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6-17-711. Bullying prevention — Professional development.

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6-17-711. Bullying prevention — Professional development.

6-17-711. Bullying prevention — Professional development. (a) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall require two (2) hours of professional development in the following areas for licensed public school personnel according to the professional development schedule under § 6-17-709: (1) Bullying prevention; and (2) Recognition of the relationship between incidents of bullying and the risk of suicide. (b) The professional development under this section shall count toward the satisfaction of requirements for professional development in the Standards for Accreditation of Arkansas Public Schools and School Districts and of licensure requirements for licensed personnel. (c)(1) In addition to the professional development requirement under subsection (a) of this section, the division shall develop a guidance document for use by parents and legal guardians, students, and public school districts to assist in resolving complaints concerning student bullying behaviors. (2) The guidance document required under subdivision (c)(1) of this section shall include without limitation: (A) A public school district's obligations under § 6-18-514; (B) Best practices for the prevention, reporting, and investigation of and the response to bullying in public schools; and (C) A clear definition of bullying that provides examples regarding conduct that does and does not constitute bullying. (3) The guidance document under subdivision (c)(1) of this section shall be provided to licensed public school personnel as part of the professional development required under subsection (a) of this section.

Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-17-711

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6-17-709. Professional development schedule.

6-17-709. Professional development schedule. (a) Beginning with the 2013-2014 school year, a school district or an open-enrollment public charter school shall make available to the appropriate licensed personnel the following professional development: (1) In the 2013-2014 school year and every fourth school year thereafter, the professional development for mandated reporters and licensed elementary and secondary public school personnel required under § 6-61-133; (2) In the 2014-2015 school year and every fourth school year thereafter, the family and community engagement professional development under § 6-15-1703; (3) In the 2015-2016 school year and every fourth school year thereafter, the teen suicide awareness and prevention professional development required under § 6-17-708; and (4) In the 2016-2017 school year and every fourth school year thereafter, the Arkansas history professional development required under § 6-17-703. (b)(1) Two (2) hours of the professional development, or professional learning credit as determined by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education, required by subsection (a) of this section shall be counted in one (1) school year toward the professional development required for licensed educators under the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education Rules Governing Professional Development. (2) If additional hours or professional learning credits are obtained by a licensed educator, the school district may count those hours or credits as part of the professional development required for licensed educators under the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education Rules Governing Professional Development. (c) Annually, the State Board of Education may require up to six (6) hours of integrated professional development, or pro

Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-17-709

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6-18-514. Antibullying policies — Definitions.

6-18-514. Antibullying policies — Definitions. (a) The General Assembly finds that every public school student in this state has the right to receive his or her public education in a public school educational environment that is reasonably free from substantial intimidation, harassment, or harm or threat of harm by another student. (b) As used in this section: (1) “Attribute” means an actual or perceived personal characteristic including without limitation race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, socioeconomic status, academic status, disability, gender, gender identity, physical appearance, health condition, or sexual orientation; (2)(A) “Bullying” means the intentional harassment, intimidation, humiliation, ridicule, defamation, or threat or incitement of violence by a student against another student or public school employee by a written, verbal, electronic, or physical act that may address an attribute of the other student, public school employee, or person with whom the other student or public school employee is associated and that causes or creates actual or reasonably foreseeable: (i) Physical harm to a public school employee or student or damage to the public school employee's or student's property; (ii) Substantial interference with a student's education or with a public school employee's role in education; (iii) A hostile educational environment for one (1) or more students or public school employees due to the severity, persistence, or pervasiveness of the act; or (iv) Substantial disruption of the orderly operation of the public school or educational environment. (B) “Bullying” includes cyberbullying as defined in this section; (3) “Cyberbullying” means any form of communication by electronic act that is sent with the purpose to:

Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-18-514

Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 6-18-514. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.