North Dakota Code 15.1-19-22 – Causes of action – Immunity – Nonpublic schools
1. Sections 15.1-19-17 through 15.1-19-22 do not prevent a victim from seeking redress pursuant to any other applicable civil or criminal law. Sections 15.1-19-17 through 15.1-19-22 do not create or alter any civil cause of action for monetary damages against any person or nonpublic school, nor do sections 15.1-19-17 through 15.1-19-22 constitute grounds for any claim or motion raised by either the state or a defendant in any proceedings.
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 15.1-19-22
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- Individual: means a human being. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- Person: means an individual, organization, government, political subdivision, or government agency or instrumentality. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
2. Any individual who promptly, reasonably, and in good faith reports an incident of bullying, reprisal, or retaliation to the nonpublic school employee or official designated in the school’s bullying policy is immune from civil or criminal liability resulting from or relating to the report or to the individual’s participation in any administrative or judicial proceeding stemming from the report.
3. A nonpublic school and its employees are immune from any liability that might otherwise be incurred as a result of a student having been the recipient of bullying, if the school implemented a bullying policy, similar to that required by section 15.1-19-18 and substantially complied with that policy.