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Emile

(33,758 posts) Mon Feb 10, 2025, 07:57 AM Feb 10

Oklahomans schooled GOP lawmaker on what he should have known: Not to pick on kids with disabilities COMMENTARY

Irate parents taught an Oklahoma lawmaker a life lesson I bet he’ll never forget: Do not mess with the education of public school children who have been diagnosed with a disability.

Republican Dusty Deevers emerged last week from the dustup with parents, educators and therapists with a metaphorical black eye, reminding him that Oklahomans don’t like schoolyard bullies.

In case you missed all the hubbub, somehow Deevers got the idiotic idea that too many Oklahoma children are receiving special education services through the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, or IDEA. That’s the federal law that protects children’s right to a “free appropriate public education” and guarantees that they have access to special education and early intervention services.

Read more at: https://oklahomavoice.com/2025/02/10/oklahomans-schooled-gop-lawmaker-on-what-he-should-have-known-not-to-pick-on-kids-with-disabilities/

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Oklahomans schooled GOP lawmaker on what he should have known: Not to pick on kids with disabilities COMMENTARY (Original Post) Emile Feb 10 OP

Good wendyb-NC Feb 10 #1

Senate advances bill to ban use of corporal punishment on disabled Oklahoma school children Judi Lynn Mar 2 #2

wendyb-NC

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1. Good

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Mon Feb 10, 2025, 08:25 AM

Feb 10

I'm glad he got an education on this.

Judi Lynn

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2. Senate advances bill to ban use of corporal punishment on disabled Oklahoma school children

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Sun Mar 2, 2025, 02:08 AM

Mar 2

By: Barbara Hoberock - February 25, 2025 4:48 pm

OKLAHOMA CITY – A bill that would ban schools from using corporal punishment on students with disabilities passed the Senate on Tuesday despite concerns it removes local control and could go against parental wishes.

The state Department of Education has already prohibited the practice, but Senate Bill 364 seeks to codify into state law a ban against deliberately causing pain by using physical discipline on students with federally protected disabilities.

“I have never, ever, ever met a parent of a disabled child call for the beating of their child to make them better,” said Sen. Dave Rader, R-Tulsa, the author.

Rader said some of the protected disabilities include deafness, emotional disturbance, intellectual disability, visual impairment or an orthopedic injury.

It defines corporal punishment as the deliberate infliction of pain by hitting, paddling, spanking, slapping, or any other physical force used as a means of discipline.

More:
https://oklahomavoice.com/2025/02/25/senate-advances-bill-to-ban-use-of-corporal-punishment-on-disabled-oklahoma-school-children/

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