Jacksonville, Illinois: Feds investigating arrests of students w/disabilities at Garrison School

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    The federal government is investigating an Illinois school that often had students with disabilities arrested

    The U.S. Department of Education has opened a civil rights investigation into a tiny Illinois school district for students with disabilities to determine whether children enrolled there have been denied an appropriate education because of the “practice of referring students to law enforcement for misbehaviors.” The investigation was initiated Feb. 13, two months after the Tribune and ProPublica reported how the district, which operates a therapeutic day school for students with severe emotional and behavioral disabilities, turned to police to arrest students with stunning frequency. An Education Department spokesperson said its Office for Civil Rights does not discuss details of ...


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    The Federal Government Is Investigating an Illinois School Where Students With Disabilities Were Frequently Arrested

    The civil rights inquiry by the Department of Education follows a ProPublica and Chicago Tribune investigation that found the school regularly called police to arrest students.


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