$575K settlement approved after Tippecanoe student alleged he was repeatedly locked in closet

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LAFAYETTE — The Tippecanoe School Corporation and its special education cooperative have agreed to a $575,000 settlement following a 2022 federal lawsuit filed by a student who alleged he was repeatedly locked in a small closet.The student and his parents filed the lawsuit in March 2022 against the school district, the Greater Lafayette Area Special Services and employees.

The parents became suspicious after their child came home from school in urine-soaked pants and learned the boy had been in a seclusion room where he had to sit in another student’s urine, the lawsuit alleged.The Tippecanoe School Corporation and Greater Lafayette Area Special Services reached a settlement and a federal judge dismissed the lawsuit in March 2024.WRTV Investigates sent an email to the Tippecanoe School Corporation requesting only the settlement amount.

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