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AN INTRODUCTION TO US STATE ANTI-BULLYING LEGISLATION

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In the United States, anti-bullying laws exist only at the state level. If you’re looking for federal bullying laws, you’re out of luck. There are no anti-bullying laws at the federal level that directly deal with bullying.

As of August 2013, 49 states have anti-bullying laws on the books requiring school districts to adopt anti-bullying policies.

A few fun facts about anti-bullying laws by state:

The only state without anti-bullying legislation is Montana.
UPDATE: Montana has since update its state policies on bullying. See the state legislation enacted in 2015: http://leg.mt.gov/bills/mca/20/5/20-5-209.htm and http://mtrules.org/gateway/ruleno.asp?RN=10%2E55%2E719
The first anti-bullying legislation was passed in Georgia in 1999.
The state that most recently introduced anti-bullying legislation is South Dakota.

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