# According to legal precedent, when is a school considered deliberately indifferent in cases of sexual harassment?

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according to legal precedent, when is a school considered deliberately indifferent in cases of sexual harassment?

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## Deliberate Indifference Standard under Title IX

Under established legal precedent (primarily the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision _Gebser v. Lago Vista Independent School District_, 1998, and _Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education_, 1999), a school is considered **deliberately indifferent** when its response to known sexual harassment is **clearly unreasonable in light of the known circumstances**.

**📌 KEY POINTS:**

- **Actual Knowledge:** An official with the authority to institute corrective measures must have actual knowledge of the harassment, rather than constructive notice (meaning “should have known” is not enough).
- **Clearly Unreasonable Response:** The school’s action—or complete inaction—must amount to a deliberate choice to ignore the risk, causing the student to undergo harassment or making them vulnerable to it.
- **Deprivation of Access:** The indifference must effectively deny the victim equal access to the institution’s educational programs or activities.