A federal judge in New York has ordered a hearing to determine if a 12-year-old girl with learning disabilities was deprived of “a free and appropriate education” by the constant bullying she allegedly endured at a Manhattan public school.
“An effective and appropriate education may be negated by child bullying,” Eastern District Judge Jack B. Weinstein said in L.K. v. New York City Department of Education . “When a school fails to take reasonable steps to prevent such objectionable harassment of a student, it has denied her an educational benefit protected by statute.”
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