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Tonya created this brochure as a result of the School Law course and as a method for sharing with teachers information about school law and bullying. media type="custom" key="19632694" View the video Tonya created and apply the Davis (1999) standard (below) to determine whether the school district would be legally liable for harassment based on sex.

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 * These Four Factors Must be Present for a School District to be Found Liable for Peer Sexual Harassment **
 * Davis (1999) **

1. Appropriate school officials must have actual knowledge of the harassment. 2. School officials must have responded with deliberate indifference to the harassment (e.g., they did not do anything to stop the harassment or their response was clearly unreasonable). 3. The harassment must have been severe, pervasive, and objectively offensive. 4. The harassment must have had a negative impact on a student's education.