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Policy committee adopts special-education updates under Act 479, including classroom cameras and notification rules
Summary
The St. Mary Parish policy committee approved revisions required by Act 479 to special-education policies, clarifying seclusion and physical restraint rules, parent-notification timing, and a requirement for video and audio cameras in special-education classrooms. The changes were approved by voice vote.
The St. Mary Parish policy committee approved a set of revisions to special-education policies required by Act 479, including new language on seclusion and physical restraint, a parent-notification standard and a requirement that special-education classrooms be equipped with video-and-audio cameras.
The committee chair said the changes consolidate multiple statutory revisions into district policy and that "attorneys ... strongly recommend that we adopt the policy as…
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