Texas Education Code
§ 37.0832 — BULLYING PREVENTION POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
ED § 37.0832Title 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION · Part G. SAFE SCHOOLS · Ch. 37. DISCIPLINE; LAW AND ORDER · Art. C. LAW AND ORDER
Statute text
View on source(a)In this section:
(1)"Bullying":
(A)means a single significant act or a pattern of acts by one or more students directed at another student that exploits an imbalance of power and involves engaging in written or verbal expression, expression through electronic means, or physical conduct that satisfies the applicability requirements provided by Subsection (a-1), and that:
(i)has the effect or will have the effect of physically harming a student, damaging a student's property, or placing a student in reasonable fear of harm to the student's person or of damage to the student's property;
(ii)is sufficiently severe, persistent, or pervasive enough that the action or threat creates an intimidating, threatening, or abusive educational environment for a student;
(iii)materially and substantially disrupts the educational process or the orderly operation of a classroom or school; or
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Legislative history
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 522 (S.B. 179), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2017. Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 522 (S.B. 179), Sec. 15, eff. September 1, 2017. Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 972 (S.B. 2050), Sec. 1, eff. June 18, 2021. Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 972 (S.B. 2050), Sec. 3, eff. June 18, 2021.