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Chester County approves districtwide registered behavior technician position after state flags discipline disparity
Summary
At its July meeting the Chester County Board of Education approved creating a districtwide registered behavior technician (RBT) position and transferring a portion of IDEA Part B funds to support interventions after the state found the district "significantly disproportionate" in discipline for students with disabilities.
At its July meeting the Chester County Board of Education approved a new districtwide registered behavior technician position and a transfer of federal IDEA Part B funds to pay for interventions after a state review found the district “significantly disproportionate” in discipline for students with disabilities.
The position is intended to work with a contracted Board Certified Behavior Analyst, or BCBA, who will perform functional behavior assessments and develop individualized behavior intervention plans. The RBT will support teachers by training them to implement those plans and will help operate a newly created behavior-intervention class that the district will use in place of some in-school suspension (ISS) and out-of-school suspension (OSS) placements.
The district presented the hire as part of a…
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