On Sexual Harassment, Students and Schools
Read “Restoring Effective Protections for Students Against Sexual Harassment in Schools:Moving Beyond the Gebser and Davis Standards,” by Fatima Goss Graves.
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[...] Last week, a new civil rights bill was introduced in Congress. (Reclaim Civil Rights also links to the other organizations that support the bill and you can track the status of the bill and read the text on Thomas (S. 2554 and H.R. 5129)). The bill is intended to clarify a number of previous civil rights bills in light of recent court decisions that placed serious restrictions on their efficacy. I am blogging about it on SAFER’s website because the bill would make it easier for students to sue schools (K-12 and colleges) at which they were sexually harassed, abused, or assaulted if the school did not reasonably responded to their concerns. As the law currently stands, students have fewer protections than employees and so schools have less incentive than workplaces to curb their employees and educate against hostile environments. This excellent position paper explains why the changes are absolutely crucial. (Found via a Feminist Law Professors link.) [...]
[...] Feminist Law Professors points to a new paper by Fatima Goss Graves of the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy that makes the case for a new standard for policies that protect students against sexual harassment in schools–essentially, a return to standards established under the 1972 Title IX Act, which prohibits discrimination by schools that receive federal funds. [...]