What Is Bullying?

Taking things
Physical Contact
discriminatio
n
What is
Bullying?
Mental ,physical
emotional harm
Teasing based on the

way someone looks
exclusion
Making someone feels

less like themselves
Tricking others
Forms
Physical Bullying
Verbal Bullying
Idiot
Damn you!
Go to HELL!!
Social ( Covert )
Psychological
Cyber Bullying
1. Posting nude pictures and scandals

2. Blogging fabricated issues.
Bullying is the use of force or coercion to

abuse or intimidate others. The behavior
can be habitual and involve an imbalance
of social or physical power. It can include
verbal harassment or threat, physical
assault or coercion and may be directed
repeatedly towards particular victims,
perhaps on grounds of class, race, religion
, gender, sexuality, appearance, behavior,
or ability. If bullying is done by a group, it
is called mobbing.The victim of bullying is
sometimes referred to as a "target".
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
H. No. 5496
__________________________________________
BY REPRESENTATIVES CAJAYON, CO, BATOCABE, ANGARA, GARBIN,
ESCUDERO AND HERRERA-DY, PER COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 1515
__________________________________________________________________________
AN ACT REQUIRING ALL ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY

SCHOOLS TO ADOPT POLICIES TO PREVENT AND ADDRESS
THE ACTS OF BULLYING IN THEIR INSTITUTIONS
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

Philippines in
Congress assembled:
SECTION 1. Short Title. This Act shall be known as

the Anti-Bullying Act of 2012.
SEC. 2. Acts of Bullying. For purposes of this Act,
bullying shall refer to any severe or repeated use by one
or more students of a written, verbal or electronic
expression, or a physical act or gesture, or any
combination thereof, directed at another student that has
the effect of actually causing or placing the latter in
reasonable fear of physical or emotional harm or damage
to his property; creating a hostile environment at school
for the other student; infringing on the rights of the other
student at school; or materially and substantially
disrupting the education process or the orderly operation
of a school; such as, but not limited to, the following:
(a) Any unwanted physical contact between the bully and the victim like
punching, pushing, shoving, kicking, slapping, tickling, headlocks, 2 inflicting
school pranks, teasing, fighting and the use of available objects as weapons;
(b) Any act that causes damage to a victims psyche and/or emotional well-being;
(c ) Any slanderous statement or accusation that causes the victim undue
emotional distress like directing foul language or profanity at the target, namecalling, tormenting and commenting negatively on victims looks, clothes and
body; and
(d) Cyber-bullying or any bullying done through the use of technology or any
electronic means.
SEC. 3. Adoption of Anti-Bullying Policies. All elementary and secondary
schools are hereby directed to adopt policies to address the existence of bullying
in their respective institutions. Such policies shall be regularly updated and, at a
minimum, shall include provisions which:
a) Prohibit the following acts:

(1) Bullying on school grounds; property immediately adjacent to school
grounds; at school-sponsored or school-related activities, functions or
programs whether on or off school grounds; at school bus stops; on school
other vehicles owned, leased or used by a school; or through the use of
technology or an electronic device owned, leased or used by a school;
(2) Bullying at a location, activity, function or program that is not school
related and through the use of technology or an electronic device that is
not owned, leased or used by a school if the act or acts in question create a
hostile environment at school for the victim, infringe on the rights of the
victim at school, or materially and substantially disrupt the education
process or the orderly operation of a school; and
(3) Retaliation against a person who reports bullying, who provides
information during an investigation of bullying, or who is a witness to or
has reliable information about bullying;
(b) Identify the range of disciplinary administrative actions that may be
taken against a perpetrator for bullying or retaliation which shall be
commensurate with the nature and gravity of the offense;
(c) Establish clear procedures and strategies for:

