New Jersey Statutes 18A:37-16.1. Immunity for reporting harassment, intimidation, or bullying at certain private schools
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 18A:37-16.1
- Board: means the board of education. See New Jersey Statutes 18A:1-1
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Employee: includes the holder of any position or employment. See New Jersey Statutes 18A:1-1
- Private school: means a school, under college grade, which does not derive its support entirely or in part from public funds. See New Jersey Statutes 18A:1-1
- State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
1. In the event that the State Board of Education requires approved private schools for students with disabilities to develop, adopt, and implement a policy prohibiting harassment, intimidation, or bullying on school grounds, a member of a board of directors or an employee of an approved private school for students with disabilities who promptly reports an incident of harassment, intimidation, or bullying to the appropriate school official designated by the school’s policy or to any school administrator, and who makes this report in compliance with the procedures in the school’s policy, is immune from a cause of action for damages arising from any failure to remedy the reported incident.
L.2017, c.274, s.1.