Take Me To Post Comment Form HR 4247- Preventing Harmful Restraint and Seclusion in Schools Act.
Press Release from the US House Education and Labor Committee on HR -4247, Feb.4,2010.

Bipartisan Legislation to Prevent Abuse in Schools Clears House Committee.

Wash. D.C.- The House Ed. and Labor Committee today passed bipartisan legislation to make classrooms safer for students and school staff by preventing the misuse of restraint and seclusion. The Committee passed the Preventing Harmful Restraint and Seclusion in Schools Act (HR4247) by a vote of 34-10.

A U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released last spring exposed hundreds of cases of school children being abused as a result of inappropriate uses of restraint and seclusion, often involving untrained staff. In some cases GAO investigated, ropes, duct tape, chairs with straps and bungee cords were used to restrain or isolate young children.

" This bill makes clear that there is no place in our schools for abuse and torture" said US REp. George Miller, chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee. " The egregious abuse of a child should not be considered less criminal because it happens in a classroom- it should be the opposite. I'm proud that this bill has bipartisan support and I hope the Full House will vote on it soon"...

You can access the website at:
http://edlabor.house.gov/newsroom/2010/02/bipartisan-legislation-to-prev.shtml

If you look over to the right side of this page under Prev. Harm. Rest. and Sec. in Sch. Act with the Markup listed below you can read the actual text of the Bill and the Amendments that specify adding Corporal Punishment.