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http://www.socialsafety.org/law_enforcement_cyberbullying.html These are laws aginst cyber bulling  ARKANSAS: The state Senate passed a bill calling on school districts to set up policies to address cyberbullying.  IDAHO: In 2006, Idaho expanded their anti-bullying legislation, requiring school districts to address cyberbullying in their anti-bullying policy. Idaho's redrafted legislation declared that acts of harassment, intimidation or bullying could be committed through "the use of a land line, car phone or wireless telephone or through the use of data or computer software that is accessed through a computer, computer system, or computer network."

IOWA: The state Senate passed an anti-bullying legislation that requires schools to formalize an anti-bullying policy. In 2007 this state expanded the legislation to include electronic communication, which they define as "any communication involving the transmission of information by wire, radio, optical cable, electromagnetic, or other similar means." "Electronic" includes but is not limited to communication via e- mail, internet-based communications, pagers, cell phones, and text messaging. MINNESOTA: Introduced new legislation into the State Senate that would require that all school districts in Minnesota expand their anti-bullying policies to address and respond to cyberbullying at the local level.

NEW JERSEY: New Jersey enacted an anti-bullying law that went into effect this past fall. The law requires school districts to implement anti-bullying policies and methods for responding to bullying and other forms of harassment.  OREGON: Has proposed a bill that would require all of the state's 198 school districts to adopt policies that prohibit cyberbullying.  PENNSYLVANIA: State Sen. Jane Orie, R-Bradford Woods has proposed a bill that would amend Title 18, the Crimes Code, to make that type of theft, re-publication, and cyber bullying a criminal offense. The other piece would amend the Public School Code to require school districts to adopt policies prohibiting the conduct.  SOUTH CAROLINA: Requires school districts to define bullying and outline policies and repercussions for the behavior, including cyberbullying. One school district there has proposed punishments from warnings up to expulsion for both traditional bullying and cyberbullying.  WASHINGTON: Requires each school district to adopt or amend if necessary a policy, that prohibits the harassment, intimidation, or bullying of any student, either verbally or electronically.

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