{"id":26568,"date":"2021-12-16T12:53:16","date_gmt":"2021-12-16T16:53:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=26568"},"modified":"2023-04-25T20:38:22","modified_gmt":"2023-04-26T00:38:22","slug":"did-the-school-district-restrain-and-or-isolate-young-children-with-disabilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/did-the-school-district-restrain-and-or-isolate-young-children-with-disabilities\/","title":{"rendered":"Did the School District Restrain and\/or Isolate Young Children with Disabilities?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_pop\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/gallery\/share-button-gray.png\" style=\"border:0px\" alt=\"Share\" \/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_icon_type = \"labels\";var hupso_background=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_border=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"wrightslaw\";var hupso_url=\"\";var hupso_title=\"Did%20the%20School%20District%20Restrain%20and%2For%20Isolate%20Young%20Children%20with%20Disabilities%3F\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p>In October 2020, the Department of Justice&#8217;s Civil Rights Division opened an investigation into seclusion and restraint against children with disabilities in Frederick County Public Schools (MD).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_26569\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/settlement.antics.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26569\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-26569\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/settlement.antics-300x167.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/settlement.antics-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/settlement.antics.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-26569\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lawyers work to draft a settlement agreement outside a courthouse<\/p><\/div>\n<p>On December 1, 2021, the Justice Department wrapped up the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>What Did Investigators Find? What Happened Next?<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll find <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/nltr\/21\/nl.1215.htmI\">answers to these and other questions here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>News Release:<\/strong> (good summary of this case) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/justice-department-reaches-settlement-maryland-school-district-protect-students-disabilities\">In Restraint and Seclusion Case, Justice Department Reaches Settlement with Maryland School District to Protect Students with Disabilities from Abuse<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Download and read the full text of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/law\/doj\/2021.settle.doj.fcps.restrain.pdf\">Settlement Agreement in U.S. v. Frederick County Public School District<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In October 2020, the Department of Justice&#8217;s Civil Rights Division opened an investigation into seclusion and restraint against children with disabilities in Frederick County Public Schools (MD). 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