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 SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS GET IDEA DISCIPLINE HELP
September 30, 2001
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WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Department of Education recently released a collection of research and technical information to help school administrators improve the safety of their schools and school grounds while also complying with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act's rules governing disciplinary action for students with disabilities. The new materials are part of the department's effort to support the extensive law revisions in the 1997 reauthorization of IDEA, which included specific assurances that kids with special needs would continue to receive public educational services even if suspended or expelled from school. In addition to helping administrators implement "what works to create safe, effective learning environments for all children," the Education Department's Office of Special Education Programs said, "We also want to clarify some common misunderstandings about what schools can do in those rare instances where a child with a disability threatens the safe school environment."8
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