Nex Benedict's school district failed to protect students, investigation finds
The public school district in Oklahoma came under scrutiny this year after an LGBTQ+ teen died of an overdose following ...
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Biden administration finds Nex Benedict’s school district allowed sexual harassment to go unchecked
Earlier this year, 16-year-old Benedict’s death made national headlines. The Owasso High School sophomore was targeted by ...
Sexual harassment allegations at Owasso Public Schools addressed in federal agreement
The agreement was prompted by a complaint filed by the Human Rights Campaign, an LGBTQ+ advocacy organization, in response to ...
Nex Benedict's school district agrees to address Title IX harassment violations
The Department of Education announced that Oklahoma's Owasso Public Schools has agreed to “remedy violations of Title IX” ...
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Nex Benedict: Oklahoma teenager died by suicide, autopsy says
Nex Benedict was non-binary and used they/them pronouns. Their death one day after a fight in a school toilet prompted protests and vigils across the country. The cause of death was revealed in a ...
Nex Benedict: Investigation reveals Owasso 'deliberately indifferent' to student rights
After Nex Benedict died in February, the U.S. Department of Education found repeated violations of federal anti-harassment ...
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Nex Benedict: What we know about death of Oklahoma teenager
Police footage showed an officer speaking to Benedict (pictured along with their mother) The death of teenager Nex Benedict a day after a fight in an Oklahoma school toilet has drawn national ...
School where Nex Benedict attended failed to protect students from harassment, investigation finds
Owasso Public School district’s inaction ‘rose to the level that the district’s response to some families’ sexual harassment ...