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Most states in the US have provided a model bullying policy for schools in that state to use as a template when crafting or revising their own policies related to bullying, cyberbullying, harassment, intimidation, and threats. Please select your state in our Interactive Map to review your state’s model bullying policy (if they have one).

Please see below for a chart that will help you compare bullying policies across states.

State Provides a model
bullying policy		 Defines
bullying		 Mentions
cyberbullying		 Refers to off-
campus bullying
behaviors		 Includes type of
punishment
Alabama YES YES NO YES YES
Alaska YES YES NO NO YES
Arizona NO NO NO NO YES
Arkansas NO YES YES YES YES
California YES YES YES YES YES
Colorado YES YES NO NO YES
Connecticut YES YES YES YES YES
Delaware YES YES YES YES YES
Florida YES YES YES YES YES
Georgia YES YES YES YES YES
Hawaii NO YES YES YES YES
Idaho NO YES NO NO YES
Illinois NO YES YES YES YES
Indiana YES YES YES YES YES
Iowa YES YES YES NO YES
Kansas YES YES YES NO NO
Kentucky YES YES NO NO YES
Louisiana YES YES YES YES YES
Maine YES YES YES YES YES
Maryland YES YES YES YES YES
Massachusetts YES YES YES YES YES
Michigan YES YES YES YES YES
Minnesota YES YES YES YES YES
Mississippi YES YES NO NO YES
Missouri NO YES YES YES YES
Montana YES YES YES YES YES
Nebraska YES YES NO NO YES
Nevada YES YES YES NO YES
New Hampshire NO YES YES YES YES
New Jersey YES YES YES YES YES
New Mexico YES YES YES NO YES
New York YES YES YES YES YES
North Carolina YES YES YES YES YES
North Dakota NO YES NO NO YES
Ohio YES YES NO NO YES
Oklahoma YES YES NO NO YES
Oregon NO YES YES NO YES
Pennsylvania NO YES YES YES YES
Rhode Island YES YES YES YES YES
South Carolina YES YES NO NO YES
South Dakota YES YES YES YES YES
Tennessee YES YES YES YES YES
Texas NO YES YES YES YES
Utah YES YES YES YES YES
Vermont YES YES YES YES YES
Virginia YES YES NO NO YES
Washington YES YES NO NO YES
West Virginia YES YES YES NO YES
Wisconsin YES YES YES NO YES
Wyoming YES YES NO NO YES
STATE TOTALS 40 49 35 29 49
Note: If the state does not have a model bullying policy, attributes noted above are included in state law. See https://cyberbullying.org/bullying-laws for more information.