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D.C. Municipal Regulations (Last Updated: September 13, 2017) |
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Title 4. HUMAN RIGHTS AND RELATIONS |
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Chapter 4-15. YOUTH BULLYING PREVENTION |
Section 4-1504. REPORTING BULLYING AND RETALIATION COMPLAINTS
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1504.1 Each covered entity shall encourage youth, parents, guardians, employees, volunteers and community members to report any incidents of bullying or retaliation that they are witness to, or of which they are aware.
1504.2 Reports of bullying, retaliation, and other violations of the bullying prevention policy should be made to the Point of Contact at the covered entity, either by mail, telephone, facsimile, electronically, or through an anonymous drop box at the covered entity’s site.
1504.3 If an individual is unable to report the complaint to the Point of Contact, the complaint may also be made to a member of the covered entity’s management or leadership team, and those individuals shall refer the complaint to the Point of Contact for investigation. If there is some reason why the Point of Contact should not be the investigator on a particular matter, for example if there are any known or raised conflict of interests, the covered entity’s management may assign another investigator.
1504.4 Employees and volunteers of covered entities shall promptly report incidents of bullying or retaliation to the entity’s named Point of Contact identified in the policy when they witness incidents of bullying or retaliation, or for incidents about which they have reliable information.
1504.5 Information about reporting bullying and retaliation shall be communicated to all youth associated with the covered entity in an age-appropriate manner.
1504. 6 Each covered entity shall ensure that there are reporting materials available in a wide variety of languages as required by the Language Access Act of 2004, effective June 19, 2004 (D.C. Law 15-167; D.C. Official Code §§ 2-1931 et seq.) and 4 DCMR § 1205.4.
1504.7 The person designated by a covered entity to investigate bullying, retaliation, and other violations of the bullying prevention policy (the covered entity’s Point of Contact) shall create a written description of each incident of bullying, retaliation, or other violation of the bullying prevention policy that was reported to him or her and where applicable, shall include the description in the annual report that is required by § 1511.