{"data":{"id":"us-mt/20-5-208","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"20-5-208","heading":"Definition.","body":"(1) \"Bullying\" means any harassment, intimidation, hazing, or threatening, insulting, or demeaning gesture or physical contact, including any intentional written, verbal, or electronic communication or threat directed against a student that is persistent, severe, or repeated and that:\n(a) causes a student physical harm, damages a student's property, or places a student in reasonable fear of harm to the student or the student's property;\n(b) creates a hostile environment by interfering with or denying a student's access to an educational opportunity or benefit; or\n(c) substantially and materially disrupts the orderly operation of a school.\n(2) The term includes retaliation against a victim or witness who reports information about an act of bullying and includes acts of hazing associated with athletics or school-sponsored organizations or groups.","path":["TITLE 20. EDUCATION","CHAPTER 5. PUPILS","Part 2. Duties -- Prohibitions -- Penalties"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0200/chapter_0050/part_0020/section_0080/0200-0050-0020-0080.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:49:15Z","sha256":"9b33a0bfcc851093db4c85ba602c118cb0ba19785664f02aea9ff14bf36502cb","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/20-5-207","next":"us-mt/20-5-209"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}