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Board hears detailed guidance on discipline rules for students with disabilities
Summary
District legal counsel and special‑education staff briefed trustees on IDEA disciplinary protections, emphasizing the 10‑day removal threshold, MDR process, and the requirement for functional behavior assessments and behavior intervention plans when removals become disciplinary changes in placement.
Meredith Siebert, attorney with Dove, Freeman & Siebert, and district special‑education staff briefed trustees on federal disciplinary protections for students with disabilities under IDEA and Section 504.
Siebert explained the practical rule trustees and administrators must follow: districts may remove a student with a disability for up to 10 cumulative school days in a year without triggering additional protections, "but once you hit those 10 days it's considered a disciplinary change in placement," she said. She described two triggers for a disciplinary change in placement: more than 10 cumulative removal days or a single removal…
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