HB41 Alabama 2012 Session

Sponsors

Session

Regular Session 2012

Title

Student harassment prevention, reassignment of students to another school, Education Department to post model policy on Internet website, immunity for reporting harassment, Student Harassment Prevention Act or the Alex Moore Anti-Bullying Act, Secs. 16-28B-1, 16-28B-4, 16-28B-5, 16-28B-9 am'd.

Description

<p class="bill_description"> Existing law provides for the adoption of policies by public school systems pertaining to the prevention of harassment of one student against another student and requires the Department of Education to develop a model policy for local boards of education pertaining to student harassment prevention</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would allow for the Student Harassment Prevention Act to also be known as the Alex Moore Anti-Bullying Act</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would provide that a student can be reassigned to another school for the purpose of separating the student from his or her harassment victim</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would direct the Department of Education to post its model policy on its website</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would provide that a person shall be immune from civil liability for reporting harassment</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> To amend Sections 16-28B-1, 16-28B-4, 16-28B-5, and 16-28B-9 of the Code of Alabama 1975, relating to student harassment prevention; to allow the Student Harassment Prevention Act to also be known as the Alex Moore Anti-Bullying Act; to provide that a student can be reassigned to another school for the purpose of separating the student from his or her harassment victim; to direct the Department of Education to post its model policy on its website; and to provide that a person shall be immune from civil liability for reporting harassment. </p>

Subjects

Education