Date(s) of Disposition:
none.
Complaint
: Administrative complaint
Agreement
: Mediation agreement
This case is part of the Center's Schoolhouse to Jailhouse project, an ongoing effort to stop the flow of children from schools to jails.
In May 2006, the Center, along with attorneys from the Southern Disability Law Center and the Juvenile Justice Project of Louisiana, obtained a class-wide settlement agreement affecting all special education students with Emotional Disturbance in East Baton Rouge Parish.
The agreement, benefiting as many as 300 children, requires major systemic changes including:
- The hiring of a nationally recognized team of experts in Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) to help the district develop and implement school-wide PBIS training for all staff at all schools where there are ED children,
- The reduction in the number of suspensions and expulsions of children with ED,
- Strict compliance with the IDEA's discipline requirements
- Greater access to regular education curriculum and classrooms for kids with ED, and
- Access to intensive reading and math remediation for kids with ED who are at least two years behind their grade level.
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