Ensuring the health, safety, and welfare of children is paramount. School Liability Expert Group is an expert witness and consultation company that offers reliable and individualized services to plaintiff and defendant attorneys, parents, schools, and other child and youth-oriented agencies throughout the United States and Canada. Our team comprises court-qualified education administration and supervision experts with diversified experience in school and agency matters. Our specialties include personnel hiring, screening, and supervision; accidents and child injury; sexual abuse and harassment; special education programs and services; and school evaluation in custody matters.
We invite you to explore our education expert blog where we share a wealth of knowledge accumulated over several years of extensive work in the education liability field. We have worked with hundreds of law firms reviewing and analyzing cases, providing expert testimonies in courts, and compiling comprehensive reports.
Schools and agencies have sought our help in reviewing and refining their management systems to meet the industry’s best professional standards of care and prevent litigation issues. We have conducted staff training and presentations on safety and compliance matters. Parents have enlisted our help in reviewing schools’ special education and child custody matters, finding the best school placements for their children, and initiating lawsuits against agencies.
Whether you are an attorney, school, agency, parent, or simply interested in education liability matters, our education expert blog is your ultimate resource for understanding education law changes, children and youth rights, and other relevant news. Our knowledge and expertise in this unique industry are unparalleled and we take pride in the processes we have developed.
Discover expert opinions, insights, and case studies on issues prevalent in the field of education administration and supervision, including school shootings, sexual assault, school accidents, bullying, harassment, student violence, student discipline, child supervision, and safety, staff hiring and supervision, school management, school equipment maintenance, school transportation-related injuries, and more. Explore our blog today!
Campus Sexual Assault,
College Sexual Violence,
Discriminatory Harassment,
Education Expert,
Harassment,
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Hazing,
Personal Injury,
School Negligence Lawsuit,
School Safety & Security,
Sexual Abuse,
Sexual Harassment,
Standard of Professional Care,
Student Rights,
Title IX
April 6, 2022
Public K-12 school districts, colleges, universities, and other educational institutions receiving public funds must operate their education programs and activities in a nondiscriminatory manner, free from discrimination based on sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity (Office for Civil Rights [OCR], 2021b). Since the new Title IX rule, known as the...
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Bullying,
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Child/Student Supervision,
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Disability Harassment,
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Harassment/Bullying,
Injury of Special Education Students,
Personal Injury,
Private Schools,
Restraint and Seclusion at Schools,
Sexual Abuse,
Sexual Abuse in Private Schools,
Special Education,
Standard of Professional Care,
Student Rights,
Wrongful Death
February 24, 2022
Children with disabilities in residential and therapeutic facilities are among those who are most vulnerable to abuse and other forms of harm. Protecting the safety of children and the facilities where they reside from costly litigation is achievable through proper policies, training, supervision of staff and students, and continued proactive...
Discriminatory Harassment,
Harassment,
Personal Injury,
Racial Harassment,
Restraint and Seclusion at Schools,
School Gun Violence,
School Police Violence,
School Safety & Security,
Special Education,
Student Rights,
Uncategorized,
Wrongful Death
April 20, 2021
Removing police from schools has been part of the Black Lives Matter movement for years. Research shows that schools with a police presence are more likely to refer children to law enforcement, even for non-serious behaviors. According to the Education Week Research Center, black students in most states are more...
The issue of school liability is going to be tested more as schools begin reopening and students and teachers return to brick-and-mortar schools. Many education professionals have decried what they see as a lack of clear direction, mandates, or guidelines from national and state leaders about how to keep kids...
Campus Sexual Assault,
College campus safety,
College Sexual Violence,
Education Expert,
Harassment/Bullying,
Personal Injury,
School Gun Violence,
School liability,
School Safety & Security,
School Violence,
Sexual Abuse,
Standard of Professional Care,
Student safety
July 18, 2023
All colleges and universities owe some level of care and have a duty to keep students reasonably safe while attending school and residing on campus. Colleges and universities have to plan and take proactive initiatives to minimize the incidence of violent crimes and student injury and harm resulting from college...
Campus Sexual Assault,
Child victims act claims,
childhood sexual abuse,
College Sexual Violence,
Education Expert,
Harassment,
past sexual abuse,
School liability,
Sexual Abuse,
Sexual Abuse in Private Schools,
Sexual Harassment,
statute of limitations
May 25, 2023
In the field of education administration and student supervision, the current professional standard of care related to prevention, detection, investigation, and remediation of child sexual abuse and harassment is the result of a cumulative progression of events and cultural changes over several decades. This includes standards for maintaining appropriate policies,...
Education Expert,
Gun Control,
Personal Injury,
School Gun Violence,
School liability,
School Management,
School Negligence Lawsuit,
School Safety & Security,
School Shooting,
School shooting prevention,
School Shootings,
School Violence,
Standard of Professional Care,
Student safety,
Wrongful Death
March 10, 2023
Schools have a duty to protect students, faculty, and staff from harm arising from acts of violence, such as school shootings, when the harm is reasonably foreseeable. However, schools are not built like fortresses, nor should they be. It is not the latest security technology, metal detectors, or an indoor...
Part 1 of this series provided a general overview of the Title IX Amendments of 2020 (the new Title IX rule or the Final Rule), how they differ from previous amendments, a definition of sexual harassment, the role of the Title IX coordinator, and who should report allegations of sexual...
Bullying,
Campus Sexual Assault,
Disability Harassment,
Discriminatory Harassment,
Education Expert,
Employment Discrimination,
Harassment,
Harassment/Bullying,
Hazing,
Racial Harassment,
Restraint and Seclusion at Schools,
School Liability Section 1983,
School Management,
School Police Violence,
Sexual Abuse,
Sexual Harassment,
Special Education,
Standard of Professional Care,
Student Rights,
Title IX,
Title VII,
Uncategorized
January 30, 2020
Educating students is not the only responsibility of school districts. Federal and state laws require schools to be proactive about protecting the civil rights of their students and to foster a positive learning environment free from discriminatory harassment. Several federal laws — Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of...
Physical and school sexual abuse of students in educational institutions has been a recognized and foreseeable risk and something that all schools, including boarding and prep schools, need to proactively guard against. Boarding schools are responsible for the supervision of students in dorms and outside of the classroom to prevent...
Sexual behaviors in young children can range from exploratory and normal to abusive and violent. Under federal law, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, schools have an obligation to protect children from inappropriate sexual behavior, including child-on-child sexual abuse. This obligation can be complicated when the allegation involves...
