Record #:

6797

Author(s):

Mesibov, Laurie L.

Abstract:

Students in North Carolina's public schools are openly identifying themselves as gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender with some of them are reporting harassment from some of their peers to school officials. The article discusses some of the federal and state decisions from other jurisdictions that North Carolina courts are likely to consider if called upon to analyze the potential liability of school boards or employees for peer harassment of gay students. Measures that North Carolina school boards can implement to prevent this form of harassment are included. To date, no cases of this type have come before North Carolina's courts.

Source:

School Law Bulletin (NoCar K 23 C33), Vol. 34 Issue 4, Fall 2003, p16-29, f

Subject(s):

Sexual harassment; Liability (Law); Gay students