A bill that would further limit the use of physical restraints on students with disabilities cleared its final Senate committee Monday.
Sen. Lauren Book’s bill (SB 390) was voted favorably as part of the Senate Appropriations Committee consent agenda and is now able to get a vote from the full Senate.
Book’s bill expands restrictions passed and signed into law last year. That bill limited the use of physical restraints like straitjackets, zip ties, handcuffs or tie downs if doing so would obstruct or restrict breathing or blood flow or place students in a face-down position with the student’s hands behind his or her back.
