Sec. 35. Each public school, including a charter school, shall document acts of bullying and abusive behaviors:

(1) against a victim; and

Terms Used In Indiana Code 20-33-8-35

  • bullying: means overt, unwanted, repeated acts or gestures, including verbal or written communications or images transmitted in any manner (including digitally or electronically), physical acts committed, aggression, or any other behaviors, that are committed by a student or group of students against another student with the intent to harass, ridicule, humiliate, intimidate, or harm the targeted student and create for the targeted student an objectively hostile school environment that:

    Indiana Code 20-33-8-0.2

  • Verified: when applied to pleadings, means supported by oath or affirmation in writing. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
(2) committed by a verified perpetrator.

As added by P.L.238-2023, SEC.2.