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EDUCATION EXPERT BLOG: EDUCATION LAW AND SCHOOL LIABILITY ISSUES

For schools, daycare centers, after-school programs, and camps, children with disabilities often present significant supervisory challenges. If a special needs child is seriously hurt or killed at school because of failure to address their needs adequately, negligent supervision may be viewed as a proximate cause. But what constitutes reasonable supervision...

Unquestionably, schools have a responsibility to protect children from harm. The same goes for agencies such as day care centers, summer camps, and after-school programs. Schools and agencies, however, are not the ultimate protectors; that role falls to employees, who must act on behalf of the school in a way...

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...

A school’s duty to protect its students from harm doesn’t begin and end when the bell rings in the morning and afternoon. Transporting students safely to and from school is an important consideration in a school’s risk portfolio. This area, however, is highly nuanced, and it’s not always immediately clear...