SB 6439-S - DIGEST
(AS OF SENATE 2ND READING 2/14/14)

Requires educational service districts to develop a training class for those people in their school districts who act as the primary contact regarding the antiharassment, intimidation, cyberbullying, or bullying policy.

Requires the primary contact from each school district to attend at least one training class.

Requires the Washington state school directors' association, in consultation with the office of education ombuds and other organizations with expertise on the civil liberties of students, to update its model policy prohibiting acts of harassment, intimidation, or bullying that are conducted via electronic means, also known as cyberbullying.

Requires the most up-to-date model policy to be made available in all school districts' student handbooks.