Legal Question in Civil Rights Law in Georgia

I was withdrawn from college in 2008 because I had an eating disorder. The VP of student affairs decided on his own, with no advice given from medical professionals (ie: the treatment center I was going to, the nutritionist that i was seeing, my counselor) that I HAD to go to inpatient treatment to be able to come back to school. I tried to get into inpatient but not only did I not meet the standards medically to need inpatient, but I didn't have the money to go if I wanted to. He mandated this without talking to anyone. He mandated this and STILL won't budge on it almost three years later. I have gone to a treatment facility to do an intake. I was cleared to go to school by the treatment facility and by my physician. I took the information to the VP and he brushed it under the table, lied and said that I never gave him the information, and refuses to speak to me anymore. Is this legal? If a medical doctor and a eating disorder specialist say that I am medically sound to go to school can the VP keep me out?


Asked on 3/27/11, 6:58 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Scott Riddle Law Office of Scott B. Riddle, LLC

It might (though unlikely) make some difference if it the school is private or public, but you did not provide us that information. However, the bottom line is there there is generally no legal right or entitlement to a college education or to attend any particular college, and an eating disorder is not a legally protected class (such as race, religion, gender, age). Whatever the school, it is not the only one out there. Beyond that, we obviously don't know all the history or the school's side of the issue.

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Answered on 3/27/11, 7:04 am


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