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Board authorizes district participation in multi-district social-media litigation
Summary
Administration recommended and the board approved joining a class-action-style multi-district litigation seeking damages from social-media companies for student mental-health harms. The agreement is contingency-fee based; administrators said participation requires producing staffing and mental-health service data but carries no direct financial risk to the district.
Southern York County School District directors voted March 19 to authorize a contingency-fee agreement that permits the district to participate in ongoing multi-district litigation against several social-media companies. Administration characterized the action as optional participation in a larger class-action-style suit and stressed that the retainer is contingency-based and imposes no direct financial liability on the district.
Dr. Bryson explained the…
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