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Committee clarifies seclusion and behavior-support wording for students with disabilities
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Summary
The committee reviewed updates to special-education discipline (1.13.1) and behavior support policies, agreed to minor wording changes, and confirmed the district uses 'safety care' for de-escalation rather than CPI; staff said students are monitored during any calm-down periods.
The committee reviewed several special-education policies, including discipline of students with disabilities (1.13.1) and behavior support (1.13.2), focusing on wording updates and how the district handles seclusion and de-escalation.
Mrs. Bartman, director of special education, identified small verbiage changes (for example, replacing "local police department" with "law enforcement agency" and adding "products" to references to tobacco). Board members asked whether the district's seclusion language contemplates involuntary confinement or an in-class calm-down period.
"We don't use CPI here in the district," Mrs. Bartman said, and another staff member added, "We use safety care." Committee members emphasized that when a student needs to de-escalate, staff would monitor the student at all times and that such measures are generally intended for de-escalation and not punitive confinement.
The committee accepted the wording updates and asked staff to finalize the redlined policy language and return the items to the committee of the whole for further review.
