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Reports and examples across multiple districts describe verbal harassment, physical assaults, sexual violence, cyber harassment, and coercive threats, alongside misinformation that undermines diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. 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This includes incidences where the bullying taking place is based on or related to a student’s identity, such as their race, ethnicity, national origin, sex, gender, religion or disability status.  \nStudents across Texas have been increasingly reporting alarming examples of identitybased bullying in schools – fueled in part by misinformation spread as a result of recent efforts to attack and undermine diversity, equity and inclusion efforts in education.  \n• In San Antonio, a middle school girl endured months of bullying, including homophobic slurs, body shaming, having her shoelaces tied together and being physically assaulted (Wright, 2024).  \n• In Crawford, parents filed a federal lawsuit with details of over two years. Their child with ADHD endured daily bullying, including verbal abuse, physical assaults, and sexual violence, such as being urinated on in the locker room, due to his small stature and perceived “lack of masculinity” from the bullies. (Guz, 2024)  \n• In Royse City, a 12-year-old girl with albinism and legal blindness faced persistent bullying, including racial slurs like the “N word.” She also had her mobility cane broken by her bullies. (Jones, 2024)  \n• In Gainesville, 11-year-old Jocelynn Rojo Carranza died by suicide after classmates  \nbullied her with threats to call immigration authorities on her parents. Jocelyn’s  \ndeath sparked a wave of grief and demands for accountability and more transparent  \ncommunication between schools and families. (Albino, 2025)  \n• In Bryan, a 15-year-old autistic freshman was harassed when a group of students threw a trash can into his occupied bathroom stall while others laughed and recorded the incident. His family and other community members organized a silent protest demanding stronger anti-bullying measures and greater accountability from the district. (Surette, 2025)  \n• Black students in Lubbock have been called the “N-word” on a near-daily basis, frequently referred to as “porch monkeys,” forced to listen to other students making“monkey sounds” at them in class and told to “go pick cotton.” Students in one Lubbock middle school were subjected to the sounds of cracking whips as they walked through the halls. Another Black student, out of breath while working out during football practice, was taunted by other students jeering,“He can’t breathe like George Floyd.”(IDRA, 2022)  \n• In Mission, students sent a 13-year-old Black girl racist comments and photos, including photoshopping her face onto the image of Emmett Till’s mutilated body and onto a graphic image of a KKK lynching, circulating the content on social media (Bride, 2023).  \n• In Spring Branch, a mother reported that her son, who is black and has special needs,“was lured off campus and allegedly beaten by five white students who also attend the same high school” (Edsitty, 2019). The child sustained a concussion from the fight and was also the victim of social media threats that included a “meme insinuating that the student would be the victim of a school shooting, as well as a graphic photo of a lynching”(Solomon, 2019).  \n• In Southlake, a Jewish student reported repeatedly experiencing bullying about his facial features and “gas chambers” at school, which was so severe that he contemplated suicide and forced him out of the school system (Hixenbaugh, 2021).  \n• hI n ~~ ~~Pim~~l~~anowith, stua blentst in taelbledoy’as l-yekerarro-ool .BTlacheboy rtudencwiaalsssluors amil, Texas parents he quit the football team. Later, at a sleepover where the bullies were identified bullying present, students shot him with a BB gun, slapped him and made him as the greatest risk drink their urine. (Cronin, 2021","cbCaif3VIi6k4KKV","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaif3VIi6k4KKV","pdf",929682,"English","# Issue Brief\n## Policy Recommendations\n## Documented Incidents Across Texas\n## Risk to Safety, Belonging, and Inclusion","[{\"question\":\"What kinds of identity are targeted by bullying in Texas schools, according to the brief?\",\"answer\":\"The brief states bullying occurs based on or related to students’ identity, including race, ethnicity, national origin, sex, gender, religion, and disability status.\"},{\"question\":\"What impacts does identity-based bullying have on students and school climate?\",\"answer\":\"It jeopardizes students’ ability to learn and undermines a school’s climate, leaving students, staff, and communities feeling unsafe and disconnected.\"},{\"question\":\"What is the main policy recommendation focus of the document?\",\"answer\":\"Schools must be able to respond to bullying and harassment appropriately and take deliberate action to prevent identity-based bullying and related harassment.\"}]","Issue Brief - April 2025 - Identity-based Bullying in Texas Schools - Policy Recommendations | PDF",1792053849,25]