GARLAND, Texas — When 14-year-old Jace Broome isn’t at school, he loves spending time on the water and traveling with his family. His mom, Sarah, says he’s happiest with his dog, Honey, too.

Jace, who has autism and an intellectual disability, can’t always express his feelings with words. But this past February, Sarah had a gut feeling something was wrong inside her son's classroom at Webb Middle School in Garland.

She said Jace came home one day with a mark on his face and complained of chest pains. “He kept saying how they hurt him,” Sarah recalled.

Initially, she thought it happened while he was being restrained, which can sometimes happen. But she said after a week of back and forth with the school, she grew increasingly concerned and asked to see the video from inside the classroom

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