Utah Admin. Code R277-613-2 - Definitions
(1) "Abusive conduct" means the same as that
term is defined in Subsection
53G-9-601(1).
(2) "Allegation" means a claim or assertation
that someone has engaged in disruptive student behavior but has not been
confirmed through a formal process as described in Subsection (5).
(3)
(a)
"Bullying" means the same as that term is defined in Subsection
53G-9-601(2).
(b) The conduct described in Subsection
53G-9-601(2)
constitutes bullying, regardless of whether the person against whom the conduct
is committed directed, consented to, or acquiesced in, the
conduct.
(4) "Civil
rights violation" means bullying, cyber-bullying, harassment, or hazing that is
targeted at a student based upon the students' or employees' identification as
part of any group protected from discrimination under the following federal
laws:
(a) Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of
1964;
(b) Title IX of the Education
Amendments of 1972;
(c) Section 504
of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973; or
(d) Title II of the Americans with
Disabilities Act of 1990.
(5) "Cyber-bullying" means the same as that
term is defined in Subsection
53G-9-601(4).
(6) "Disruptive student behavior" means the
same as that term is defined in Subsection
53G-8-210(1)(a).
(7) "Hazing" means the same as that term is
defined in Subsection
53G-9-601(5).
(8)
(a)
"Incident" means a verified incident as defined in Subsection
53G-9-601(7).
(b) A single incident may involve:
(i) one or more students to whom an incident
is directed;
(ii) one or more
students as causes of the incident; or
(iii) a student as both a subject and a cause
of the incident.
(c) A
single incident occurs at the same time and in the same place.
(9) "LEA" includes, for purposes
of this rule, the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind.
(10) "Participant" means any student,
employee, or volunteer coach participating in a public school sponsored
athletic program or activity, including a curricular, co-curricular, or
extracurricular club, or activity.
(11) "Policy" means standards and procedures
that:
(a) are required in Section
53G-9-605;
(b) include Section
53G-8-202; and
(c) provide additional standards, procedures,
and training adopted in an open meeting by an LEA board that:
(i) define bullying, cyber-bullying, hazing,
retaliation, and abusive conduct;
(ii) prohibit bullying, cyber-bullying,
hazing, retaliation, and abusive conduct;
(iii) require regular annual discussion and
training designed to prevent bullying, cyber-bullying, hazing, abusive conduct,
and retaliation among school employees and students; and
(iv) provide for enforcement through
employment action or student discipline.
(12) "Restorative justice practice" means a
discipline practice that brings together students, school personnel, families,
and community members to resolve conflicts, address disruptive behaviors,
promote positive relationships, and healing.
(13) "Retaliate" or "retaliation" means the
same as that term is defined in Subsection
53G-9-601(11).
(14) "School employee" means the same as that
term is defined in Subsection
53G-9-601(10).
(15) "Trauma-Informed Care" means a
strengths-based service delivery approach that is grounded in an understanding
of and responsiveness to the impact of trauma, that emphasizes physical,
psychological, and emotional safety for both the students subjected to the
incident, and the individual who is alleged to have engaged in prohibited
conduct, and that creates opportunities for targets to rebuild a sense of
control and empowerment.
(16)
"Verification" means that an alleged incident has been found to be
substantiated through a formal investigation process as described in Subsection
(5).
(17) "Volunteer" means a
non-employee with significant, unsupervised access to students in connection
with a school assignment.
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