No More Time Out For Students In Kansas?!?

By now readers have likely seen this report on a recent education battle in the Sunflower State.

However . . .

This passage signals changing times and new rules for educators . . .

Changes the Wichita district has agreed to include restraining unruly students less often and ending the practice of putting misbehaving students alone in rooms by Jan. 1, 2025, the DOJ said.

The district also agreed to offer counseling or tutoring to every student who was confined alone in a room during the past three schools years, with the number of hours matching those for which the student was secluded. The department said the district already is writing a new code of conduct for students and has scheduled crisis-prevention training for staff.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Discipline used in Kansas' largest school district was discriminatory, the Justice Department says

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Educators in Kansas' largest public school district discriminated against Black and disabled students when disciplining them, according to the U.S.


Kansas' largest school district must overhaul student discipline after DOJ probe

It's the latest DOJ settlement agreement with a school district over treatment of students with disabilities.

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