ASK CONGRESS TO SUPPORT THE BAN ON SCHOOL RESTRAINT & SECLUSION.
Please call your federal elected officials (see below). Tell them how you feel about the Keeping All Students Safe Act. Their phone numbers are:
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Restraint and Seclusion are practices used in public schools that have killed, injured, and traumatized students. At least 107,000 students were subjected to restraint and seclusion in isolation rooms, according to data from the 2011 and 2012 school years and more than 20 children have died.
To end these practices and protect students and staff, Senators Tom Harkin and Chris Murphy have introduced the Keeping All Students Safe Act in the U.S. Senate (S. 2036) and Representatives George Miller and Gregg Harper have introduced the House bill (H.R. 1893).
Call your U.S senators and congressperson now! (The U.S. Capital switchboard is 202-224-3121.) Let them know how you feel about the use of restraint and seclusion rooms in schools, and urge them to join as a co-sponsor the Keeping All Students Safe Act.
The simple message is:
“Please cosponsor the Keeping All Students Safe Act, S.2036 and H.R. 1893, and protect all American students nationwide from restraint and seclusion in our nation’s schools.”
Then:
1) Ask your friends and family to do the same.
2) Send out a link to this page to all of your friends, family and networks at the state and national level.
3) Post an action alert on your Facebook page and send out through Twitter (#KeepStudentsSafe).
4) Join the Keep Students Safe Facebook page (www.Facebook.com/keepstudentssafe)
5) Support this national effort with a tax-deductible contribution now!
Make sure Congress hears from thousands of parents, people with disabilities, students, advocates, professionals, friends, families, and neighbors so they will Pass the Act and Keep Students Safe!
To learn more about the use of restraints and seclusion rooms in schools visit:
* The web site of the U.S. House Committtee on Education and the Workforce (click here.)
* "Still a Terrifying Way to Discipline Students: One Year Later" Huffington Post: (click here)
To end these practices and protect students and staff, Senators Tom Harkin and Chris Murphy have introduced the Keeping All Students Safe Act in the U.S. Senate (S. 2036) and Representatives George Miller and Gregg Harper have introduced the House bill (H.R. 1893).
Call your U.S senators and congressperson now! (The U.S. Capital switchboard is 202-224-3121.) Let them know how you feel about the use of restraint and seclusion rooms in schools, and urge them to join as a co-sponsor the Keeping All Students Safe Act.
The simple message is:
“Please cosponsor the Keeping All Students Safe Act, S.2036 and H.R. 1893, and protect all American students nationwide from restraint and seclusion in our nation’s schools.”
Then:
1) Ask your friends and family to do the same.
2) Send out a link to this page to all of your friends, family and networks at the state and national level.
3) Post an action alert on your Facebook page and send out through Twitter (#KeepStudentsSafe).
4) Join the Keep Students Safe Facebook page (www.Facebook.com/keepstudentssafe)
5) Support this national effort with a tax-deductible contribution now!
Make sure Congress hears from thousands of parents, people with disabilities, students, advocates, professionals, friends, families, and neighbors so they will Pass the Act and Keep Students Safe!
To learn more about the use of restraints and seclusion rooms in schools visit:
* The web site of the U.S. House Committtee on Education and the Workforce (click here.)
* "Still a Terrifying Way to Discipline Students: One Year Later" Huffington Post: (click here)