by kids1stadvocac | May 13, 2025 | Restraint & Seclusion, State
MPR News Disability rights activists applauded Minnesota’s move two years ago to ban the use of school seclusion rooms to discipline children in kindergarten through third grade. On Thursday, they returned to the Capitol to fight a legislative effort to lift that ban....
by kids1stadvocac | May 13, 2025 | State
The Journal Record A new Oklahoma law will prohibit schools from inflicting physical pain as punishment for students with disabilities. Although the practice is already banned in the state’s regulations for schools, attempts by the Oklahoma Legislature to add the rule...
by kids1stadvocac | May 6, 2025 | State
Oklahoma Watch A yearslong legislative effort to ban Oklahoma teachers and support staff from using physical force to discipline students with severe disabilities has prevailed. Senate Bill 364 by Dave Rader, R-Tulsa, and Rep. Anthony Moore, R-Clinton, cleared the...
by kids1stadvocac | Apr 29, 2025 | State
MSN.com The Clute family feels like they are being kept in the dark on criminal charges filed against their son who has mental disabilities. Peter is 17 years old but has the mentality of a 12-or 13-year-old, according to his father, Brandon Brown. Last Thursday,...
by kids1stadvocac | Apr 22, 2025 | Restraint & Seclusion, State
Seattle Times Two Tacoma-area families are suing the owner of a now-shuttered private special education school, alleging that school staff abused and neglected vulnerable students. The Northwest School of Innovative Learning was Washington’s largest publicly funded...
