Schools-Related Bills
Schools-Related Bills DEAD
for which expulsion may be recommended acts of bullying that have persisted and reoccurred despite repeated efforts at remediation and termination of the behavior by the principal or the superintendent of schools. STATUS: This bill was introduced in the Senate on Feb. 16, 2011. It passed the Committee on Rules on May 3, 2011, and was re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. It died pursuant to the rules on Jan. 31, 2012. DEAD Colorado Senate Bill 46 This bill would have amended the existing antibullying law to remove mandatory expulsion and provide schools with greater leeway in determining appropriate remedies. STATUS: This bill was introduced in the Senate on Jan. 11, 2012. It passed the Committee on Education on March 1, 2012, the Committee on Appropriations on April 24, 2012, and the full Senate on April 27, 2012. The bill was assigned to the House Committee on Education where it died upon adjournment on May 9, 2012. DEAD Florida House Bill 627 This bill would have amended the existing antibulling law to add prohibitions on cyberbullying. STATUS: This bill was introduced in the House on Jan. 10, 2012, and was referred to the K-20 Innovation Subcommittee, Pre-K-12 Appropriations Subcommittee, and the Education Committee. It died upon adjournment on March 9, 2012. DEAD Florida House Bill 775/Senate Bill 1770 These bills would have stripped the requirement that public school character curriculum be secular in nature. STATUS: HB 775 was introduced in the House on Jan. 10, 2012, and was referred to the House K-20 Innovation Subcommittee, Pre-K-12 Appropriations Subcommittee, and the Education Committee. SB 1770 was introduced in the Senate on Jan. 17, 2012, and was referred to the Senate Education Pre-K 12 and Budget Committees. They died upon adjournment on March 9, 2012. DEAD Florida House Bill 1217 This bill would have required every district school board to provide cyberbullying and cyberstalking awareness instruction in K-12 public schools during beginning of school year, and would have provided for the designation of “Cyberbullying & Cyberstalking Awareness Week.” STATUS: This bill was introduced in the House on Jan. 4, 2012, and was referred to the K-20 Competitiveness Subcommittee, the Pre-K - 12 Appropriations Subcommittee,
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and the Education Committee. It died upon adjournment on March 9, 2012. DEAD Florida Senate Bill 622 This bill would have updated the state antibullying law to strengthen and clarify the cyberbullying provision, and would have added “emotional hurt” to the definition of bullying. STATUS: This bill was introduced in the House on Jan. 10, 2012, and was referred to the Education Pre-K - 12 and Budget Committees. It died upon adjournment on March 9, 2012. DEAD Florida Senate Bill 1728 This bill would authorize each district school board to provide cyberbullying awareness instruction in K-12 public schools during the beginning of the school year. It would also provide for the designation of “Cyberbullying Awareness Week.” STATUS: This bill was introduced in the Senate on Jan. 6, 2012. It passed the Senate Education Pre-K - 12 Committee on Feb. 21, 2012, and the Senate Budget Subcommittee on Education Pre-K - 12 Appropriations on Feb. 28, 2012. The bill died upon adjournment March 9, 2012. DEAD Georgia House Bill 310 This bill would have created “The End to Cyberbullying Act” which would have amended existing state anti-bullying laws to prohibit acts of bullying via an electronic act that is directed specifically at another student or at school personnel. STATUS: This bill was introduced on Feb. 22, 2011. It died upon adjournment on March 29, 2012. DEAD Georgia House Bill 874 This bill would have amended existing school reporting laws to require each school principal to regularly report incidents of bullying to the school board council. STATUS: This bill was introduced on Feb. 2, 2012. It died upon adjournment on March 29, 2012. DEAD Idaho Senate Bill 1220 This bill would have amended the existing antibullying law to expand the scope of coverage to prohibit bullying by all minors, not just students, on school property or at school activities. It also would have made violation a mandatory infraction. STATUS: This bill was introduced on Jan. 17, 2012, and was referred to the Education Committee. It died upon adjournment on March 29, 2012.