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Saint Mary Parish SEAP reviews handbook and notes seclusion-and-restraint policy now effective, pending board approval
Summary
The Special Education Advisory Panel (SEAP) reviewed a district handbook aligned to state law and flagged a new seclusion-and-restraint policy that went into effect Dec. 1; Director Deborah McLaren said the School Board is expected to ratify the policy before it is published online.
Deborah McLaren, director of special education for Saint Mary Parish, presented a draft Special Education Advisory Panel handbook and outlined the committee’s advisory role, saying the handbook was prepared "using the law that said we had to have an advisory council." McLaren read the council vision derived from Act 274 of 2019 and a Louisiana Revised Statutes citation, and emphasized the handbook covers "all learners, including students with disabilities."
McLaren told members the handbook will…
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