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Calling the police was one of the remedies included in the educational and behavioral plan for an 8-year-old autistic girl who was arrested and handcuffed at her elementary school in Bonner County.
The Spokesman-Review
Calling the police was one of the remedies included in the educational and behavioral plan for an 8-year-old autistic girl who was arrested and handcuffed at her elementary school in Bonner County.
Evelyn Towry's "individual education plan," or IEP, included police intervention as a course of action if the child misbehaved, according to a federal lawsuit filed by her parents, Spring and Charles Towry.
It's not unusual for such plans to include the possibility that police be called, and it's generally a matter of district policy, said Jean Taylor, Idaho Department of Education special education coordinator.
"Those policies include all ages of children and are usually set to keep staff and students safe at school," she
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