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1 online resource (237 pages) |
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Social Issues, Justice and Status |
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Social issues, justice and status series.
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BULLYING ANALYSES OF STATE LAWS AND SCHOOL POLICIES; BULLYING ANALYSES OF STATE LAWS AND SCHOOL POLICIES; CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; Chapter 1 SCHOOL BULLYING: EXTENT OF LEGAL PROTECTIONS FOR VULNERABLE GROUPS NEEDS TO BE MORE FULLY ASSESSED ; Abbreviations; Why GAO Did This Study; What GAO Recommends; What GAO Found; Background; Reported Levels of Bullying and Related Effects Are Significant; Federal Survey Data; Negative Outcomes from Bullying; Selected State Legislatures and Educational Agencies Are Taking Various Approaches to Reduce Bullying |
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State Laws Vary in How They Address BullyingSelected School Districts' Antibullying Policies and Programs; State and Local Officials Cited Concerns That Hinder Antibullying Efforts; Federal and State Civil Rights Laws Offer Some Protections against Bullying, but Vulnerable Groups May Not Always Be Covered; Federal Civil Rights Protections; State Civil Rights Protections; Coordinated Federal Antibullying Efforts Are Under Way, but Assessment of Legal Remedies Is Incomplete; Federal Coordination Efforts; Coordinating Committee to Promote Collaboration on Bullying across the Federal Government |
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Central Website to Provide Consistent Federal Information to the PublicInformational Campaign to Raise Awareness about Bullying; No Assessment of State Civil Rights Laws and Procedures Has Been Performed; Conclusion; Recommendations for Executive Action; Agency Comments; Appendix I: Objectives, Scope, and Methodology; Analysis of Surveys and Literature Review; States and Local School District Interviews and Document Review; Review of Laws and Discrimination Complaint Processes; Interviews with Federal Officials and Document Review |
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Appendix II: Comparison of the Definition and Measurement of Bullying in Four Nationally Representative SurveysAppendix III: Selected Data on National Prevalence of Youth Who Report Being Bullied in School; Appendix IV: Selected Data on National Prevalence of Certain Types of Bullying Behaviors; Appendix V: Coordination Practices of Key Interdepartmental Federal Efforts on Bullying; Appendix VI: Additional Federal Programs and Services Are Available to CombatBullying; End Notes; End Notes for Appendix I; End Notes for Appendix III; Chapter 2 ANALYSIS OF STATE BULLYING LAWS AND POLICIES* |
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Executive SummaryState Bullying Laws; Profile of State Legislation; Coverage; Expansiveness; State and School District Policies; State Model Policies and Guidelines; School District Policies; I. Introduction; Background; Study Purpose; Description of the Key Components; Research Methods; Methods for Study Question 1: Compiling and Coding State Laws; Legislative Searches; Education Codes Versus Criminal Statutes; Coding and Analysis Procedures Based on Key Components; Methods for Study Question 2: Compiling and Coding State Model Policies |
| Notes |
Searches for State Model Policy Documents and Criteria for Inclusion |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
School discipline -- Law and legislation -- United States
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Bullying in schools -- United States
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LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
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Bullying in schools
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School discipline -- Law and legislation
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Pierce, Vincent L
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| ISBN |
9781622574872 |
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1622574877 |
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