Mental Health Services
Expanded counseling caseloads, added school psychologists and social workers, and outside clinical referrals tied to student anxiety, depression and self-harm concerns.
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Potential Recoverable Costs for School Districts
School districts allege they have spent heavily responding to the effects of social media on students. These are the categories of district costs that may be evaluated in the litigation.
Cost categories
Common Categories of Recoverable Costs
Behavioral Intervention
Staff time for intervention plans, discipline follow-up, student support teams and parent meetings connected to online conduct.
Cyberbullying & Digital Threats
Investigations, threat assessments, student protection measures and administrative time responding to online harassment.
Classroom Disruption
Instructional time lost to device-related distraction, conflicts that begin online and spill into school, and related staff hours.
Student Safety & Crisis Response
Crisis teams, safety planning, emergency response and staff training following incidents tied to social media activity.
Technology & Phone Management
Phone-storage systems, monitoring and filtering software, policy development and enforcement time.
Every district is different.
Let our team help you evaluate your specific costs.
What counts
What Documented Costs Can Include
Costs are generally supported by records your district already keeps: budgets, payroll, contracts, invoices and program reports.
Counsel determines which records are relevant and which costs may qualify. Listing a category here does not mean a cost is recoverable for any particular district.
Personnel time & staffing
Counselors, psychologists, social workers, administrators and the hours they spend on social-media-related issues.
Counseling & clinical services
In-house services and outside providers, referrals and contracted clinical support.
Training
Professional development on digital safety, mental health, threat assessment and intervention.
Technology & monitoring
Phone-storage systems, filtering and monitoring software and related licenses.
Crisis response
Crisis teams, safety planning, emergency communication and follow-up.
Other documented expenses
Other costs your records connect to social-media-related issues.
Getting started
You Don’t Need Every Number on Day One
Most districts start with a conversation, not a spreadsheet. Counsel will explain which records matter for your district, and our team helps organize the request so it doesn’t pull staff away from students.
- A confidential first conversation
- A targeted list of records, not a data dump
- Help organizing information for counsel
Find Out What Your District’s Costs May Mean
Request a confidential cost review. There is no cost to request a review and no obligation to proceed.