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2023 CT Legislation Moving from Anti-Bullying to School Climate: All You Need to Know!

CAS 2024 Conference Presentation

Bullying to School Climate with Restorative Practices Overvi

This presentation focuses on the radical changes that have been made to 20+ years of anti-bullying legislation, including the history of all this legislation, the definitional changes with each amendment and the new requirements in the relevant portions of P. A. 23 – 167.   The statutory requirements are outlined as well as what the CT School Climate Policy requires once local Boards of Education adopt it.  The timeline for all of this is included as are the CT School Climate Standards, which are at the center of the CT School Climate Policy.  The new definition of bullying is highlighted, which finally requires a context dependent approach where the investigator determines if there is an imbalance of power (real or perceived).  Finally, the “Challenging Behavior Reporting Form” that has been provided by the CT Social Emotional School Climate Collaborative is not mandatory.  A more generic and user-friendly form that has been approved by school district legal counsel since 2011, is included here.  We recommend that this form be used until an updated version of it is issued.

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Moving Away from Bullying: School Climate, Restorative Practices & the New Legislation

On June 3, 2024, CAS hosted a webinar on the changes to Connecticut’s bullying law enacted under Public Act 23-167. The presentation, featuring school climate experts Dr. Jo Ann Freiberg and Pat Ciccone, covered the historical evolution of the state’s bullying legislation as well as the new statutory requirements and implementation timeline. Presenters did a deep dive into the new definition of bullying and reviewed the new Connecticut School Climate Standards and the Connecticut School Climate Policy.

CTN Legislative Roundtable Discussion

Restorative Practices Penellas FL

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Bullying to School Climate Updated (pdf)

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CABE CT School Climate Policy 5131.911 FINAL Dec 2023 (pdf)

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Report Narrative Final Draft Arguing to Change Direction of Anti-Bullying Legislation (pdf)

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national-school-climate-standards-csee FINAL March 2010 (pdf)

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Incident Reporting Form Generic (PDF)

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CT State Legislation 2023PA-00167-R00SB-00001-PA (PDF)

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CT School Climate Standards as revisions of NSCSs side-by-side (pdf)

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CT-School-Climate-Survey-School-Employees_ (pdf)

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School-Climate-Parent-and-Guardian-Survey_ (pdf)

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CT School Climate Survey - Students (pdf)

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School-Climate-Improvement-Plan-Template (pdf)

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CT School Climate Surverys

School Climate Surveys for Students, Parents/Guardians and Faculty/Staff as well as a School Climate Rubric and Planning Template tied to the CT School Climate Surverys are now available and posted on our website

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