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Board adopts a package of special-education policies; regulation on time-out rooms to follow

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Trustees voted to adopt a set of policies updating procedures on special education, impartial hearings, and use of time-out rooms; administration will draft implementing regulations for time-out procedures for later review.

The Albany City School District Board of Education voted to adopt a bundle of updated special-education policies, including rules on allocation of space for special education, confidentiality and access to Individualized Education Programs (IEPs), availability of alternative format instructional materials, impartial hearing officer appointment and compensation, declassification of students, independent educational evaluations, preschool special education, personnel qualifications, and the use of time-out rooms and physical restraints.

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