EDITORIAL: Seclusion rooms are a necessary 'last resort'

Apr. 4—"Hope for the best, prepare for the worst." That's the rationale behind fire extinguishers, bear spray, air bags, ...

Stillwater mother pulls son from school over fears of seclusion room use

A Stillwater mother is raising concerns about the use of seclusion rooms in local schools, saying the practice has left her ...

Report names Rochester Public Schools as one of 50 districts in the state that use seclusion rooms

Although Public Schools was included in a report as one of the districts in the state still using "seclusion rooms" for ...
Colorado Public Radio

Lawmakers ordered schools to report data on seclusion. For the most part, it hasn’t happened.

No one knows how many Colorado students are shut inside rooms, alone, at school. But Riley Ellis-Beach knows that it happened to her son. He was a small kindergartener, barely 30 pounds, with big ...
WVEC

Virginia Beach reviews proposed seclusion room ban in schools

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Virginia Beach is reviewing a proposed policy that would prohibit seclusion rooms in Virginia Beach City Public Schools buildings, even those used by contractors. The board’s ...
Hartford Courant

CT municipal school board member questions use of seclusion rooms, says they are ‘prisons for kids’

A Connecticut school district is planning to expand its blue, or seclusion rooms, in the next fiscal year, drawing concerns about how education money is spent as well as transparency in how often they ...
KTAR News

Lawmaker wants parental consent for isolation room use

PHOENIX — When Leslie Noyes stopped by her son’s Glendale elementary school last year, she said she found him lying face-down on the floor of an enclosed, 5-by-5-foot structure in the back of the ...
inforum

Senate education bill gets pushback for seclusion room amendment

The seclusion room practice was banned in 2023 for grades K-3, but Minnesota lawmakers are now looking to allow it up to sixth grade with parental permission. Erin Sandsmark, executive director of ...
katu

State rep: It's 'outrageous' that Portland school still has seclusion room

Pierce County deputies violated policy in response to DUI crash involving sheriff’s major An internal investigation into deputies who responded to a 2025 DUI crash involving a veteran PCSO official ...
Columbia Daily Tribune

'Seclusion room' defendants seek to clear name. Judgement motion filed

Specialized Education Services Inc. wants a judgement in its favor regarding a lawsuit against Columbia Public Schools, in which it also is a defendant. The lawsuit is related to allegations of ...

Many Minnesota schools still use seclusion rooms for students

More than 50 Minnesota school districts use seclusion rooms for students with disabilities, a practice banned in 21 states.
WGNO

Districts set to implement Louisiana law allowing ‘seclusion and restraint’ in schools

CADDO PARISH, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – A new policy that will be implemented in school districts across Louisiana could drastically change how students with exceptionalities are treated in times of crisis.