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CODE AND TITLE
DEFINITION / EXAMPLES / APPLICATIONS
LEVEL 1
LEVEL 2
LEVEL 3
4. BULLYING / HARASSMENT INFRACTIONS
4.1
4.2
4.3
4B. CYBERBULLYING
SERIOUS
No student shall cyberbully another student(s) or school personnel. Cyberbullying is defined as electronic communication made on or off school property, through school or personal device that:
1. is directed specifically at students or school personnel, AND;
2. is maliciously intended for the purpose of threatening the safety of those specified or substantially
disrupting the orderly operation of the school, AND
3. creates a reasonable fear of harm to the students’ or school personnel’s person or property or has a
high likelihood of succeeding in that purpose.
Electronic communication includes but is not limited to any transfer of signs, signals, writings, images, sounds, data or intelligence of any nature transmitted in whole or in part by a wire, radio, electromagnetic, photo electronic or photo optical system. Title IX regulations (as implemented) will be managed as discussed in www.atlantapublicschools.us/titleix
***APPLICATION:
For Grades 6-12, Within 1 School Year:
First Offense: Discipline Levels 1-3
Second Offense: Discipline Levels 2-3
Third Offense: Mandatory 10 days OSS with a Hearing Referral and request for assignment to HANBA for a minimum of one semester or the balance of the school year (whichever is longer).
4B.1
E/S
1 to 3 Days Detention Written Warning T/S/A/P Conference Counselor Referral Restorative Conference
4B.2
E/S
1 to 5 Days ISS OR 1 to 3 Days OSS Removal of Privileges Restorative Conference Check-in/Check- out Behavior Contract
4B.3
E/S
4 to 10 Days OSS and possible referral to a student disciplinary hearing where the student may face long-term suspension or expulsion
4C.
HARASSMENT (NEW)
SERIOUS
No student shall engage in harassment pf any student(s), staff, and/or campus visitors. Harassment
is defined as any unwanted gesture, writing, verbal, physical act, or electronic communication that a reasonable person would perceive as creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive educational environment that is motivated by any actual, perceived, or assumed characteristic of the victim(s), such as race, color, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender/gender identity, ancestry, national origin, physical attributes, socioeconomic status, physical or mental ability or disability, or any other distinguishing characteristic. Harassing behaviors may include, but are not limited to:
• Committing any act of bigotry or antisemitism directed toward another person’s race, ethnic heritage, national origin, religion, age, sex, gender or disability
• Racial, sexual, antisemitic, or ethnic slurs
• Derogatory comments, insults, and jokes
• Physical harassment, such as offensive touching, and visual harassment, such as racially, sexually,
or ethnically offensive posters, graffiti, drawings, clothing, or gestures
• Harassing behaviors based on actual or perceived race, creed, color, ethnic heritage, national
origin, religion, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or a physical characteristic
APPLICATION:
Atlanta Public Schools has adopted the definition of “Antisemitism” pursuant to Georgia House Bill 30 and the working definition adopted by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA).
4C.1
E/S
1 to 3 Days Detention Written Warning T/S/A/P Conference Counselor Referral Restorative Conference
4C.2
E/S
1 to 5 Days ISS OR 1 to 3 Days OSS Removal of Privileges Restorative Conference Check-in/Check- out Behavior Contract
4C.3
E/S
4 to 10 Days OSS and possible referral to a student disciplinary hearing where the student may face long-term suspension or expulsion
4D.
OFFENSIVE MATERIAL
MODERATE
No student shall possess, share, or distribute profane, vulgar, pornographic, obscene, threatening or ethnically offensive materials in any format. This includes materials that advocate illegal or dangerous acts, may cause disruption to the Atlanta Public Schools, contain knowingly false or defamatory information, or is otherwise harmful to minors as defined by the Children’s Internet Protection Act. Behaviors that implicate Title IX regulations (as implemented) will be managed as discussed in www.atlantapublicschools.us/titleix
Materials deemed to be in violation of the Children’s Internet Protection Act must be reported to school police.
4D.1
E/S
1-3 Days Detention Written Warning T/S/A/P Conference Counselor Referral Restorative Conference
4D.2
E/S
1 to 5 Days ISS OR 1 to 3 Days OSS Removal of Privileges Restorative Conference Check-in/Check- out Behavior Contract
4D.3
E/S
4-10 Days OSS possible referral to a student disciplinary hearing where the student may face long-term suspension or expulsion
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