What are the anti-bullying laws?

Laws & Policies State and local lawmakers have taken action to prevent bullying and protect children. Through laws (in their state education codes and elsewhere) and model policies (that provide guidance to districts and schools), each state addresses bullying differently. read more

In fact, we saw no improvement in rates of bullying between 2005 and 2011, a period in which a significant number of new or revised state bullying laws were enacted. In the end, the goal of state anti-bullying laws was not and is not to actually prevent bullying. read more

On the punishment side, five states don’t have any sanctions for bullying in their anti-bullying laws, while 12 states include a criminal sanction for bullies, ranging from school suspension to jail time, according to an analysis of state bullying laws from the Cyberbullying Research Center.Montana is the only state with no law to address bullying. read more