DATE:
June 6, 2024
TO:
Principals
Assistant Principals
FROM:
Michael Anderson, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Director of Student Services
McKinley Withers, Health and Wellness Consultant
SUBJECT:
Incident Action Plans
Beginning the 2024-25 school year schools are required to create an action plan for each new incident of bullying.
Each action plan must include:
- A communication plan to keep each parent updated on the implementation of the plan;
- For the victim of the incident and in direct coordination with the student’s parent:
- A tailored response that addresses the student’s needs;
- Accommodations the student may need for decreased exposure or interactions with the offender;
- Notification of the consequences and plan to address the behavior of the offender;
- Supportive measures to preserve the student’s access to educational services and opportunities; and
- Access to other resources the parent requests for the student.
- For the student who caused the incident and in direct coordination with the student’s parent:
- A range of tailored and appropriate consequences, with a reasonable effort to preserve access to educational services and activities;
- A process to determine and provide resources for the underlying cause of the incident;
- Supportive measures to preserve educational access while protecting the safety and well-being of other students; and
- A process to remove the student from school.
The action plan may not require the victim to change their educational schedule or placement; or participation is a school sponsored sport, club, or activity. (§53G-9-605.5)
This memo is intended to provide notification only. Resources and training will be provided in the fall regarding action plans and other prevention efforts to help implement and manage this new requirement.
