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Legal Definition of Harassment, Intimidation, or Bullying
Harassment, Intimidation, Bullying:
Definition from NJSA: 18A:37-14: "Harassment, intimidation or bullying"
means any gesture, any written, verbal or physical act, or any
electronic communication, whether it be a single incident or a series of
incidents, that is reasonably perceived as being motivated either by
any actual or perceived characteristic, such as race, color, religion,
ancestry, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity
and expression, or a mental, physical or sensory disability, or by any
other distinguishing characteristic, that takes place on school
property, at any school-sponsored function, on a school bus, or off
school grounds as provided for in section 16 of P.L.2010, c.122
(C.18A:37-15.3), that substantially disrupts or interferes with the
orderly operation of the school or the rights of other students and
that:
- A reasonable person should know, under the circumstances, will have
the effect of physically or emotionally harming a student or damaging
the student's property, or placing a student in reasonable fear of
physical or emotional harm to his person or damage to his property;
- Has the effect of insulting or demeaning any student or group of students; or
- Creates a hostile educational environment for the student by
interfering with a student's education or by severely or pervasively
causing physical or emotional harm to the student.
L.2002, c.83, s.2; amended 2007, c.129, s.1; 2010, c.122, s.11.
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