contained in the discipline policies described in 
subparagraph (A); and 
‘‘(G) grievance procedures for students or 
parents that seek to register complaints regard-
ing the prohibited conduct contained in the dis-
cipline policies described in subparagraph (A), 
including— 
‘‘(i) the name of the school district of-
ficials who are designated as responsible 
for receiving such complaints; and 
‘‘(ii) timelines that the school district 
will follow in the resolution of such com-
plaints;’’. 
(d) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.—Section 4115(b)(2) 
of such Act (20 U.S.C. 7115(b)(2)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A)— 
(A) in clause (vi), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(B) in clause (vii), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(viii) teach students about the con-
sequences of bullying and harassment.’’; 
and 
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(2) in subparagraph (E), by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(xxiii) Programs that address the 
causes of bullying and harassment and 
that train teachers, administrators, pupil 
services personnel, and other school per-
sonnel regarding strategies to prevent bul-
lying and harassment and to effectively in-
tervene when such incidents occur.’’. 
(e) REPORTING.—Section 4116(a)(2)(B) of such Act 
(20 U.S.C. 7116(a)(2)(B)) is amended by inserting ‘‘, in-
cluding bullying and harassment,’’ after ‘‘drug use and vi-
olence’’. 
(f) IMPACT EVALUATION.—Section 4122 of such Act 
(20 U.S.C. 7132) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(2), by striking ‘‘and school 
violence’’ and inserting ‘‘school violence, including 
bullying and harassment,’’; and 
(2) in the first sentence of subsection (b), by in-
serting ‘‘, including bullying and harassment,’’ after 
‘‘drug use and violence’’. 
(g) DEFINITIONS.— 
(1) DRUG AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION.—Para-
graph (3)(B) of section 4151 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 
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7151) is amended by inserting ‘‘, bullying, and other 
harassment’’ after ‘‘sexual harassment and abuse’’. 
(2) 
PROTECTIVE
FACTOR, 
BUFFER, 
OR 
ASSET.—Paragraph (6) of such section is amended 
by inserting ‘‘, including bullying and harassment’’ 
after ‘‘violent behavior’’. 
(3) RISK FACTOR.—Paragraph (7) of such sec-
tion is amended by inserting ‘‘, including bullying 
and harassment’’ after ‘‘violent behavior’’. 
(4) 
BULLYING, 
HARASSMENT, 
AND
VIO-
LENCE.—Such section is further amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(12) BULLYING.—The term ‘bullying’ means 
conduct, including conduct that is based on a stu-
dent’s actual or perceived race, color, national ori-
gin, sex, disability, sexual orientation, gender iden-
tity, religion, or any other distinguishing characteris-
tics that may be defined by a State or local edu-
cational agency, that— 
‘‘(A) affects one or more students; 
‘‘(B) deprives students of access to edu-
cational opportunities or benefits provided by 
the school; and 
‘‘(C) adversely affects the ability of a stu-
dent to participate in or benefit from the 
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school’s educational programs or activities by 
placing a student in reasonable fear of physical 
harm. 
‘‘(13) HARASSMENT.—The term ‘harassment’ 
means conduct, including conduct that is based on 
a student’s actual or perceived race, color, national 
origin, sex, disability, sexual orientation, gender 
identity, religion, or any other distinguishing charac-
teristics that may be defined by a State or local edu-
cational agency, that— 
‘‘(A) affects one or more students; 
‘‘(B) deprives students of access to edu-
cational opportunities or benefits provided by 
the school; and 
‘‘(C) adversely affects the ability of a stu-
dent to participate in or benefit from the 
school’s educational programs or activities be-
cause the conduct as reasonably perceived by 
the student is so severe, pervasive, and objec-
tively offensive. 
‘‘(14) VIOLENCE.—The term ‘violence’ includes 
bullying and harassment.’’. 
(h) EFFECT ON OTHER LAWS.— 
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