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1. Why School Bullying Should Be Taken
Seriously

2. Today a tragic post about a 15 year old
girl landed in my email. The girl
committed suicide as the result of
bullying.

3. In California, legislation has been
enacted to prevent bullying in schools,
however, as parents navigating the
world of bullying has become
complicated given all of the social
media outlets out there for posting
harassing and inappropriate
comments.

4. The relevant laws related to bullying
include, but are not limited to:
§ 48900.4. Additional grounds for
suspension or expulsion; harassment,
threats, or intimidation

5. In addition to the grounds specified in
Sections 48900 and 48900.2, a pupil
enrolled in any of grades 4 to 12,
inclusive, may be suspended from
school or recommended for expulsion
if the superintendent or the principal
of the school

6. in which the pupil is enrolled
determines that the pupil has
intentionally engaged in harassment,
threats, or intimidation, directed
against school district personnel or
pupils, that is sufficiently severe or
pervasive to have the actual and
reasonably expected effect of
materially disrupting classwork,
creating substantial disorder… .

7. In addition, the students in the above
scenario are facing criminal charges.

8. For many children, communicating to
their parents or getting help is a
nonexistent option. For children who
are disabled, sensitive to social norms
or simply afraid to be different,
bullying can rise to the level of trauma.

9. We hope that parents, educators,
counselors and all adults who work
with children in our schools take very
seriously all forms of bullying whether
it is in writing or it involves some
physical abuse.

10. While this is not intended as legal
advice, if you believe that your child
may be the subject of bullying
consider the following:

11. 1. If you are the parent of a child with
special needs, consider asking for
supports in the IEP such as extra
counselling, behavior services or
supervision during unstructured time.

12. 2. If your child is not disabled, and you
are aware of bullying or suspect your
child is being bullied, immediately
contact the school administration in
writing and file a formal complaint.

13. 3. Sometimes it is necessary to seek a
restraining order and this can be done
through the Court system. See e.g.
http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp/
protection/introresord.htm

14. This post is not intended as legal
advice. If you believe you require legal
advice, you should seek a consultation
or to retain an attorney.

15. The Leigh Law Group represents
individuals, families, employees,
parents, guardians and children who
have been injured by the unlawful acts
of others. As attorney advocates, we
provide each client with all options
available to them.

16. When Leigh Law Group acts on your
behalf, we demonstrate a strong
commitment to your case and are
relentless in our goals for seeking
remedies and justice.

17. Specialties include special education
attorney, federal court litigation, state
court litigation, disabilty
discrimination, disability rights
attorney, and civil rights. Please visit
us on the web at
http://www.leighlawgroup.com