The 2008 School Bullying Law,
Explained
The Commission offers a three-page primer on the far-reaching school bullying law adopted this spring by the General
Assembly and signed into law on June 12 by Governor M. Jodi
Rell.
Download the primer (PDF) |
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'Stand Up to Bullying! Strategies to
Make Connecticut Safe for Learning'
On October 22, 2007, the Commission on Children, the Office
of the Child Advocate, and other partners held a public
forum on bullying, with experts exploring the causes,
effects, and possible solutions to the problem and a panel
of students giving moving accounts of how bullying affected
them. Read more |
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The Key to Bullying Prevention:
Creating a Safe Learning Environment
The students and parents of Connecticut want safe, caring
communities and schools. This two-page primer contains the
Commission's recommendations for reaching that goal and
outlines some proven anti-bullying programs.
Download the PDF |
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McGruff
SafeGuard service
Concerned about cyberbullying? This free software, offered
by the National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC) and
ParentsOnPatrol, help parents manage their children's online
activity.
Go to the McGruff SafeGuard website. |
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The Safe Learning Grant Program: A
Resource for School Safety
Connecticut
legislators led an unsuccessful effort in 2007 to re-fund a valuable
state program that helps schools prevent bullying and
develop safe learning environments.
The Select Committee on Children voted unanimously to appropriate $1 million for the Safe Learning Grant
Program, but the funding did not make it into the final
version of the state budget.
The program, established in
2001, provides competitive grants to help school districts
adopt best practices for fostering safe learning
environments and preventing student bullying, aggression,
and violence. Every local and regional board of education is
eligible to apply for a grant.
Read the text of the Safe Learning Grant law (CGS § 10-263e) |
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Radio program focuses
on bullying
Commission Executive Director Elaine
Zimmerman and Marji Lipshez Shapiro of the Anti-Defamation
League's Connecticut office talked about bullying in the
September 18, 2007, edition of 'Where We Live,' the
public-affairs program heard weekday mornings on WNPR,
Connecticut Public Radio. Listen to the hour-long show on your computer by visiting the
website of WNPR. |
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2006 Legislation
Public
Act 06-115, An Act Concerning Bullying Policies in Schools
and Notices Sent to Parents or Legal Guardians, broadens
the law on bullying behavior in schools by: 1) expanding the
definition of bullying; 2) enhancing schools'
obligations to tell students how to report bullying; and 3)
requiring interventions for students who repeatedly bully or
are bullied. The act also requires schools to simultaneously
mail the same school notices they give to the parent or
guardian with whom the student primarily resides to the
other parent or guardian if he requests it. The mailing
requirement remains in effect for as long as the student
attends the school to which the request is made.
Download the text of the Act as a PDF
View the legislative history |
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Brave Enough to Be
Kind
Recommendations on
ways to curb bullying. Authored by the Commission, the
Connecticut State Board of Education, and the Governor's
Prevention Partnership. Updated through November 2002.
Download the PDF |
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Office of the Child
Advocate
The mission of the Child Advocate is to oversee the
protection and care of children and to advocate for their
well-being.
Visit this site |
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Connecticut
Clearinghouse Resources on Bullies and Bullying
The Clearinghouse, operated by the Wheeler Clinic and funded
by the state Department of Mental Health and Addiction
Services, offers a variety of books and videos about bullies
and bullying.
Download a list of resources (PDF) |
Visit the Bullying section of the Clearinghouse website |
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Final Report and
Findings of the Safe School Initiative
This 63-page report was issued in 2002 by the U.S. Secret
Service and the U.S. Department of Education. Its subtitle:
"Implications for the Prevention of School Attacks in the
United States."
Download the PDF from the Secret Service site |
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Bullying Prevention Is
Crime Prevention
A report from
Fight
Crime: Invest in Kids, a nonprofit organization of
more than 3,000 police chiefs, sheriffs, prosecutors, other
law enforcement leaders, and violence survivors.
PDF downloads:
Full 24-page report
Two-page summary |
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June 23, 2008 |
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