King v. Pioneer Regional Educational Service Agency
Court of Appeals of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
BLACKBURN, Presiding Judge.
While attending the Alpine Psychoeducational Program (“Alpine”), which is a school for students with severe emotional behavior disorders, Jonathan King committed suicide. Pursuant to 42 USC § *5481983, his parents, Donald and Tina King, sued Pioneer Regional Educational Service Agency (“Pioneer RESA”), which acts as a local school system in managing Alpine, alleging that Pioneer RESA violated their son’s substantive due process rights under the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution. The Kings also sued the Georgia Department of Education (“DOE”),…
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