From CBS5-TV in San Francisco:

Rep. George Miller, chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, has asked the U.S. Government Accountability Office to conduct a nationwide investigation of the use of restraints and seclusion in public schools.

The news follows televised reports by CBS5-TV documenting incidents in which California schoolchildren were being restrained and locked up in closets for misbehaving.

Miller, a California Democrat, was among the authors of legislation that opened the schoolhouse doors to children with disabilities 35 years ago. He said he was “embarrassed” to learn that such practices were being used in his home state.

“What your investigation pointed out is that these practices continue,” he said. “It’s surprising, it’s also outrageous.”

Earlier post here.

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