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Board adopts revised special-education policy clarifying seclusion/restraint and requiring cameras in certain classrooms
Summary
The board approved revisions to policy G-2.4C clarifying seclusion and restraint procedures, crisis intervention/CPI training, reporting for restraints over three minutes, and a separate policy (G-2.4C0.2) requiring cameras in self-contained special-education classrooms that meet a 50% IEP threshold; cameras will be activated Feb. 1 and recordings retained for 30 days.
The Terrebonne Parish Education Technology and Policy Committee approved two related policy revisions affecting special education: a revised G-2.4C (education of students with exceptionalities) and G-2.4C0.2 (cameras in special-education classrooms).
Speaker 11, representing the special-education department, said the G-2.4C revision clarifies seclusion and restraint language and adds crisis-intervention guidance. "We do not use seclusion in Terrebonne Parish," the speaker said, distinguishing the district's calming rooms (adult…
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