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Iowa child protective services have been removing children from their homes at a rate twice the national average. Roughly 50,000 of the state’s 3 million residents have been placed on a “child abuse registry”.
There are millions of Americans on such child protection registries in at least 45 other states that reflect the same imaginary tide [...]
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In an article by the Des Moines Register about 3 schools being cited for using restraint on kids is interesting not so much for the article which contains the typical talking points, but for the comments.
Here’s the story in a nutshell:
Complaints about the overuse of “seclusion and restraint” prompted members of the Iowa Board of [...]
In Iowa, it’s far too easy to get on the child abuse registry and far too difficult to get off of the registry.
NYS OCFS had this problem too. NY’s solution was to shred 25,000 name clearing hearing petitions. See Story.
Next session, Iowa lawmakers must finally tackle the state’s child abuse registry. They need to [...]
OMAHA, Neb. — A Council Bluffs high school teacher has been jailed on accusations that she put a special needs student in a choke hold.
According to court documents, witnesses said it isn’t the first time the teacher has done it.
Donna M. Thomas, 53, turned herself into police on Tuesday after the Pottawattamie County Attorney filed [...]
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