Focus (Forum & Focus)
Jul. 7, 2009
Dread of the Class
An appellate court recently clarified school districts' liability under the mandatory Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act, write Mary Dowell and Frances Rogers.
FOCUS COLUMN
By Mary Dowell and Frances RogersYoung victims of sexual assault by a substitute teacher sued three San Bernardino County school districts. Each district had formerly employed the substitute teacher, and the victims alleged that the school districts breached a duty of care to protect them from the substitute teacher by failing to report the teacher under California's mandatory Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act. A California Cour...
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