School policies that have sparked heated opposition among Columbia parents of students with disabilities could be coming under review next year in the state legislature.
Among the hundreds of bills that lawmakers announced Monday that they are filing for the legislative session that starts Jan. 8 are one from local Rep. Chuck Basye, R-Rocheport, and a bill introduced by a bipartisan duo of St. Louis-area lawmakers that would set stricter guidelines on when school officials can restrain students or isolate them in “quiet rooms.”
Columbia Public Schools’ policies came under heated criticism at a marathon September school board meeting where more than 100 parents, students and advocates spoke; afterward, the school board postponed any decisions in favor of sending proposed revisions back to its policy committee.
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