{"id":22249,"date":"2024-10-31T16:23:20","date_gmt":"2024-10-31T20:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wsboces.org\/?page_id=22249"},"modified":"2024-10-31T16:24:54","modified_gmt":"2024-10-31T20:24:54","slug":"dasa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wsboces.org\/dasa\/","title":{"rendered":"Dignity for All Students Act (DASA)"},"content":{"rendered":"
Dr. Hugh Gigante, Western Suffolk BOCES Compliance Officer, 631-549-4900<\/em><\/p>\n The Dignity for All Students Act (DASA) was established by New York State to protect all students from harassment, bullying and discrimination. DASA prohibits bullying, harassment, discrimination, or cyberbullying against students in school based on the following: race, color, weight, national origin, ethnic group, religion, religious practice, disability, sexual orientation, gender (including gender identity and expression), sex or other.<\/p>\n Bullying<\/strong> is described as an unwanted, aggressive behavior that involves a real or perceived power imbalance. The behavior is repeated, or has the potential to be repeated, over time.<\/p>\n Harassment<\/strong> is defined as the creation of a hostile environment by conduct or verbal threats, intimidation, or abuse that has or would have the following effect:<\/p>\n Discrimination<\/strong> is the act of denying rights, benefits, justice, equitable treatment or access to facilities available to all others, to an individual or group of people because of the group, class or category to which that person belongs.<\/p>\n If you believe you, or someone else, has been the target of harassment, bullying, cyber-bullying, and\/or discrimination, please\u00a0complete a Western Suffolk BOCES<\/u><\/strong> DASA Incident Reporting Form<\/u><\/strong><\/a> and return it to a school administrator or Dignity Act Coordinator. All complaints will be treated in a confidential manner. Anonymous reports may limit the agency\u2019s ability to respond to the complaint. A prompt and thorough investigation will be conducted for all incident reports.<\/p>\n\n
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