Abstract
This Note argues that teachers who are victims of sexual harassment by their students should be afforded the same federal protections under Title VII as students who are the victims of sexual harassment. Part II discusses the protections of federal laws that have been extended to victims of student-on-student and teacher-on-student sexual harassment. Part II also explains how Title IX fails to adequately provide relief to teachers as victims of student-on-teacher sexual harassment. Part III discusses the application of Title VII to teachers as victims of sexual harassment in a hostile work environment and details the limited success of teachers who have sought remedy under Title VII. Part III also discusses the potential for a relaxed standard for special-education students as perpetrators of sexual harassment. Finally, Part IV concludes that holding public schools accountable for hostile environment sexual harassment under Title VII will give teachers the protection they need and deserve as victims of sexual discrimination.
Recommended Citation
Richard D. Shane,
Teachers as Sexual Harassment Victims: The Inequitable Protections of Title VII in Public Schools,
61 Fla. L. Rev.
355
(2009).
Available at: https://scholarship.law.ufl.edu/flr/vol61/iss2/5