In November, 2008 the Department of Education for the State of Iowa enacted a regulation banning prone restraint at its schools despite being noticed that the regulation was illegal as it violated the 5th and 14th amendment of the Constitution, Supreme Court Rulings, Federal legislation as well as state self-defense laws. Further, Iowa DOE was [...]
A Dubuque social worker is in fair condition tonight after a teen at Hillcrest Family Services attacked him. Police say that teen tried to kill the worker. 17-year-old Jesse Shimon faces attempted murder charges. Investigators say he ran away from the treatment facility, broke into a car repair shop, stole a car and a shotgun [...]
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Police said three students were arrested Monday after a lunch hour fight at Hoover High School in Des Moines. Police said Devin Hurd had an altercation with another student. They said when a staff member tried to step in to stop the fight, the staff member was assaulted. Hurd was charged with assault causing injury [...]
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www.washingtontimes.com 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 [...]
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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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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