Bully Reporting

STUDENT SAFETY: BULLYING, HARASSMENT, CYBERBULLYING

Everyone has the right to feel physically and emotionally safe at school. Students may be expected to take an active role in maintaining a safe and sanitary learning space on a routine basis. Victoria ISD has a strong policy prohibiting bullying, harassment and all other forms of behavior that would reduce the feelings of safety for any student in school. Any student who witnesses an act of alleged bullying or other prohibited behavior or any student who is the victim of such behaviors should immediately report the incident to the principal, assistant principal or other adult on the campus. Parents and students may also make reports by completing the Incident Reporting Form below. If counseling resources are needed because your child is a bully, victim or witness, please contact your school's counselor.

Additional Parental Awareness:

As a parent or guardian, it’s crucial to be informed about Texas law regarding the concept of intimate visual material. This includes any visual content (such as photos or videos) that is private, personal, or sexually explicit. The Parent’s Guide to School Safety, provided by the Texas School Safety Center, introduces key school safety topics, highlights relevant Texas laws, and provides specific information that parents and children need to know, including sexting and the legal aspects of sharing visual material. When it comes to visual material depicting minors engaged in sexual conduct, it is essential for students to understand that sharing such material can have serious implications, including criminal penalties.

It is against the law for anyone, including a minor, to send a sexually explicit or suggestive image of someone under 18 years of age. This includes images of the sender, recipient, or another minor child.

It is critical to speak with children, using age and developmentally appropriate language, about not taking, posting, or sharing sexual images or videos of themselves or others, and about the laws that are in place.

It is against the law:

To solicit a minor online for sexual contact or sexual communication.
To pretend to be someone else, without their consent, with the intent to harm or threaten that person.
For a minor to engage, promote, possess, or send another minor sexual images which depict minors.
To send electronic visual material which shows a person engaging in sexual conduct or exposing intimate parts, which is not requested or consented to by the recipient. This applies to all online platforms, text, and email.

Understanding the risks associated with sharing intimate visual content helps parents guide their children toward responsible behavior online. More information from the Texas School Safety Center be found at:

A Parent's Guide to School Safety Toolkit-Bullying & Cyberbullying

A Parent's Guide to School Safety Toolkit: Sexting

In addition to information regarding the concept of intimate visual material and legal consequences, the above link at The Texas School Safety Center’s (TxSSC’s) also offers an online course, Before You Text: Bullying and Sexting Course, which addresses bullying and sexting, and the legal, social, emotional, educational, and career impact of these activities. Due to the content of this course, this course is recommended only for those 12 years of age and older.

VISD Bullying/Incident Reporting Form

Policies & Regulations

Student Welfare:

Student Safety

FFF Legal
Freedom from Discrimination, Harassment, and Retaliation
FFH Legal

FFH Local

Freedom from Bullying:
FFI Legal

FFI Local

Admissions:
Intradistrict Transfers and Classroom Assignments
FDB Legal

FDB Local

Additional Helpful Links:

Sexting Safety Agreement