Bullying Awareness and Prevention

The Kansas State Department of Education (KSDE) provides resources to help schools prevent bullying and keep students safe. They explain what bullying is, including physical, verbal, emotional, and online behaviors, and offer tools like reporting forms, investigation checklists, and templates to help schools respond. They also require yearly training for students and staff and share guides for parents on how to support their children. KSDE works to create positive school environments and raises awareness each October during Anti‑Bullying Week.

  • " Bullying Prevention Toolkit: A Toolkit For Kansas Schools" (PDF) was created in 2025 with the purpose of providing templates and to be used as a guidance document for Kansas schools to develop and implement local policies, procedures, and practices that are in compliance with KSA 72-6147.

What is bullying?

Bullying is defined in KSA 72-6147 as any intentional gesture or any intentional written, verbal, electronic or physical act or threat either by any student, staff member, or parent towards a student or by any student, staff member or parent towards a staff member that is sufficiently severe, persistent or pervasive that such gesture, act or threat creates an intimidating, threatening or abusive educational environment.

Anti-Bullying Awareness Week: Choose Peace

By Joint Resolution the Kansas State Board of Education and the Kansas State Senate have designated the first full week in October as Anti-Bullying Awareness Week. KSDE joins all Kansas schools in observing this week as an opportunity to create awareness and address the harm that bullying creates.

Posters

Resources

For more information, contact:

Trish Backman
(785) 296-6937