The Ohio Poverty Law Center and Legal Aid of Western Ohio recently submitted joint comments to the Ohio Department of Education on the Department’s proposed policy and rule on implementation of positive behavior interventions and supports and restrictions on restraint and seclusion in Ohio schools. Among other things, OPLC and LAWO call for a complete prohibition on the use of seclusion in schools and the use of “transitional holds,” and the creation of separate policies on the use of positive behavior interventions and supports and restraint & seclusion.

Final COmments on ODE RD and PBIS Policy & Rule