Bill would end “hidden epidemic” of disciplinary restraint in schools – By Chris Hacker, Stephen Stock, and Aparna Zalani (CBS News) / May 19, 2023
A bill introduced in the U.S. Senate this week would ban schools from using controversial discipline techniques, including forcibly restraining children and using so-called “scream rooms,” which critics say are tantamount to abuse.
The Keeping All Student Safe Act, introduced by Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy, targets all schools receiving federal funding. Each state would need to submit a written plan for managing situations requiring severe discipline.
The move comes after widespread criticism and pressure to end the practices, which Murphy called “barbaric.”
“This is a hidden epidemic in this country,” Murphy said. “Kids in schools that are acting out are often being sent into solitary confinement, shoved into what some schools call ‘scream rooms’ as punishment, where they’re told to sit inside an isolated room, sometimes with padded walls, to correct their misbehaviors. Other kids are being restrained, being tied down after they act out. None of this helps these kids.”
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