Supreme Court to Decide If Epileptic Student Can Sue School District for Discrimination

The Eighth Circuit previously ruled that the family failed to prove the district acted either with ‘bad faith or gross misjudgment.’

The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Dec. 2, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether an epileptic student’s family may sue her Minnesota school district over special accommodations that she was denied.

The court granted the petition in A.J.T. v. Osseo Area Schools on Jan. 17 in an unsigned order. No justices dissented. The court did not explain its decision.