CPI Applauds House Passage of Keeping All Students Safe Act

The Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI), the world's leading training organization specializing in the safe management of disruptive and assaultive behavior, applauds the US House for passing the Keeping All Students Safe Act (H.R. 4247), written by US Reps. George Miller (D-Cal.) and Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.).

The bill passed the House 262 to 153, with bipartisan support. Written following a Government Accountability Office investigation on alleged abuse of restraint and seclusion in schools, the bill requires states to implement policies to regulate the use of restraint and seclusion, prohibits physical restraint and seclusion of students except to stop imminent danger of injury, requires that staff are trained to intervene in a crisis situation, and provides funding for states to implement the requirements.