The school district is responsible for providing FAPE to every child, no matter how severe the disability. Psychosis, if present, does not change their obligation.
The diagnostic combo that your difficult child 2 has is complicated. Who diagnosis'd him? How sure are you of the diagnosis? Was it done at a major children's psychiatric unit?
These are important questions because you cannot fight a SD effectively without a good IE (independent evaluation.) The "threatening" letter is the first step to pushing your son out of school--best to stop them before they take that step.
I don't care if he will be a mass murderer in 20 years (I mean no offense to him personally) your SD can NEVER unload its responsibility to provide FAPE to a child with an IEP. If your son actually IS a threat, or becomes one as an adolescent, the SD may restaff him to a school/facility that can safely deal with his problems but A CHILD WITH AN IEP CANNOT BE EXPELLED.
This is why I think every child who has any possibility of producing behavior that could lead to suspension/expulsion should have an IEP. Having an IEP does not say anything about what services your child may or may not get. Even if the service has been poor, do not let that IEP go because it confers HUGE legal protection.
I called the Director of Sp Ed at the high school in my SD AFTER my ex-difficult child graduated from a private high school. He had only attended public school for 13 days since the end of 8th grade and never after freshman year. They "dismissed" him from Special Education every semester and each time, I sent a certified letter stating he still lives in the SD and he is non-attending but IS in Special Education. In order to terminate Sp Ed services, except by graduation from h.s. or "aging out," there must be a FULL evaluation. My SD could have demanded that BUT they preferred to let sleeping dog lie because despite their attempts to push him out, they knew I was not pushable.
I would suggest you take a look at www.wrightslaw.com. It has a lot of information relevant to your situation. You need a crash course in how to protect you difficult child legally in my opinion.
Martie
