Kate Frazier v. Fairhaven School Committee

How courts have described this case

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• noting that in Massachusetts, “the Department of Education has created the Bureau of Special Education Appeals ... and empowered it to handle such appeals through mediations and hearings”
• noting that conduct that occurs both before and after the event leading to the alleged retaliation cannot form the basis of a Title IX retaliation claim
• establishing the standard a student must meet to prevail on a Title IX retaliation claim, but not discussing the effect of Sandoval on the court’s analysis
• “In the absence of conduct creating a sex-based hostile educational environment, laxity on the part of school officials in investigating an incident is not actionable under Title IX.”
• finding no express or implied right of action under FERPA
• FERPA uses a carrot and stick approach to preventing disclosure

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).