The Anti-Bullying Act

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HIB stands for harassment, intimidation, and bullying, including cyber-bullying. These actions have become serious and escalating problems in our schools and sadly, have led to suicide of our youth. To confront this problem, the Anti-Bullying Act was created to clarify standards on how to “prevent, report, investigate, and respond to incidents of HIB,” (Anti- Act, 2010, p. 1) Schools are now collecting data which is monitored and reported to the State. The Superintendent reports data to the BOE and community twice a year and schools and districts are given a grade which is posted on their website homepages with a link to the report.
I chose to compare 2 cases that involved suspending students for their conduct. In both cases, as well as other cases I read, the court ruled in favor of the school. …show more content…
Greater Egg Harbor High School, the plaintiff was instigated into an argument with Donald Pilgrim over the plaintiff’s girlfriend. The argument led to pushing and fighting. A teacher broke it up and Ross walked into another hall where he encountered Donald’s sisters who taunted him. Ross walked back to the original hall where he had class and Donald broke free from the VP to blindside Ross in the face. The 3 Pilgrim siblings were kicking Ross and the fight was broken up. Everyone involved was suspended for 9 days, including the inability to attend extra-curricular activities, which meant that Ross couldn’t go to the prom (he was a

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