• Alabama public schools are required by law to implement bullying prevention education and practices to address bullying and cyberbullying. ACS policies on harassment can be found here in Board policies 6.10.1 - 6.11.5. Bullying prevention lessons are taught by school counselors during classroom guidance lessons. These lessons include topics of communication skills, problem-solving and conflict-resolution skills, emotion management strategies, as well as lessons that teach students how to identify and respond to bullying. The Jamari Terrell Williams Act specifically addresses cyberbullying and extends the schools' involvement to cyberbullying that occurs off-campus and outside of school hours. Lessons on internet safety and digital citizenship are taught via classroom guidance lessons and embedded into the academic curriculum. To meet the staff training requirements for bullying and cyberbullying, ACS staff complete training modules via Cognia.

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