Montana Code 20-5-208. Definition
20-5-208. Definition. (1) “Bullying” means any harassment, intimidation, hazing, or threatening, insulting, or demeaning gesture or physical contact, including any intentional written, verbal, or electronic communication or threat directed against a student that is persistent, severe, or repeated and that:
Terms Used In Montana Code 20-5-208
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Property: means real and personal property. See Montana Code 1-1-205
- school: means an institution for the teaching of children that is established and maintained under the laws of the state of Montana at public expense. See Montana Code 20-6-501
(a)causes a student physical harm, damages a student’s property, or places a student in reasonable fear of harm to the student or the student’s property;
(b)creates a hostile environment by interfering with or denying a student’s access to an educational opportunity or benefit; or
(c)substantially and materially disrupts the orderly operation of a school.
(2)The term includes retaliation against a victim or witness who reports information about an act of bullying and includes acts of hazing associated with athletics or school-sponsored organizations or groups.