AND WE LET THESE PEOPLE LEGISLATE AND TEACH SCHOOL!

AND WE LET THESE PEOPLE LEGISLATE AND TEACH SCHOOL! Minnesota H.F. No. 826, which requires schools — including private schools that get any “public funds or other public resources” — to ban, among other things, “bullying” at school, defined as use of one or a series of words, images, or actions, transmitted directly or indirectly between individuals or through technology, that a reasonable person knows or should know, under the circumstances, will have the effect of interfering with the ability of an individual, including a student who observes the conduct, to participate in a safe and supportive learning environment. Examples of bullying may include, but are not limited to, conduct that: 1.places an individual in reasonable fear of harm to person or property, including through intimidation; 2.has a detrimental effect on the physical, social, or emotional health of a student; 3.interferes with a student’s educational performance or ability to participate in educational opportunities; 4.encourages the deliberate exclusion of a student from a school service, activity, or privilege; 5.creates or exacerbates a real or perceived imbalance of power between students; 6.violates the reasonable expectation of privacy of one or more individuals; or 7.relates to the actual or perceived race, ethnicity, color, creed, religion, national origin, immigration status, sex, age, marital status, familial status, socioeconomic status, physical appearance, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, academic status, disability, or status with regard to public assistance, age, or any additional characteristic defined in chapter 363A of a person or of a person with whom that person associates, but the conduct does not rise to the level of harassment.