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United States Supreme Court Clears Way for Parents to Sue School Officials in Federal Court for Student on Student Gender Discrimination |
March 26, 2009
Previously published on March 2009
On January 21, 2009, the United States Supreme Court decided Fitzgerald v. Barnstable School Committee, holding that parents and emancipated students can bring a student-on-student gender discrimination claim in Federal Court against public school officials under Title IX of the Education Amendment of 1972 and 42 U.S.C. ยง 1983.
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