Recent Decisions - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

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Constitutional Claims and Civil Rights

Employee appealed dismissal of hostile work environment claim against school district under Minnesota Human Rights Act (MHRA). A Minnesota school employee claimed she was subjected to a hostile work environment because her supervisor made offensive and inappropriate comments about women in the workplace. The district court dismissed the claim on the ground that the facts alleged did not fit within the definition of sexual harassment under the MHRA. The court of appeals upheld the dismissal, and the employee appealed to the Minnesota Supreme Court. Held: For the school district. While the MHRA does permit sex-based hostile work environment …