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Committee adopts bill directing CDE to create model policy for off‑campus cyberbullying
Summary
AB 772 would require the California Department of Education to develop a model policy for local education agencies to address cyberbullying that occurs off campus and outside school hours when it has nexus to the classroom. Supporters highlighted students' mental‑health harms; some associations expressed concerns about extending district reach.
AB 772 would direct the California Department of Education (CDE) to develop a model policy for addressing certain acts of cyberbullying that occur outside of school hours and off campus, and require local education agencies to adopt CDE’s model policy or develop a comparable policy.
Assemblymember Lowenthal, the bill’s author, described a landscape changed by social media and rising online harassment, citing studies…
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