INDIANAPOLIS — As kids start heading back to school, Indiana educators are preparing for several key legislative changes potentially affecting their students’ learning environment and wellbeing.

One state law seeks to address the growing number of bullying incidents reported statewide. During the 2023-2024 school year, Indiana schools reported 7,700 instances of bullying. According to the Indiana Department of Education, that's the highest level seen in 10 years. That state law, which passed this spring, stipulates that schools must notify parents of alleged bullying incidents by the time school ends the day after staff first learned of the incident.

Schools must notify the parents of the alleged bullying victim and the alleged bully.

"Up until this year, that law was five days," Aleksa

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