<P> Beyond this, bullying includes, but is not limited to "a written, oral or electronic communication or physical act or gesture based on any actual or perceived differentiating characteristic, such as race, color, religion ancestry, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, socioeconomic status, academic status, physical appearance, or mental, physical, developmental or sensory disability, or by association with an individual or group who has or is perceived to have one or more of such characteristics ." (Connecticut Department of Education) </P> <P> Effective 1 December 2012, North Carolina has made it a crime for students to bully their teachers . Students can face jail time and / or a $1,000 fine for cyberbullying school employees . Prohibited conduct includes posting a photo of a teacher on the internet, making a fake website, signing a teacher up for junk mail . </P> <P> On September 7, 2011, Chile's Congress approved "The Law about School Violence" that amended the General Law on Education to establish clear definitions, procedures, and penalties for school violence and bullying . </P> <P> The Law defines bullying as any repeated aggression or harassment that occurs in or outside the educational institution, by one student or a group towards another, causing mistreatment, humiliation, or fear . Bullying may be perpetrated in person or through any means, including cyber-bullying . Educational institutions are required to create a Committee of Good School Coexistence (Comité de Buena Convivencia Escolar) that will be in charge of managing and taking all the measures needed to secure a non-violent school life . </P>

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