Government
Sep. 22, 2011
Bullying bill poses liability risk to schools
Following a rash of bullying-related student suicides and a recent high-profile murder trial, schools are struggling to figure out how much responsibility they carry for preventing harassment of gay, lesbian and transgender students.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
After 15-year-old Larry King was shot in the back of the head, the sole defendant on trial was the classmate accused of murdering him for being gay.
But that didn't stop lawyers during the recent jury trial from repeatedly returning to the question of whether teachers and administrators at E.O. Green School in Oxnard, Calif. did everything in their power to prevent his death.
While the pr...
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