T.H., et al., v. New York City Department of Education

December 11, 2013
T.H., et al., v. New York City Department of Education
On December 11, 2013, a group of parents and their children with disabilities sued the New York City Department of Education in federal district court for removing or threatening to remove children as young as six and seven years from school to a hospital emergency department as a response to disruptive behavior. The plaintiffs seek to force the New York City Department of Education to provide school personnel with training and resources to manage disruptive student behavior without using emergency services to remove students from school . . .