Aggressor
means perpetrator of
bullying or retaliation as defined in M.G.L. c. 71, § 37O.
Approved Private Day or Residential
School
means a school that accepts, through agreement with a
school committee, a student requiring special education pursuant to M.G.L. c.
71B, § 10 and
603
CMR 28.09: Approval of Public and
Private Day and Residential Special Education School Programs.
Bullying
, pursuant to M.G.L. c. 71,
§ 37O, means the repeated use by one or more students or by a member of a
school staff including, but not limited to, an educator, administrator, school
nurse, cafeteria worker, custodian, bus driver, athletic coach, advisor to an
extracurricular activity or paraprofessional of a written, verbal or electronic
expression or a physical act or gesture or any combination thereof, directed at
a target that:
(a) causes physical or emotional harm to the target or damage
to the target's property;
(b) places the target in reasonable fear of harm to himself or
herself or damage to his or her property;
(c) creates a hostile environment at school for the
target;
(d) infringes on the rights of the target at school; or
(e) materially and substantially disrupts the education process
or the orderly operation of a school. Bullying shall include
cyberbullying.
Charter School
, pursuant to M.G.L. c.
71, § 37O, means a Commonwealth charter school or Horace Mann charter
school established pursuant to M.G.L. c. 71, § 89.
Collaborative School
, pursuant to
M.G.L. c. 71, § 37O, means a school operated by an educational
collaborative established pursuant to M.G.L. c. 40, § 4E.
Cyberbullying
, pursuant to M.G.L. c.
71, § 37O, means bullying through the use of technology or any electronic
communication, which shall include, but not be limited to, any transfer of
signs, signals, writing, 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 including, but not limited to, electronic
mail, internet communications, instant messages or facsimile communications.
Cyberbullying shall also include:
(a) the creation of a web page or blog in which the creator
assumes the identity of another person; or
(b) the knowing impersonation of another person as the author
of posted content or messages, if the creation or impersonation creates any of
the conditions in
603 CMR
49.03:
Bullying
(a)
through (e). Cyberbullying shall also include the distribution by electronic
means of a communication to more than one person or the posting of material on
an electronic medium that may be accessed by one or more persons, if the
distribution or posting creates any of the conditions in
603 CMR
49.03:
Bullying
(a)
through (e).
Hostile Environment
, pursuant to
M.G.L. c. 71, § 37O, means a situation in which bullying causes the school
environment to be permeated with intimidation, ridicule or insult that is
sufficiently severe or pervasive to alter the conditions of the student's
education.
Local Law Enforcement Agency
means a
local police department.
Local Plan
means the bullying
prevention and intervention plan required to be developed under M.G.L. c. 71,
§ 37O.
Parent
means a student's father or
mother, or guardian.
Principal
means the administrative
leader of a public school, charter school, collaborative school, or approved
private day or residential school, or his or her designee for the purposes of
implementing the school's bullying prevention and intervention plan.
Retaliation
means any form of
intimidation, reprisal or harassment directed against a person who reports
bullying, provides information during an investigation about bullying, or
witnesses or has reliable information about bullying.
School
means an approved private day
or residential school, collaborative school, or charter school.
School District
, pursuant to M.G.L. c.
71, § 37O, means the school department of a city or town, a regional
school district or a county agricultural school.
Student Record
has the meaning set
forth in the Massachusetts Student Records Regulations,
603 CMR
23.02: Definition of
Terms.
Target
means a student victim of
bullying or retaliation as defined in M.G.L. c. 71, § 37O.
