Davis V. Monroe County Board Of Education Case Study

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①Name & citation of case

Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education, 526 U.S. 629 (1999).

②Facts

Aurelia Davis (”Davis”) sued the Monroe County Board of Education (”Board") and school officials on behalf of her fifth grade daughter LaShonda(”LaShonda”). Davis alleged that LaShonda's school failed to stop student-on-student sexual harassment on several occasions. About six months from 1992 to 1993, G.F. sexually abused and harassed Lashonda and other classmates. He attempted to touched her, fondle her, and used offensive language toward her. The Board did not take any action to separate LaShonda and the classmate, investigate the situations, or discipline G.F for a period of five months even after Davis reported the sexual harrasment to the Board. Davis sued the Board for violating Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Title IX). (Oyez, 2017)

③Decision in the lower court

The district court dismissed the complaint for the following claims: ”any harm to LaShonda was not proximately caused by a federally-funded educational provider, and neither the Board nor an employee of the Board, had any role in the harassment.” (Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education, 1999) The court affirmed that the school boards could not be responsible for student-on-student sexual harassment under Title IX as their …show more content…

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