Supreme Court rejects lawsuit rights in student privacy violations
GINA HOLLAND, Associated Press Writer
Thursday, June 20, 2002
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(06-20) 07:42 PDT WASHINGTON (AP) --
Students cannot use a federal privacy law to sue schools that divulge their personal information, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
The 7-2 decision protects public and private schools and universities from costly court judgments for breaking the law requiring them to keep educational records secret.
The main punishment is the threat of loss of federal money, the court said in siding with a college accused of leaking unproven date rape accusations.
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Isn't that nice! Now schools can slander a person with no fear of being held accountable. Anyone who believes that there is any chance of a school losing it's federal allowance for doing something like this is not dealing with reality.