• Summary of Interview: I interviewed Emily Keller on 7/15/2019 which lasted between 20 and 25 minutes. I asked Emily numerous open-ended questions about legal implications and her experiences pertaining to bullying within her teaching career. Emily has taught first grade for 17 years and second grade for eight years which gives her a total of 25 years of teaching experience at Graebner Elementary in San Antonio, TX . During the summer breaks Emily is employed by the Public Policy Research Institute of Texas A&M. Emily's job while employed with the public policy research institute is to interview mentally disabled adults and their family members for study purposes. The experiences that Emily has given me a qualitative insight on Emily's personal experiences pertaining to bullying in younger grades and in the mentally handicapped genre.
• Bullying Impact:  According to Emily Keller,  a legal guide that lists the implications of bullying at school for parents would have great value to the students, parents, and the school district. The parents of students, especially parents who are economically struggling sometimes are oblivious and uneducated to the occurrence of bullying and it's implications. The homes in which some of her students come from breeds the mentality of bullying, which can crossover into the classroom. Emily Keller addresses this issue by stating "I cannot address or fix the home lives of my students. I can only control what happens in my classroom" (E. Keller, personal communication, July 17, 2019). Basically,  Emily Keller is inferring that the parents need to address the problem of bullying within their home. 
• The three best practices related to stopping and educating about bullying:

1. Warnings are a great tool to inform students and parents about a student's involvement in the bullying occurrence.
2. An educator can separate the students who are interacting in the bullying occurrence
3. Student consequences is an important tool if bullying behavior does not stop.

• Emerging issues: Emily Keller discusses how the social norm of readily available technology has had a negative influence over her students and clients. Violent or inappropriate video games and television shows influence Emily's students and her clients to be more aggressive and repressive to others. Emily Keller points out that this is a home issue, and that educators do not have control over it. However, educators are constantly being blamed by parents for their student's bullying behavior when in actuality it is a parenting issue (E. Keller, personal communication, July 17, 2019). 

Michele, B.(January 31, 2019). 8 Ways Parents Can Help Kids Who Are Being Bullied. U.S.news. Retrieved from https://health.usnews.com/wellness/for-parents/articles/2019-01-31/how-to-stop-bullying

• This law allows school districts within Texas to separate students who are being bullied or bullies themselves. By separating the students from one another the act of bullying can cease to exist among them. This law specifies that Texas school districts can separate students by placing them in different classes or by transferring one of them to a different campus within the district 
• Type of law: Statutory
• TEX. EDUC. COD. ANN. §25.0342 
• Link: https://www.stopbullying.gov/laws/texas/index.html

• Summary: The student code of conduct for San Angelo ISD describes and outlines the rules pertaining to student behavior and expectations. Basically, every student who breaks these conduct rules may be subjected to punishments depending on the offense, age, and circumstances of the student’s scenario. The San Angelo ISD code of conduct does not tolerate bullying of any kind and students who are caught bullying will be subjected to outlined and agreed upon punishments.
• Type of Law: Administrative
• .(August, 2018). The Student Code of Conduct for San Angelo ISD. San Angelo ISD Board of Trustees. Retrieved from https://www.saisd.org/departments/StudentServices/Code%20of%20Conduct.asp  
• Link: https://www.saisd.org/departments/StudentServices/Code%20of%20Conduct.asp  

• Summary: The first amendment of the United States constitution allows every citizen to exercise their right to free speech. However, some students may use their free speech to verbally harass and bully one another. This confliction has sparked many controversial viewpoints and court cases within the country. Bullying is not allowed to take place yet, there is a federal law that grants its citizens the right to speak their opinions which then can form into verbal bullying.  
• Type of law: Constitutional
• Link: https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/bill-of-rights-transcript
• (U.S. Const. amend. I)

• Local administrative law: According to the Student Code of Conduct for San Angelo ISD "The school has the authority to administer discipline whenever the interest of the school is involved, on or off school property, in conjunction with or independent of classes and school-sponsored activities. The District's disciplinary authority applies: When a student engages in cyberbullying, as provided by Education Code 37.0832 ; "
• Summary: This administrative law states that the school district may intervene if cyberbullying is occuring off or on campus.
• Type of Law: Administrative
• .(August, 2018). The Student Code of Conduct for San Angelo ISD. San Angelo ISD Board of Trustees. Retrieved from https://www.saisd.org/departments/StudentServices/Code%20of%20Conduct.asp
• Link: https://www.saisd.org/departments/StudentServices/Code%20of%20Conduct.asp 

Michele, B.(January 31, 2019). 8 Ways Parents Can Help Kids Who Are Being Bullied. U.S.news. Retrieved from https://health.usnews.com/wellness/for-parents/articles/2019-01-31/how-to-stop-bullying