From Standing By to Standing

Up
A Tool for Students and Educators
by:
Laura Moyer, Esperanza Castillo, Deanna Demers, and Christina
Santos

Burning Question:
Our burning question will focus on creating a program that
fulfills/improves upon current anti-bullying policies in regards to
bystander recognition and training to create positive community
outcomes.

Burning Question Rationale:

We found that many of the anti-bullying and anti-harassment policies
were very vague in their wording and never suggested a specific
type of intervention for schools or strategies to empower students.
We thought it would be good to research and design an effective
way to assist students in standing up to bullying, and provide
teachers and school staff with literature and directions on how to use
it.

The Process:
Taking our inspiration from the What to Do if
You are Witnessing Islamophobic Harassment
created by Maeril, a French Middle Eastern
woman, we decided to design a similar tool using
the comic format.
By researching current policies in place, facts
about bystanders in bullying situations and
adapting the steps found in the comic, we
constructed both a training/informational video
and a brochure that we intend to refine and then
distribute to schools throughout San Antonio.
Maeril. (2016). MAERIL | ART BLOG. Retrieved 11 November 2016, from
http://maeril.tumblr.com/post/149669302551/hi-everyone-this-is-an-illustrated-gu
ide-i-made

Bills Researched and Summarized:

HB 1942

House Bill 1942,passed May 24th, 2011, was written by primary author, Rep. Diane Patrick. Its main
purpose is to create a safe environment for students by providing teachers, school administration, and
parents with tools that do so. This bill formed a definition for bullying, including electronic bullying,
integrates preventions and resolutions into the health curriculum, allows a school district to move an
offender from the school or classroom if theyre bullying, and forces schools to not only adopt, but
implement a bullying policy.

SB 1584

Senate Bill 1584 amends section 21.451(d) section Education Code, requiring schools to provide
positive behavioral intervention and supports with training on these scientific based research. It
protects students from being bullied, using prevention strategies, responding strategies, and reporting
the incidents. The schools districts must provide behavioral assessments, using data for the
implementation of these practices, and training in restraints. Its main purpose is to maintain the
students basic human rights and protects their human dignity.

Bills Researched and Summarized:

HB 130

HB 24

Creation of an anti-bullying hotline From funds appropriated for the purpose, the dept should develop and
operate an anti bullying hotline through
calling a toll free number
using an internet website
forward reports to principal or if the student being called about is not enrolled direct to police dept. or
sheriffs office This bill is important because it gives all schools a way for victims to report activity
through other options, other than physically, where they might feel more comfortable. This also brings in
the possibility of reporting activity anonymously.

Students may be removed from class and placed in disciplinary alternative education programs based
on
Harassment committed on school grounds
Harassment committed off school grounds and includes a communication or conveyance that is
sent or received on a machine or device that is school property. This bill protects students who have
been victims by providing consequences to students who have harassed students on or off school
property and even cover cyber bullying through any machine used that is school property.

Bills Researched and Summarized:

SB 783

School improvement plans of policies. Each school district shall have a district improvement plan
that is developed, evaluated, and revised annually the purpose of the district improvement plan is
to guide district and campus staff in the improvement of student performance for all student
groups.must include provisions for
Methods for addressing the needs of students for special programs, including
o
Suicide prevention programs
o
Conflict resolution
o
Violence prevention
o
Dyslexia treatment
Dating violence policy
This bill helps schools stay relevant with programs to help students, and addresses a new type of
bullying that includes victims of relationship abuse for students starting in middle school.

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I feel like I could use this in my school setting or classroom.True or
False?
If you would like access to a digital version of our pamphlet visit
http://fromstandingbytostandingup.weebly.com/ or scan the QR Code
below