A bill that would ban school districts from restraining or secluding public schoolchildren in most cases and require training for the small numbers of school personnel who employ these practices is making its way through the Oregon legislature.
Although Oregon, like many other states, has a state policy limiting the use of these measures, the organization Disability Rights Oregon found that it's difficult to tell how often they are really used. The report, from earlier this year, said that only 37 of Oregon's 197 school districts compiled data on the use of restraint and seclusion for a one-year period. In those districts, there were approximately 4,500 restraint or seclusion incidents.
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