A federal appeals court is backing the Waxahachie School District and the police department over the way it handled an autistic student four years ago.
Court records say the student involved in the incident was a third grader at the time and diagnosed with autism, for that reason he was put in a special education class and put on a special learning path. But there were problems.
Reports said the student was disruptive, throwing chairs and a phone at teachers, even once causing an injury. That required a visit from police when the student could not be controlled.
It took two officers to put the child in handcuffs for restraint until his mother could pick him up.
The legal dispute is over the education the child received that year, despite the disruptions. The parents say there was not a proper plan and that the school district and a hearing officer said the child made academic progress.
A federal judge dismissed the complaint and a separate suit against the police department over the cuffing. The US 5th Circuit court of appeals says the judge got it right.
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