Board of Education Might Be Forced To Develop Hazing Policy

Mar 05, 2008 by Eric Ray

(KCPW News) Local school boards soon may be required to adopt policies to deal with hazing and bullying.  The Senate passed an amended version of House Bill 325 yesterday, which requires the State Board of Education to have a model policy in place by September of
this year.  Local school boards will have to follow a year later.

The bill originally contained a clause requiring school employees to report incidents of hazing to school authorities. That didn't sit well with some lawmakers who voted to amend the measure to remove that language.

Substitute House Bill 325 passed the Senate by a vote of 25 to 2. The House will now consider the amended bill before it can go to the Governor Jon Huntsman.

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