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Bullying Investigations

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

How to Handle Bullying of Your Child with Special Needs

Every school year, we receive calls from parents asking about how they can protect their child from being bullied. Bullying is a serious problem for any child. However, bullying is particularly a concern for children with...more

Troutman Pepper

Not If, But When: Planning Is Critical for Bullying and Hazing Investigations

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Hazing is often thought to be a university sports and Greek life problem, and bullying is often thought to be a grade school problem, but both occur at every level and within many different types of organizations....more

Franczek P.C.

School Board Membership “is not for the thin-skinned”

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In Manley v. Law, the Seventh Circuit recently held that, where a district undertook an investigation into a school board member’s alleged bullying of a student, the investigation and subsequent reprimand did not violate the...more

Pullman & Comley - School Law

Deliberate Indifference to Bullying Can Amount to Massive Liability – Lessons from the Pine Bush Settlement

$4.48 million. That’s how much the Pine Bush School District in central-New York just agreed to pay to settle a lawsuit brought by a group of current and former students who alleged that school administrators were...more

Pullman & Comley - School Law

School District’s Refusal to Release Bullying Investigation Report Upheld

While the Freedom of Information Act [“FOIA”] generally seeks to provide access to records created by public agencies, and while anti-bullying laws require that parents be notified by a school district with regard to the...more

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