SB32 Alabama 2012 1st Special Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Gerald O. Dial

Republican

Session

First Special Session 2012

Title

Motor Vehicle, distinctive license tag, fees, earmarked for Department of Senior Services, Sec. 32-6-68 am'd

Summary

SB32 renames and expands Alabama's student harassment policy into the Alex Moore Anti-Bullying Act, adds a victim transfer option, requires a DOE-posted model policy, and provides civil-liability protections for reporters.

What This Bill Does

It designates the act as the Student Harassment Prevention Act or the Alex Moore Anti-Bullying Act. It requires the Department of Education to develop and post a comprehensive model anti-harassment policy, including reporting, investigation, and disciplinary provisions, and to provide training resources. It allows a student who is harassed to be reassigned to another school within the district to separate them from the harasser, and clarifies that transportation for such transfers is not guaranteed. It also grants immunity from civil liability to people who report harassment, and ties state funding to districts' compliance with the policy.

Who It Affects

• Students who are harassed (and their parents/guardians), who may be able to file complaints, be moved to another school to avoid harassers, and receive information about the policy and procedures.
• School districts, local boards, the Department of Education, and teachers/staff, who must develop, implement, and publicize the policy, follow reporting/investigation procedures, may face funding consequences if not in compliance, and benefit from reporter immunity.

Key Provisions

• The act shall be known as the Student Harassment Prevention Act or the Alex Moore Anti-Bullying Act.
• A student who is harassed may be reassigned to another school within the district to separate them from the harasser, with no requirement that transportation be provided.
• The Department of Education must develop and post a model anti-harassment policy on its website, including definitions, conduct expectations, graduated consequences, reporting and investigation procedures, anti-retaliation measures, a complaint process, publication of the policy, and a list of personal characteristics that may lead to harassment.
• Any person who reports harassment is immune from civil liability for damages caused by the reporting, absent negligence, wantonness, recklessness, or deliberate misconduct.
• Local boards not in compliance with the policy requirements may become ineligible to receive state funding.
• The act includes provisions for public input on the policy, posting of contact information for anti-harassment training programs, and specific requirements for districts regarding harassment offenses (e.g., third offense leading to assignment to an alternative school for grades 6-12, and notifying parents).

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Subjects

Motor Vehicles