SB v. Board of Educ. of Harford, No. 15-1474 (4th Cir. 2016)
Annotate this CaseS.B., by and through his mother, filed suit against the Board, alleging primarily that by allowing other students to harass S.B. based on his disability, the Board violated section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, 29 U.S.C. 701 et seq. S.B.'s father, a teacher and athletic director at the school, filed suit in his own right, claiming that the Board also violated section 504 by retaliating against him for advocating on S.B.’s behalf. The district court granted summary judgment for the Board. The court affirmed the judgment because no evidence support's the claims. In this case, S.B. has provided no evidence that the Board acted with the deliberate indifference necessary to hold it liable for student-on-student harassment. Nor does the record substantiate the father's allegation of a causal connection between his advocacy for S.B. and any adverse action taken by the Board.
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