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Public schools; student discipline and codes of conduct; prevention of and response to cyberbullying; policies and procedures required. Requires the Board of Education to include in its guidelines and model policies for codes of student conduct developed pursuant to applicable law standards for school board policies on cyberbullying, defined in the bill as bullying that occurs through the use of technology, including through cell phones and other electronic devices and technology capable of accessing the Internet. The bill requires each school board to expand on its policies and procedures relating to the prevention and prohibition of bullying that are included in its student conduct policies and procedures pursuant to relevant law by including policies and procedures that (i) address instances of cyberbullying that occur outside of school property between students enrolled in the school division; (ii) provide protections designed to ensure that any student who is a victim of or a witness to an instance of cyberbullying is not deterred from reporting or seeking support for such instance of cyberbullying by fears of retaliation, social alienation or rejection, or other negative treatment; and (iii) include a list of support services and resources available through each public school to any student who is a victim of cyberbullying relating to reporting and seeking support after experiencing an instance of cyberbullying.
Introduced
Jan 5, 2025
Last Action
Mar 24, 2025
Session
VA 2025
Sponsors
1 primary · 0 co
Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0438)
Approved by Governor-Chapter 438 (Effective 07/01/25)
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025
Signed by President
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB908ER)
Signed by Speaker
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB908)
Enrolled
Read third time
Passed House (90-Y 7-N)
Read second time
Reported from Education (19-Y 3-N)
Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
Assigned Educ sub: K-12 Subcommittee
Referred to Committee on Education
Read first time
Placed on Calendar
Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
Read second time
Engrossed by Senate
Rules suspended
Passed by for the day
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (37-Y 0-N)
Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB908)
Assigned Education sub: Public Education
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102003D
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Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0438)
William M. Stanley, Jr.