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Bill to Clarify Maine School Restraint Law

by The Associated Press - February 20th 2013 07:19am - Read more Local News
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Augusta - Maine educators are looking for more clarity in the state's law relating to restraining children in schools.

The Maine Education Association says the state's current rule allows the use of restraint only to prevent an imminent risk of injury or harm to a student or others.

The proposal scheduled for a hearing Wednesday would change the rule to allow the use of restraint or seclusion to prevent significant property damage, disruption of the educational environment or when authorized in writing by a student's parent.

Some teachers say there is some confusion about what exactly "imminent danger" means in the current law.

The Maine Education, special education teacher Cyndy Fish and Republican state Sen. Tom Saviello of Wilton plan a news conference before Wednesday's legislative hearing on the bill.

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The word restraint means,control over the expressions of one's emotions or thoughts,to bind tight. If a child has special needs, and is having difficulty with emotions and thoughts instead of trying to help these children (because it is far more exhausting,time consuming and costly, let's just get someone that is well trained to come in and put that child in a restrictive hold that forces them to fight back for their lives, while they are being humiliated,degraded and scared for life,squeezed so tight that they can't breath.There is something wrong with people that think because they work for the school system they should have the right to harm a child that way.
Brenda Crossman Brenda Crossman 02/20/2013 06:26 pm

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