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2007
New
Agreement Mandates Sweeping Changes in D.C. Special Education
December 13, 2007—District of Columbia officials announced that the city
will make sweeping changes in its special education program to comply with a
new consent decree in a 10-year-old class action, Blackman & Jones v.
District of Columbia. When approved by the court, the decree will require
the school system to address the needs of hundreds of students with mental or
physical disabilities who await services. Read
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Bazelon Center Offers
Educational Institutions a Model Policy for Addressing Student Mental Health
Issues May 16, 2007--The Bazelon Center for Mental Health
Law today released a model policy to help colleges and universities develop a
non-discriminatory, non-punitive approach to students in crisis because of mental
health problems. The document offers a response to serious mental health problems
among college and university students and schools' lack of consensus on what
to do when such students are in crisis. Read
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