CRITERION NUMBER Legal Standard CR 10B Bullying Intervention and Prevention The collaborative must amend school handbooks to include an age-appropriate summary of their new Bullying Prevention and Intervention Plan. Collaborative employee handbooks must contain relevant sections of the Plan relating to the duties of faculty and staff. Each year the collaborative must give parents and guardians annual written notice of the student-related sections of the local Plan. Each year the collaborative must provide all staff with annual written notice of the Plan. The collaborative must implement, for all staff professional development that includes developmentally appropriate strategies to prevent bullying incidents; developmentally appropriate strategies for immediate, effective interventions to stop bullying incidents; information regarding the complex interaction and power differential that can take place between and among a perpetrator, victim and witnesses to the bullying; research findings on bullying, including information about specific categories of students who have been shown to be particularly at risk for bullying in the school environment; information on the incidence and nature of cyber-bullying; and internet safety issues as they relate to cyber-bullying. State Requirements M.G.L.c. 71, section 37H, as amended by Chapter 92 of the Acts of 2010. M.G.L.c. 71, section 37O (e) (1) & (2). M.G.L.c. 71, section 370(d). Rating: Implemented Response Required: No CRITERION NUMBER Legal Standard CR 17A Use of physical restraint on any student enrolled in a publicly-funded education program 1. a) The collaborative has developed and implemented staff training at least annually on the use of physical restraint consistent with regulatory requirements. Such training occurs within the first month of each school year and, for employees hired after the school year begins, within a month of their employment.
CRITERION NUMBER Legal Standard CR 10B Bullying Intervention and Prevention The collaborative must amend school handbooks to include an age-appropriate summary of their new Bullying Prevention and Intervention Plan. Collaborative employee handbooks must contain relevant sections of the Plan relating to the duties of faculty and staff. Each year the collaborative must give parents and guardians annual written notice of the student-related sections of the local Plan. Each year the collaborative must provide all staff with annual written notice of the Plan. The collaborative must implement, for all staff professional development that includes developmentally appropriate strategies to prevent bullying incidents; developmentally appropriate strategies for immediate, effective interventions to stop bullying incidents; information regarding the complex interaction and power differential that can take place between and among a perpetrator, victim and witnesses to the bullying; research findings on bullying, including information about specific categories of students who have been shown to be particularly at risk for bullying in the school environment; information on the incidence and nature of cyber-bullying; and internet safety issues as they relate to cyber-bullying. State Requirements M.G.L.c. 71, section 37H, as amended by Chapter 92 of the Acts of 2010. M.G.L.c. 71, section 37O (e) (1) & (2). M.G.L.c. 71, section 370(d). Rating: Implemented Response Required: No CRITERION NUMBER Legal Standard CR 17A Use of physical restraint on any student enrolled in a publicly-funded education program 1. a) The collaborative has developed and implemented staff training at least annually on the use of physical restraint consistent with regulatory requirements. Such training occurs within the first month of each school year and, for employees hired after the school year begins, within a month of their employment.
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