Bullying prevention is taught as part of health education.

A. Content standard 1: Students will comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention. Students will:

• (2) grades K-4 benchmark 2: identify examples of mental, emotional, social and physical health during childhood;
• (a) grade K performance Standard:
• (ii) identify compassionate behavior and its relationship to diversity (i.e., bullying, disabilities, other special needs, etc.)

A. Content standard 1: Students will comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention. Students will:

• (2) grades K-4 benchmark 2: identify examples of mental, emotional, social and physical health during childhood;
• (b) grades 1-2 performance Standard:
• (i) describe different emotions;
• (ii) describe compassionate behavior and its relationship to diversity (i.e., bullying, disabilities, other special needs, etc.);
• (iii) identify the differences between safe and unsafe situations (i.e., bullying, good touch/bad touch, alcohol, tobacco, other drugs, food contamination, etc.);
• (iv) recall positive health choices and activities that promote health and help prevent diseases;
• (c) grades 3-4 performance Standard:
• (i) understand different emotions;
• (ii) recognize compassionate behavior and its relationship to diversity (i.e., bullying, disabilities, other special needs, etc.);
• (iii) identify and understand the differences between safe and unsafe situations (i.e., bullying, good touch/bad touch, alcohol, tobacco, other drugs, food contamination, etc.);
• (iv) understand positive health choices and activities that promote health and help prevent diseases;
• (v) describe different types of family units and their relationship to health (i.e., single, grandparent, same sex parents, etc.);

B. Content standard 2: Students will demonstrate the ability to access valid health information and health-promoting products and services. Students will:

• (6) grades 5-8 benchmark 6: describe situations requiring professional health services;
• (a) grades 5-6 performance Standard:
• (i) identify and recognize risk behaviors in situations that may lead to negative physical, social or emotional health consequences (i.e., abuse, bullying, sexual assault, mental health, depression, suicide, domestic violence, STI/HIV, etc.);
• (ii) identify situations related to a health crisis and formulate solutions to intervene or prevent the crisis (i.e., a friend tells you he is thinking about suicide; a friend tells you he is smoking, etc.);
• (iii) recognize and identify professional health services in the community;

A. Following adoption of a bullying prevention policy, each public school shall:

• (1) establish an annual bullying prevention program for students included in New Mexico's health education content Standard with benchmarks and performance Standard;