intimidation and Bullying (PDF | Word)
- 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 Exanminers decisions)
- New Jersey Government and Legal Resources
- New Jersey Department of Children and Families
Child Assault Prevention Project Offers "No More Bullies, No More Victims" program
- 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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