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Bill would ban life‑threatening restraints, curb new isolation rooms and require better reporting in Washington schools
Summary
A narrowed bill banning chemical and mechanical restraints and certain life‑threatening physical restraints, prohibiting new purpose‑built isolation rooms, and expanding reporting requirements drew broad testimony from disability advocates, educators, parents and districts; supporters cited demonstration‑site data showing steep reductions in restraint and isolation.
The Early Learning K‑12 Education Committee heard extensive testimony on Engrossed Substitute House Bill 17‑95, a pared‑down bill that would prohibit chemical and mechanical restraints and prohibit restraints that restrict breathing or blood flow, restrict the inclusion of isolation in IEPs and 504 plans as a planned intervention except in narrowly defined, parent‑requested and medically documented circumstances, and ban designing or establishing rooms for the primary purpose of isolating students.
Sponsor Representative Lisa Callan, who represents the 5th Legislative District, said the bill is a narrower product of multi‑year…
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