WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Department of Education has concluded that two Virginia schools denied students with emotional disabilities the right to a free, appropriate public education by frequently subjecting them to seclusion and physical restraint.

In a July 29 letter of findings, the department wrote that it had entered into an agreement with the two public schools in Prince William County, PACE East and PACE West, to correct the problems. The letter was sent to lawyers who filed a 2012 complaint on behalf of a mother and her minor son, a former student at one of the schools and other students. The two schools are for students with serious emotional and behavioral problems.