School Management

School liability for an employee’s conduct turns on the extent to which the school has knowledge of such conduct and whether, given the conduct, the school took appropriate action. In this case, the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals for Ohio addresses the liability of a school board and a principal faced with events surrounding the molestation of a student by a teacher. The summary outlines what your district needs to know about “deliberate indifference standard” and when officials will be protected by the doctrine of qualified immunity.