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Board tightens emergency safety‑intervention rules, adds training requirement and clarifies notification timing
Summary
The board adopted amendments to R277‑608 (emergency safety interventions, ESI), clarifying prohibited uses (coercion/retaliation/humiliation/staff convenience), requiring comprehensive, research‑based ESI training for key staff, and changing parent notice language to require attempted notification within 15 minutes after an ESI ends.
The State Board adopted substantive amendments to R277‑608, the rule governing emergency safety interventions (ESI) and the prohibition on corporal punishment. The board voted to amend the draft and then approved the rule as amended.
Major changes the board approved included: - Prohibitions: The board clarified that ESI may not be used for coercion, retaliation, humiliation, staff convenience or because of inadequate staffing. A motion to place those prohibitions in the text passed unanimously (Member Longacre recused/absent noted) during the discussion. - Training: The board…
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