Policy committee keeps emergency-focused language for restraint, stresses training and reporting

Sep 7, 2025

The committee retained existing restraint and seclusion language that frames those measures as emergency interventions, underscored staff training and reporting requirements, and clarified that most instances involve students with significant disabilities.

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Danbury School District staff and board members discussed policy 5144.1 at length and decided to retain the policy’s existing emergency-focused language on physical restraint and seclusion while clarifying who is responsible for training and reporting.

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