Portland staff say restraint and seclusion policy needs wording updates to match state law
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Summary
Portland Public Schools staff told the policy committee that state law changes require updating policy JKAA on physical restraint and seclusion. Staff recommended aligning district language to the statutory wording as drafted by legal counsel; no formal action or vote was recorded in the transcript segment provided.
Dr. Sarah Warren, chief of strategy and operations, told the committee that policy JKAA (physical restraint and seclusion) must be updated to reflect recent changes in state law. "So we have 1 related to, restraint and and seclusion, which is, again, required by state law. The the law changed a little bit, and so our policy needs to change to reflect those changes in wording in the law," Warren said.
Staff indicated the updates were primarily language changes to bring the district—s policy into alignment with statute and that legal counsel had flagged the needed wording adjustments. Committee members were asked to review the proposed redline and model language; no motions or votes were recorded in the transcript segment provided.
