New Jersey § 18a:3b-68

§ 18a:3b-68.

a. A public institution of higher education shall adopt a policy to be included in

its student code of conduct prohibiting harassment, intimidation, or bullying. The policy shall contain, at a minimum: (1) A statement prohibiting harassment, intimidation, or bullying; (2) Disciplinary actions which may result if a student commits an act of harassment,

intimidation, or bullying; and (3) A definition of harassment, intimidation, or bullying that at a minimum includes

any gesture, any written, verbal or physical act, or any electronic communication,

whether it be a single incident or a series of incidents, that is reasonably perceived

as being motivated either by any actual or perceived characteristic, such as race,

color, religion, ancestry, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity

and expression, or a mental, physical or sensory disability, or by any other distinguishing

characteristic, that takes place on the property of the institution of higher education

or at any function sponsored by the institution of higher education, that substantially

disrupts or interferes with the orderly operation of the institution or the rights

of other students and that: (a) a reasonable person should know, under the circumstances, will have the effect

of physically or emotionally harming a student or damaging the student's property,

or placing a student in reasonable fear of physical or emotional harm to his person

or damage to his property; (b) has the effect of insulting or demeaning any student or group of students; or (c) creates a hostile educational environment for the student by interfering with

a student's education or by severely or pervasively causing physical or emotional

harm to the student. b. The institution shall distribute the policy by email to each student within seven

days of the start of each semester and shall post the policy on its website.