Vote Smart's Synopsis:

A vote to pass a bill requiring the Department of Education to create anti-bullying and anti-harassment guidelines.

Highlights:

- Urges school districts to work with law enforcement agencies in the implementation of the school’s policy [sec. 1310C.]. - Requires the Department of Education to create an anti-bullying policy that conforms to the State Board of Education’s Model Anti-Bullying Policy, which covers bullying based on race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, and gender identity and expression [sec. 1310C.]. - Requires the Department of Education to make this new policy available to public and private schools, and suggests schools adopt the policy [sec. 1310C.]. - Requires, in conjunction with HB 4162, that if schools don’t adopt this new policy, then they implement their own policies in conformity with the State Board of Education’s Model Anti-Bullying Policy [Sec. 1310C]. - States that if HB 4162 is not enacted, then this bill will not take effect [Enacting Section 1].

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