US Laws, Codes, Statutes & Cases

                                  TITLE  18
                            CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
                                  CHAPTER 9
                             ASSAULT AND BATTERY
    18-917A.  STUDENT HARASSMENT -- INTIMIDATION -- BULLYING. (1) No student
shall intentionally commit, or conspire to commit, an act of harassment,
intimidation or bullying against another student.
    (2)  As used in this section, "harassment, intimidation or bullying" means
any intentional gesture, or any intentional written, verbal or physical act or
threat by a student that:
    (a)  A reasonable person under the circumstances should know will have the
    effect of:
         (i)   Harming a student; or
         (ii)  Damaging a student's property; or
         (iii) Placing a student in reasonable fear of harm to his or her
         person; or
         (iv)  Placing a student in reasonable fear of damage to his or her
         property; or
    (b)  Is sufficiently severe, persistent or pervasive that it creates an
    intimidating, threatening or abusive educational environment for a
    student.
    An act of harassment, intimidation or bullying may also be committed
through the use of a land line, car phone or wireless telephone or through the
use of data or computer software that is accessed through a computer, computer
system, or computer network.
    (3)  A student who personally violates any provision of this section may
be guilty of an infraction.