Colorado Legislation on Bullying

Colorado Dept. of Education summary of Senate Bill 01-080, "Safe Schools - Bullying Policy":

Requires each school district to consult with student councils, where available, when adopting and implementing a safe school plan or when revising existing plans or policies concerning safe schools.


Requires each school district to include a specific policy in the school district conduct and discipline code concerning bullying prevention and education. 


Defines bullying to mean any written or verbal expression, or physical act or gesture, or a pattern thereof, that is intended to cause distress upon one or more students in the school, on school grounds, in school vehicles, at a designated school bus stop, or at school activities or sanctioned events. 


Requires each school to submit, in the annual report to the state board of education, information concerning the school's policy on bullying prevention and education, including information related to the development and implementation of any bullying prevention programs.