Palm Beach School District Sued Over Mental Health Policy

Miami FL

23 June, 2021

12:35 PM

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CBS Miami June 23, 2021 The Palm Beach County public school district is being sued by several advocacy groups over its practice of making hundreds of students undergo mental health examinations at psychiatric facilities each year. The federal lawsuit, filed Tuesday by advocates for disabled and minority children, called the school district's policy "excessive and illegal." The groups claimed in the lawsuit that the school district had deprived hundreds of children of educational opportunities and inflicted unnecessary trauma by forcing them into mental health centers over unthreatening behavioral incidents, The Palm Beach Post reported. CBS Local Digital Media personalizes the global reach of CBS-owned and operated television and radio stations with a local perspective.