1998/99 Supreme Court Decisions
Student Harassment Liability
For several years, lower courts have held that students who are sexually harassed either by other students or by school officials, including teachers, may seek monetary damages in a suit brought pursuant to Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. In 1998 and 1999, the Supreme Court addressed for the first time the question of the school's responsibility for harassment by either other students or teachers.