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Education Law,
California Supreme Court

Apr. 28, 2021

Don’t turn classrooms into courtrooms and retraumatize victims

Should cross-examination be required in school disciplinary proceedings? This question has taken on renewed importance with the California Supreme Court set to decide whether California law requires cross-examination for school disciplinary proceedings involving gender-based violence and the Biden administration’s review of the Trump administration’s rules mandating cross-examination in hearings involving sexual assault.

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Should cross-examination be required in school disciplinary proceedings? This question has taken on renewed importance with the California Supreme Court set to decide whether California law requires cross-examination for school disciplinary proceedings involving gender-based violence and the Biden administration's review of the Trump administration's rules mandating cross-examination in hearings involving sexual assault. Cross-examination is not only unnecessary, but ...

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