Students, Policies and Procedures, Bullying

Stop Campus Hazing Act Signed Into Law

Saul Ewing LLP on 1/7/2025

President Biden has signed the Stop Campus Hazing Act (the “Act”) into law. The Act, the first federal anti-hazing law, is the result of a bi-partisan effort and comes after several years of patchwork efforts to address...more

Just Around the Corner: Reminder and Update on the New School Climate Improvement Plan (and Some Help Is on the Way Via Public Act...

Pullman & Comley - School Law on 8/20/2024

Last year, the Connecticut General Assembly passed significant revisions to the school climate and bullying requirements, via Public Act 23-167 as we explored at length in a prior posting. ...more

The Hazing Spectrum: Recognizing Acts of Hazing

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP on 9/27/2023

National studies of student hazing have found that more than half of college students associated with clubs, teams or organizations experience hazing. Yet less than 10% of those who experience hazing actually call the...more

What Changes are Coming to Connecticut’s Bullying Law?

Pullman & Comley - School Law on 9/5/2023

Connecticut’s bullying laws, set forth in Connecticut General Statutes Sections 10-222d, 10-222g, 10-222k and the like, have long obligated school districts to remedy acts of bullying and teen dating violence. School...more

Impact on School District Policies from the 2023 Session of the Connecticut General Assembly

Pullman & Comley - School Law on 8/15/2023

Last week Pullman & Comley released its annual comprehensive summary of legislation affecting Connecticut schools. Included here is our initial take on the key policy and procedural impacts as a result of this year’s...more

10-Step Plan To Ensure Bullying Doesn’t Cost You

Fisher Phillips on 9/4/2018

For the first time, a court used a civil rights law to hold a school district financially accountable in a case of student bullying. In the recent case of Cohen v. Philadelphia School District, the court awarded $500,000 to a...more