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Sexual Abuse of Students: Actual Notice and Deliberate Indifference; The Supreme Court's Title IX Standard for School District Liability.
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DeMitchell, Todd A. – International Journal of Educational Reform, 1998
Explores the recent Supreme Court Decision ("Gebser v. Lago Vista Independent School District") on the liability standard Title IX imposes on school districts for the sexual abuse of a student by a teacher. Because the standard of actual knowledge and deliberate indifference by a school official is too high, the student is denied access…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Legal Responsibility, School Districts