Is it possible to sue a guidance department for not submitting transcripts on time?
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Is it possible to sue a guidance department for not submitting transcripts on time?
The guidance department at my high school has not submitted transcripts to the colleges I requested. Guidance asked for all requests to be in before the first of this month at the latest. I submitted all my requests, including the deadlines of submission for each university, 2 months ago. However, most of the universities I submitted my application to never received the transcripts I requested, meaning I am unable to be considered for enrollment at any of those universities.
Asked on December 29, 2011 under Business Law, Virginia
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FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
It is possible to sue a guidance department (rather your school district) for not submitting your high school transcripts on time for negligence. However, in any lawsuit, the plaintiff has to prove liability and damages.
In the situation that you are writing about, even though your school may have been careless in getting your transcripts timely sent out to universities for you to possibly be accepted, you need to establish set dollar damages and the likelihood of getting into the colleges that you wanted to attend had the transcripts been timely sent.
I suggest that you have a meeting with your school's guidance counselor to see what can be done to have the univerities you applied to get in consider your late completed application due to your high school's error in sending the transcripts timely.
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