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Senate approves limits and guidelines for physical restraint in schools after amendment
Summary
SB 32, sponsored by Senator Steele, passed the Senate after sponsors removed a contested term and argued the measure allows reasonable and necessary restraint while protecting children from intentional physical pain.
Senate Bill 32, which sets guidelines for the use of physical restraint in schools and other child-care settings and prohibits intentionally inflicting physical pain on minors, passed on the Senate floor after debate and a sponsor amendment.
Sponsor Senator Steele told the body the bill recognizes "there are times and circumstances when the use of reasonable and necessary physical restraint or even force are appropriate to protect a child"…
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