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A school can move a student with a disability to an alternative school setting for up to 45 school days. The school can do this regardless of whether or not the behavior is a result of the student’s disability. This can happen if a student does any of the following while at school, on school premises, or at a school function:
- Has a weapon;
- Has, uses, or sells illegal drugs;
- Physically injures someone in a severe way.
A student in an interim alternative school setting still has the right to a free, appropriate public education. The student has to be able to participate in the general education curriculum. The student also has to work on meeting the goals in the IEP. The placement must include services to address the student's behavioral needs.
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