Missouri legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Missouri HB351: Establishes antibullying requirements for school districts
Status: In committee, May 15, 2025
What the bill says
An act of school violence or exhibited violent behavior, will takeintoaccountifsuchactofschoolviolenceorviolentbehaviorwascommittedinselfdefense as an immediate response to an act of school violence or violent behavior committed against such pupil; (5) A procedure for reporting an act of bullying. The policy shall also include a statement requiring that the school district or charter school designate an individual at each school building in the district and charter school to receive reports of incidents of bullying. Such individual shall be a school district or charter school employee who is t.
From the introduced text:
an act of school violence or exhibited violent behavior, will takeintoaccountifsuchactofschoolviolenceorviolentbehaviorwascommittedinselfdefense as an immediate response to an act of school violence or violent behavior committed against such pupil; (5) A procedure for reporting an act of bullying. The policy shall also include a statement requiring that the school district or charter school designate an individual at each school building in the district and charter school to receive reports of incidents of bullying. Such individual shall be a school district or charter school employee who is teacher level staff or above; HB 351 [(4)](6) Aprocedureforpromptinvestigationofreportsofviolationsandcomplaints, identifying one or more employees responsible for the investigation including, at a minimum, the following requirements: (a) Within two school days of a report of an incident of bullying being received, the school principal, or his or her designee, shall initiate an investigation of the incident and ensure that the report is reduced to writing; (b) The school principal may appoint other school staff to assist with the investigation; [and] (c) The investigation shall be completed within ten school days from the date [of the writtenreport]theinvestigationisinitiatedunderparagraph(a)ofthissubdivisionunless good cause exists to extend the investigation; and (d) A written report shall be prepared that contains the results of the investigation and any response including, but not limited to, a description of any interventions, initiatives, techniques, or discipline provided …