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Board approves disciplinary-removal policy revisions; advocates urge explicit cross-reference to students with disabilities rules
Summary
After public comment from disability advocates, the board added a cross-reference to existing special‑education discipline rules and approved revisions to the disciplinary removal from classroom policy (JKBA). Advocates asked the board to ensure students with disabilities are routed to existing IEP/BIP procedures before removal.
The Roaring Fork School District Board of Education approved revisions to policy JKBA, "disciplinary removal from classroom," after public comment and staff edits. Disability advocates who spoke during public comment asked the board to explicitly link JKBA to the district—s existing policy and regulation for discipline of students with disabilities (JK2 and JK2 regulation).
Jill Pitcock, executive director of the Arc of the Central Mountains, told the board the Arc supports language in JKBA but requested the policy explicitly reference JK2…
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