August 4, 2022
Trends in Damage Awards by K-12 Schools and Universities
We have been talking about Risk Management Committees recently on our Online Forum and in our Chair Chat this past week. One of our members, Travis Warren, who is Board Chair of Proctor Academy in New Hampshire, shared a report from United Educators on the trend of high damage awards in K-12 schools and universities.
Below are two excerpts from that report. Note that the report indicates that private or independent schools don't have the same reporting requirements as public institutions so their unreported claims are not part of the data presented in this report. Even without some of the independent school data, these trends are very concerning.
