Outline of the state of Oregon
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Oregon
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Bullying Policy—Reporting and Investigations

Category
Bullying Policy—Reporting and Investigations

State law addresses reporting and investigations.

Oregon Revised Statutes 339.329 Statewide tip line to report information concerning threats or potential threats to student safety; rules

(1) As used in this section:

  • (a) “Cyberbullying” and “harassment, intimidation or bullying” have the meanings given those terms in ORS 339.351.
  • (b) “Local law enforcement contact” means a local law enforcement officer designated by the Department of State Police to be notified when the tip line receives a report of a threat to student safety or potential threat to student safety.
  • (c) “Personally identifiable information” means any information that would permit the identification of a person who reports information using the tip line, and is not limited to name, phone number, physical address, electronic mail address, race, gender, sexual orientation, disability designation, religious affiliation, national origin, ethnicity, school of attendance, city, county or any geographic identifier included in information conveyed through the tip line, or information identifying the machine or device used by the person in making a report using the tip line.
  • (d) “Service provider” means a person designated by the department to be notified when the tip line receives a report of a threat to student safety or potential threat to student safety. “Service provider” includes:
  • (A) A provider of behavioral health care or mental health care;
  • (B) A provider of school-based health care;
  • (C) A certificated school counselor;
  • (D) A clinical social worker licensed under ORS 675.530; or
  • (E) A professional counselor or a marriage and family therapist licensed under ORS 675.615.
  • (e) “Student” means a student of:
  • (A) A school district, as defined in ORS 332.002;
  • (B) A community college, as defined in ORS 341.005;
  • (C) A private school that provides educational services to kindergarten through grade 12 students;
  • (D) A career school, as defined in ORS 345.010; or
  • (E) A public university listed under ORS 352.002.
  • (f) “Threat to student safety” includes, but is not limited to, a threat or instance of:
  • (A) Harassment, intimidation or bullying or cyberbullying;
  • (B) Suicide or self-harm; and
  • (C) Violence against others.
  • (g) “Tip line” means a statewide resource designed to accept information concerning threats to student safety or potential threats to student safety through methods of transmission including:
  • (A) Telephone calls;
  • (B) Text messages; and
  • (C) Electronically through the Internet.

(2) The Department of State Police shall establish a statewide tip line for students and other members of the public to use to confidentially report information concerning threats to student safety or potential threats to student safety.

Policy Type
Statute

Oregon Revised Statutes 339.356 District policy required

(2) School districts must include in the policy:

  • (f) A procedure that is uniform throughout the school district for reporting an act of harassment, intimidation or bullying or an act of cyberbullying. A procedure established under this paragraph shall:
  • (A) Identify by job title the school officials responsible for receiving such a report at a school.
  • (B) Require a school employee to report an act of harassment, intimidation or bullying or an act of cyberbullying to a person identified under subparagraph (A) of this paragraph.
  • (C) Identify any remedial action that may be imposed on a school employee for failure to make a report as required by subparagraph (B) of this paragraph.
  • (D) Allow a student or volunteer to report an act of harassment, intimidation or bullying or an act of cyberbullying voluntarily and anonymously to a person identified under subparagraph (A) of this paragraph. Nothing in this subparagraph may be construed to permit remedial action solely on the basis of an anonymous report.
  • (g) A procedure that is uniform throughout the school district for prompt investigation of a report of an act of harassment, intimidation or bullying or an act of cyberbullying. A procedure established under this paragraph shall identify by job title the school officials responsible for investigating such a report.
  • (h) A procedure by which a person may request a school district to review the actions of a school in responding to a report of an act of harassment, intimidation or bullying or an act of cyberbullying or investigating such a report.
  • (i) A statement of the manner in which a school and a school district will respond after an act of harassment, intimidation or bullying or an act of cyberbullying is reported, investigated and confirmed.
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Statute