The Vermont Statutes Online
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Subchapter
005
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HARASSMENT, HAZING, AND BULLYING
(Cite as: 16 V.S.A. § 570i)
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§ 570i. Definitions
As used in this subchapter:
(1) “Educational institution” means a Vermont public or independent school or a postsecondary
school that offers or operates a program of college or professional education for
credit or a degree in Vermont.
(2) “Organization” means a fraternity, sorority, athletic team, association, corporation,
order, society, corps, cooperative, club, or other similar group, whose members primarily
are students at an educational institution, and that is affiliated with the educational
institution.
(3) “Pledging” means any action or activity related to becoming a member of an organization.
(4) “Student” means any person who:
(A) is registered in or in attendance at an educational institution;
(B) has been accepted for admission at the educational institution where the hazing incident
occurs; or
(C) intends to attend an educational institution during any of its regular sessions after
an official academic break. (Added 1999, No. 120 (Adj. Sess.), § 9; amended 2013, No. 92 (Adj. Sess.), § 78, eff. Feb. 14, 2014.)