by kids1stadvocac | Mar 11, 2025 | State
clevelandbanner.com What would you do if you learned your disabled child was “informally removed” from their classes at school? How would you deal with the issue, and what steps would you take to fix the situation? On Wednesday, the Tennessee’s Comptroller’s Office of...
by kids1stadvocac | Mar 4, 2025 | State
Newsweek A Republican lawmaker in Oklahoma cited a Bible verse as he argued against a bill seeking to ban corporal punishment being used on disabled students in schools. State Senator Shane Jett quoted several verses from the Book of Proverbs on Tuesday as he argued...
by kids1stadvocac | Feb 25, 2025 | Restraint & Seclusion, State
FOX news 13 When Stephanie Merrill read the first substitute of a bill that would ban seclusion in Utah schools, she was “completely overjoyed.” “It took me totally by surprise,” added her husband, Craig Merrill, in a recent interview with FOX 13 News. “I thought,...
by kids1stadvocac | Feb 25, 2025 | State
West Virginia Watch West Virginia lawmakers are trying again this year to address worsening elementary student behavior that has interrupted classroom instruction time and put some teachers in danger. The Republican-backed measure, which the House Education Committee...
by kids1stadvocac | Feb 6, 2025 | Restraint & Seclusion, State
CT News Junkie At the Center for Children’s Advocacy, we continue to hear from families concerned about children with disabilities who are injured or traumatized in school after being subjected to physical force and isolation. As the former state Child Advocate, I...
