to the Education Committee. It died upon adjournment on May 30, 2011.
resolution died when the Senate struck the enacting clause on March 10, 2011.
DEAD Texas Senate Bill 205 This bill would have amended the existing antibullying law to prohibit cyberbullying, harassment, and intimidation; and to require the adoption of an anti-bullying policy and procedure. STATUS: This bill was introduced in the Senate on Nov. 15, 2011. It passed the Senate Education Committee on April 18, 2011, and the full Senate on April 26, 2011. It passed the House Public Education Committee on May 19, 2011. It died upon adjournment on May 30, 2011.
DEAD Virginia House Bill 1575 This bill would have amended the state anti-bullying law to include harassment and intimidation; require the adoption of procedures for handling a complaint; include conduct that occurs off campus but that substantially interferes with a student’s educational opportunities, benefits, or performance; and add enumerated categories including sexual orientation and gender identity. STATUS: This bill was introduced in the House on Jan. 5, 2011, and was referred to the Committee for Education. It died upon adjournment on April 6, 2011.
DEAD Texas Senate Bill 245 This bill would have amended the state antibullying law to expand the definition of bullying; prohibit cyberbullying; require the adoption of an anti-bullying policy and procedure; provide training; and require reporting of incidents including a breakdown of the number, rate, and type of incidents of bullying, including cyberbullying, harassment, sexual harassment, and discrimination against any student on the basis of the actual or perceived race, ethnicity, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin, or disability. STATUS: This bill was introduced in the Senate on Dec. 2, 2010, and was referred to the Education Committee. It died upon adjournment on May 30, 2011. DEAD Utah Senate Joint Resolution 27 This resolution would have urged the Utah State Board of Education, boards of school districts, and governing boards of charter schools, as they plan for safe and effective schools, to encourage and allow complete and full parental assumption of the opportunity and obligations that attend their minor children’s participation in public schools; and requested Utah’s congressional delegation to make further inquiry of the U. S. Department of Education and the U. S. Department of Justice to consider the feasibility of modifying their longitudinal studies to track data addressing the structure of the family unit of the instigator or recipient of bullying or cyberbullying, to request that these agencies acknowledge the significant role parents and family can have in the prevention, remediation, and implementation of sanctions regarding bullying and other physical or emotional harm, and to report on the involvement of parents and family in both discouraging and preventing ongoing bullying, cyberbullying, or other physical or emotional harm. STATUS: This resolution was introduced in the Senate on Feb. 23, 2011. It passed the Senate Education Committee on Feb. 28, 2011. The
Schools-Related Bills DEAD
Schools-Related Bills
DEAD Virginia House Bill 1576 This bill would have expanded the definition of bullying to include the use of information or communication technology. STATUS: This bill was introduced in the House on Jan. 5, 2011, and was referred to the Committee for the Courts of Justice. It died when it was left in committee on Feb. 8, 2011. DEAD Virginia House Bill 1748 This bill would have amended the state antibullying law to explicitly include cyberbullying and held school administrators responsible for implementing the procedures in the local policy. STATUS: This bill was introduced in the House on Jan. 11, 2011, and was referred to the Committee for the Courts of Justice. It died when it was left in committee on Feb. 8, 2011. DEAD Virginia House Joint Resolution 625 This resolution requests the Virginia Department of Education to study the nature and effectiveness of local anti-bullying policies. STATUS: This resolution was introduced in the House on Jan. 11, 2011. It passed the House Committee on Rules on Feb. 1, 2011, and the full House on Feb. 4, 2011. It passed the Senate Committee on Rules on Feb. 18, 2011, and the Full Senate on Feb. 22, 2011. DEAD Virginia Senate Bill 967 This bill would have required sex and substance abuse education to be medically accurate and evidence-based. STATUS: This bill was introduced in the Senate on Jan. 11, 2011. It passed the Committee on Education and Health on Jan. 27, 2011, and the full Senate on Feb. 2, 2011. It died when it was left in the House Committee on Education on Feb. 21, 2011.
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