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EDUCATION EXPERT BLOG: EDUCATION LAW AND SCHOOL LIABILITY ISSUES

Key Takeaways: Schools and child-and youth-oriented agencies must uphold a higher standard of care tailored to a child’s unique needs when supervising children with behavioural and physical disabilities. They should ensure safety through adequate supervision of children with disabilities, specialized programs and services for qualifying students, and addressing issues that...

School negligence cases involving teachers, coaches, camp counselors, bus drivers, and other personnel resulting in injury to a child are ever-present in the news. Negligence that results in sexual abuse, death, injury, and sports accidents all present opportunities for costly negligence claims that may entail large settlements or grave jury...

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...

Schools, including public, private, and charter K-12 schools, and colleges and universities, have a responsibility to protect students from physical and emotional harm. Harm that creates a climate of fear can interfere with a student’s education, leading to a range of outcomes from failing courses to, in the worst case,...

Parents send their children to school expecting that their kids will be safe.  The parents trust that the school’s staff will act in their place and look out for their children’s welfare in the same way they would.  The presence of security guards, school police, or resource officers at the...