Indiana § 20-33-8-0.2 "Bullying"

Indiana Statutes

§ 20-33-8-0.2 — "Bullying"

Indiana § 20-33-8-0.2

Title 20EDUCATION

Art. 33STUDENTS: GENERAL PROVISIONS

Ch. 8Student Discipline

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(a)As used in this chapter, "bullying" means overt, unwanted, repeated acts or gestures, including verbal or written communications or images transmitted in any manner (including digitally or electronically), physical acts committed, aggression, or any other behaviors, that are committed by a student or group of students against another student with the intent to harass, ridicule, humiliate, intimidate, or harm the targeted student and create for the targeted student an objectively hostile school environment that:

(1)places the targeted student in reasonable fear of harm to the targeted student's person or property;

(2)has a substantially detrimental effect on the targeted student's physical or mental health;

(3)has the effect of substantially interfering with the targeted student's

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2. (a) As used in this chapter, "bullying"
means overt, unwanted, repeated acts or gestures, including verbal or
written communications or images transmitted in any manner
(including digitally or electronically), physical acts committed,
aggression, or any other behaviors, that are committed by a student or
group of students against another student with the intent to harass,
ridicule, humiliate, intimidate, or harm the targeted student and create
for the targeted student an objectively hostile school environment that:
(1) places the targeted student in reasonable fear of harm to the
targeted student's person or property;
(2) has a substantially detrimental effect on the targeted student's
physical or mental health;
(3) has the effect of substantially interfering with the targeted
student's academic performance; or
(4) has the effect of substantially interfering with the targeted
student's ability to participate in or benefit from the services,
activities, and privileges provided by the school.
(b) The term may not be interpreted to impose any burden or
sanction on, or include in the definition of the term, the following:
(1) Participating in a religious event.
(2) Acting in an emergency involving the protection of a person
or property from an imminent threat of serious bodily injury or
substantial danger.
(3) Participating in an activity consisting of the exercise of a
student's rights protected under the First Amendment to the
United States Constitution or Article I, Section 31 of the
Constitution of the State of Indiana, or both.
(4) Participating in an activity conducted by a nonprofit or
governmental entity that provides recreation, education, training,
or other care under the supervision of one (1) or more adults.
(5) Participating in an activity undertaken at the prior written
direction of the student's parent.
(6) Engaging in interstate or international travel from a location
outside Indiana to another location outside Indiana.