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Fossey, Richard – West's Education Law Quarterly, 1994
Reviews federal cases that have considered whether school districts have an affirmative constitutional duty to protect school children. Research findings suggest that school children may be as helpless as prisoners when it comes to defending themselves from sexual abuse by school employees. (MLF)
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Courts
