DEFINITION OF HARASSMENT, INTIMIDATION AND BULLYING: Harassment,
intimidation or bullying means any gesture, any written, verbal or
physical act, or any electronic communication, whether it be a single
incident or a series of incidents, that is reasonably perceived as being
motivated either by any actual or perceived characteristic, such as
race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, gender, sexual
orientation, gender identity and expression, or a mental, physical or
sensory disability, or by any other distinguishing characteristic, that
takes place on school property, at any school-sponsored function, on a
school bus, or off school grounds that substantially disrupts or
interferes with the orderly operation of the school or the rights of
other students and that: |