Across the Unites States, school districts will soon need to address new or revised cyberbullying laws. Delaware, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine and New York lawmakers are discussing addressing digital bullying in laws in an effort to protect against instances of bullied students committing suicide. Arizona, Delaware, Florida, Georgia and Illinois only consider cyberbullying punishable if committed on computers either owned or leased by the school. According to a recent article on USA Today’s website, Delaware lawmakers will meet to discuss how to handle cyberbullying off campus, while Indiana is looking to pass a bill that would give school districts more authority to deal with off-campus bullying.
Source: USA Today
To combat the growth in cyberbullying, PublicSchoolWORKS has created the Parent InfoCenter. This new tool helps districts meet state-specific requirements on safety awareness for parents, including bullying prevention and child abuse prevention training. With this tool, students and parents have the ability to report, anonymously if they choose, any incident affecting them or, that they may have seen or heard about from another person. Once reported, the appropriate administrator is auto notified and the issue is tracked to completion making a safer school environment for all students. To learn more about PublicSchoolWORKS’ Parent InfoCenter, contact sales@publicschoolworks.com.
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