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student suicides  

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  • Suicide among adolescents has increased dramatically in the United States over the past 40 years. A 1991 Maryland case, Eisel v. Board of Education of Montgomery County, recognized a cause of action against a school district and its employees for failing to warn parents of a student's suicidal ideations. [Source: Encyclopedia of Education Law; Student Suicides]

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