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Committee tightens seclusion and restraint reporting, debates 'reasonably monitored' language

Orange County Schools Board Policy Committee · September 15, 2025
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Summary

The policy committee approved sending a revised seclusion and restraint policy (4302R) to the full board that would require principals be notified when restraints "could have" resulted in physical injury and would tighten language describing acceptable isolation spaces.

The Orange County Schools policy committee debated changes to policy 4302R on seclusion and physical restraint and agreed to forward an amended draft to the full board for first reading.

Staff (Speaker 3) proposed revising Section G (notice, recording and documentation) so that school personnel must notify the principal or designee not only when a restraint caused an "observable physical injury," but also when a physical restraint "reasonably could have…

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