Is a school district liable for negligence if a student dies on a school field trip?

Id. These two cases indicate efforts by other jurisdictions to encourage extracurricular activities by limiting the duties of schools to warn about or protect against unlikely or unusual events. At the same time, there are also instances where courts have found that schools owe a duty in the context of extracurricular activities. See, e.g., City of Cedar Falls v. Cedar Falls Cmty. Sch. Dist., 617 N.W.2d 11, 1618 (Iowa 2000) (school district liable for negligence resulting in kindergarten student's

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death in golf cart accident during field trip); Travis v. Bohannon, 128 Wash.App. 231, 239, 115 P.3d 342 (2005) (school district owed duty of care to high school students participating in off-campus Workday).