Boy, 6, suspended from school over GPS tracking device

REPORTER: 6-YEAR-OLD KAHLIL HADLEY HAS AUTISM, AND FOR THE THIRD DAY STRAIGHT DAY IS HOME, SUSPENDED FROM SCHOOL.

>> THEY'RE KEEPING HIM OUT OF SCHOOL WHEN HE HAS EVERY RIGHT TO BE THERE.

REPORTER: HIS MOTHER CASSANDRA SAYS IT'S BECAUSE OF THIS, A GPS TRACKER THAT KAHLIL WEARS ON A BELT UNDER HIS CLOTHES.

SHE SAYS IT'S FOR SAFETY, BECAUSE KAHLIL TENDS TO WANDER OFF.

>> ANYTHING CAN TRIGGER THE WANDERING, SOMETHING HE'S INTERESTED I HE SEES SOMETHING FLOATING ACROSS THE STREET AND IT GRABS HIS ATTENTION.

HE HAS A VERY ONE-TRACK MIND.

REPORTER: SO THE WAY THIS IS SUPPOSED TO WORK, IF KAHLIL WANDERS TOO FAR AWAY WHILE HE'S WEARING THE DEVICE, IT WILL SET AN ALARM ON HIS MOM'S PHONE.

KAHLIL STARTED WEARING IT ON FRIDAY, AND ON TUESDAY CASSANDRA GOT AN URGENT MESSAGE FROM THE BOY'S SCHOOL.

>> I NEEDED TO COME TO THE SCHOOL AND EITHER REMOVE THE DEVICE OR REMOVE HIM.

WHICH I REFUSED.

REPORTER: WE REACHED OUT TO SOUTH MILWAUKEE SCHOOL OFFICIALS, AND WERE TOLD NO ONE WAS AVAILABLE TO TALK WITH US.

BUT THE DISTRICT'S SUSPENSION LETTER CITED THE FACT THAT KAHLIL WAS WEARING A GPS DEVICE WITH LISTENING CAPABILITIES.

THE DEVICE HAS A MICROPHONE, WHICH CASSANDRA CAN ACTIVATE TO HEAR KAHLIL'S SURROUNDINGS IN AN EMERGENCY.

THE FEATURE CAN BE TURNED OFF.

BUT THE SCHOOL OBJECTED LEAVING KAHLIL HOME FROM SCHOOL, AND HIS MOTHER ON A MISSION.

>> I'M HIS MOM.

I'M RESPONSIBLE FOR HIM.

I'M RESPONSIBLE FOR FIGHTING FOR HIM.

REPORTER: IN SOUTH MILWAUKEE,.

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