{"id":6470,"date":"2021-03-06T06:33:03","date_gmt":"2021-03-06T16:33:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/?p=6470"},"modified":"2021-03-06T06:33:06","modified_gmt":"2021-03-06T16:33:06","slug":"attorneys-general-coalition-shows-support-to-protect-students-from-bullying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/2021\/03\/06\/attorneys-general-coalition-shows-support-to-protect-students-from-bullying\/","title":{"rendered":"Attorneys General Coalition Shows Support to Protect Students From Bullying"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hawaii Attorney General Clare E. Connors joins a coalition of attorney general in filing a friend-of-the-court brief to urge the Supreme Court to protect school\u2019s ability to address off-campus bullying including cyberbullying that affects student\u2019s education.

The coalition filed the brief for the case Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L <\/em>which concerns the ability of schools to hold students accountable for off-campus speech and does not support either party.

The lower court ruled the case that schools may never regulate student\u2019s off-campus speech.

In the coalition\u2019s brief, the attorneys urge the Supreme Court to reject this rule arguing that this ruling will undermine state anti-bullying laws.

Moreover, the coalition believes the ruling will prevent schools from addressing in-person and online bullying that started off-campus.

\u201cPublic schools clearly have the legal ability to regulate off-campus bullying that impacts a student\u2019s education,\u201d said Attorney General Connors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur state DOE should have access to every available tool to combat bullying in the school system, including addressing off-campus intimidation and aggression.\u201d

A harmful and disruptive form of behavior, bullying often involves verbal and\/or physical attacks to the victims. And whether the bullying was done in-person or online, it will still have a huge impact on the student\u2019s ability to perform well in school.

The coalition explained that schools have \u201ca duty to provide high-quality education to all students.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With bullying making school an unsafe place for victims, it has shown that bullying can lower the academic performance of victims and bullies in the short- and long-term, according to the coalition\u2019s brief.

The attorneys general explained that they do not take sides on the underlying facts of the Mahanoy Area School District <\/em>case.

Instead, they want the Supreme Court to respond to students\u2019 off-campus speech like any other students\u2019 speech, allowing schools to regulate it when it has substantial effects on the school or other students\u2019 learning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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