Bazelon: CAll Senators to Keep All Students Safe from Restraint and Seclusion

Support Keeping All Students Safe from Restraint and Seclusion

 Please Call Your Senators to Cosponsor S. 2020

January 24, 2012 — Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) has introduced the Keeping All Students Safe Act (S. 2020) in response to an alarming report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) that found hundreds of cases of alleged abuse and even deaths of children — most of them with disabilities — as a result of restraint and seclusion in schools. No federal laws regulate the use of restraint and seclusion in schools, and state laws vary widely.  

That’s why we need you to call and ask your two U.S. senators to cosponsor The Keeping All Students Safe Act (S. 2020), showing they support protecting children from these harmful — even deadly — practices.  

Please call today! You can find your senators’ phone numbers here or by calling the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121.

For more about the GAO report, the bill, the issue, and news stories on this issue, read the full Action Alert here…

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Laurel Stine

Director of Federal Relations

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