November 6, 2024

DSB won an appeal affirming the dismissal of a civil rights complaint against a Long Island School District. A teacher’s aid alleged that she was retaliated against based upon her advocacy for a special education student. The complaint was dismissed before the trial court, and the teacher’s aid appealed. On appeal, the Appellate Division found that the complaint had correctly been dismissed as, among other things, the teacher’s aid was not disabled herself, and the advocacy she described in the complaint was not opposing or protesting discrimination against the disabled student.

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