(1) Reporting acts of bullying or retaliation;
(2) Responding promptly to and investigating reports of bullying or retaliation;
(3) Restoring a sense of safety for a victim and assessing the students need for
protection;
(4) Protecting from bullying or retaliation of a person who reports acts of
bullying, provides information during an investigation of bullying, or is
witness to or has reliable information about an act of bullying; and
(5) Providing counseling or referral to appropriate services for perpetrators,
victims and appropriate family members of said students;
(d) Enable students to anonymously report bullying or retaliation: Provided,
however, That no disciplinary administrative action shall be taken against a
perpetrator solely on the basis of an anonymous report;
(e) Subject a student who knowingly makes a false accusation of bullying to
disciplinary administrative action; and
(f) Educate parents and guardians about the dynamics of bullying, the antibullying policies of the school and how parents and guardians can provide
support and reinforce such policies at home.
All elementary and secondary schools shall provide

students and their parents or guardians a copy of the
anti-bullying policies being adopted by the school. Such
policies shall likewise be included in the schools student
and/or employee handbook and shall be conspicuously
posted on the school walls and website, if there is any.
The Department of Education (DepEd) shall include in its
training programs, courses or activities which shall
provide opportunities for school administrators, teachers
and other employees to develop their knowledge and
skills in preventing or responding to any bullying act.
SEC. 4. Mechanisms to Address Bullying. The school

principal or any person who holds a comparable role shall
be responsible for the implementation and oversight of
policies intended to address bullying.
Any member of the school administration, student, parent
or volunteer shall immediately report any instance of
bullying or act of retaliation witnessed, or that has come to
ones attention, to the school principal or school officer or
person so designated by the principal to handle such
issues, or both. Upon receipt of such a report, the school
principal or the designated school officer or person shall
promptly investigate. If it is determined that bullying or
retaliation has occurred, the school principal or the
designated school officer or person shall:
(a) Notify the law enforcement agency if the school principal or

designee believes that criminal charges under the Revised Penal
Code may be pursued against the perpetrator;
(b) Take appropriate disciplinary administrative action;
(c) Notify the parents or guardians of the perpetrator; and
(d) Notify the parents or guardians of the victim regarding the action
taken to prevent any further acts of bullying or retaliation. If an
incident of bullying or retaliation involves students from more than
one school, the school first informed of the bullying or retaliation
shall promptly notify the appropriate administrator of the other
school so that both may take appropriate action.5
SEC. 5. Reporting Requirement. All schools shall inform their
respective schools division superintendents in writing about the antibullying policies formulated within six (6) months from the
affectivity of this Act. Such notification shall likewise be an
administrative requirement prior to the operation of new schools.
SEC. 5. Reporting Requirement. All schools shall inform their respective schools
division superintendents in writing about the anti-bullying policies formulated within six
(6) months from the affectivity of this Act. Such notification shall likewise be an
administrative requirement prior to the operation of new schools.
Beginning with the school year after the effectivity of this Act, schools shall report to
their respective schools division superintendents all incidents school bullying. The
schools division superintendents shall compile these data and report the same to the
Secretary of the DepEd who shall likewise formally transmit a comprehensive report to
the Committee on Basic Education of both the House of Representatives and the Senate.
SEC. 6. Sanction for Noncompliance. In the rules and regulations to be implemented

pursuant to this Act, the Secretary of the DepEd shall prescribe the appropriate
administrative sanctions on school administrators who shall fail to comply with the
requirements under this Act. In addition thereto, erring private schools shall likewise
suffer the penalty of suspension of their permits to operate.
SEC. 7. Implementing Rules and Regulations. Within ninety (90)

days from the effectivity of this Act, the DepEd shall promulgate the
necessary rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this
Act.
SEC. 8. Separability Clause. If, for any reason, any provision of this
Act is declared to be unconstitutional or invalid, the other sections or
provisions hereof which are not affected thereby shall continue to be
in full force or effect.
SEC. 9. Repealing Clause. All laws, decrees, orders, rules and
regulations or parts thereof which are inconsistent with or contrary to
the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed, amended or modified
accordingly.
SEC. 10. Effectivity. This Act shall take effect fifteen(15)days after its
publication in at least two(2)national newspapers of general Approved,
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Taking things

Teasing based on the

Making someone feels

1. Posting nude pictures and scandals

Bullying is the use of force or coercion to

AN ACT REQUIRING ALL ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

SECTION 1. Short Title. This Act shall be known as

a) Prohibit the following acts:

(c) Establish clear procedures and strategies for:

All elementary and secondary schools shall provide

SEC. 4. Mechanisms to Address Bullying. The school

(a) Notify the law enforcement agency if the school principal or

SEC. 6. Sanction for Noncompliance. In the rules and regulations to be implemented

SEC. 7. Implementing Rules and Regulations. Within ninety (90)

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