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Parents accuse district of imposing behavioral plans without required assessments or consent
Summary
Multiple public commenters told the board that students at Douglas High School were placed on behavioral intervention plans (BIPs) without functional behavioral assessments or parental consent and cited IDEA, Section 504 and a prior OCR/state agreement requiring written consent; they asked the board to review implementation and retrain staff.
Several parents used the board’s public‑comment period to raise procedural and civil‑rights concerns about behavioral intervention plans (BIPs) in the district.
Janice Howard said her ninth‑grade son at Douglas High School was placed on a BIP after a single incident "without parental consent and without any functional behavioral…
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