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WDE 636 2009

Overview. Wyoming State Legislature Prohibiting Harassment, Bullying and IntimidationStudent Action Elements Updates/ChangesIncident Elements Updates/Changes. 1. I. Wyoming State Legislature: Effective Date . On March 2, 2009, the Wyoming State Legislature passed HB 223 Safe Schools Climate

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WDE 636 2009

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    1. WDE 636 2009/10 HB 223 Safe Schools Climate Act Overview Harassment, intimidation and bullying in schools

    2. Overview Wyoming State Legislature Prohibiting Harassment, Bullying and Intimidation Student Action Elements Updates/Changes Incident Elements Updates/Changes

    3. I. Wyoming State Legislature: Effective Date On March 2, 2009, the Wyoming State Legislature passed HB 223 Safe Schools Climate Act

    4. I. Wyoming State Legislature: Effective Date Requirements The act required that school districts implement district policies prohibiting harassment, bullying and intimidation at school, as prohibited by law under the enacted legislation, as of December 31, 2009

    5. II. Prohibiting Harassment, Bullying and Intimidation: As used in this act Harassment, intimidation or bullying means any intentional gesture, any intentional electronic communication or any intentional written, verbal, or physical act that a reasonable person under the circumstances should know will have the effect of:

    6. II. Prohibiting Harassment, Bullying and Intimidation: As used in this act (A) Harming a student physically or emotionally, damaging a student's property or placing a student in reasonable fear of personal harm or property damage

    7. II. Prohibiting Harassment, Bullying and Intimidation: As used in this act (B) Insulting or demeaning a student or group of students causing substantial disruption in, or substantial interference with, the orderly operation of the school; or

    8. II. Prohibiting Harassment, Bullying and Intimidation: As used in this act (C) Is sufficiently severe, persistent or pervasive that it creates an intimidating, threatening or abusive educational environment for a student or group of students

    9. II. Prohibiting Harassment, Bullying and Intimidation: As used in this act Districts will be obligated to report incidents which meet the definitions of the Safe School Climate Act on the WDE636 data collection

    10. II. Prohibiting Harassment, Bullying and Intimidation: As used in this act For the 2009-10 school year, districts must report bullying and cyber bullying as a: THREAT/INTIMIDATION (TRE), physical or verbal threat or intimidation

    11. II. Prohibiting Harassment, Bullying and Intimidation: As used in this act The following additional added valid values will be added to field 104, Incident Type: HAR Harassment BUL Bullying CBL - Cyber Bullying These added values will be optional for the 2010-2011 collection and required for the 2011-2012 collection.

    12. III. Student Action Elements Updates/Changes (34) Student-level data elements (29) Required elements (2) Optional elements (3) Conditional elements

    13. III. Student Action Elements Updates/Changes Update on Student IDEA, Field #13 At the time of the incident, did this student have an Individual Education Plan (IEP) under IDEA?

    14. III. Student Action Elements Updates/Changes Update on Student Ethnicity, Field #12 changed to 30 Through 35 Previous Options: A - Asian or Pacific Islander B Black H Hispanic I - American Indian or Alaskan Native W - White

    15. III. Student Action Elements Updates/Changes NEW OPTIONS: (30) Asian Race, Yes or No (31) Black Race, Yes or No (32) Indian Race, Yes or No (33) Pacific Islander Race , Yes or No (34) White Race, Yes or No (35) Hispanic Ethnicity, Yes or No

    16. IV. Incident Elements Updates/Changes (18) Incident data elements (17) Required elements (1) Conditional element

    17. IV. Incident Elements Updates/Changes Update NRI, Minor Offenses Formally Known as: Non-Reportable Incident (NRI) This includes incidents such as chewing gum, spitting in halls, might include toy guns if they are non-authentic replicas and are not used in a threatening manner Or;

    18. IV. Incident Elements Updates/Changes Any minor incident resulting in disciplinary action not classified previously, including but not limited to littering, note passing, loitering and any other minor district-defined offenses not included in any of the incident types. NOTE: Administrators need to consider age and developmentally appropriate behavior before using this incident code

    19. Finally The collection will open on June 1, 2010 and close on July 2, 2010 http://www.k12.wy.us/wise/

    20. Questions? If you have any questions regarding this training or the Safe Schools Climate Act and model policies, please do not hesitate to contact: Nathaniel Castellanos at 307-777-6391 or ncaste@educ.state.wy.us or; Leslie Zimmerschied at 307-777-8751 or lzimme@educ.state.wy.us

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