A new report shows students with disabilities and students of color were most likely to be restrained and secluded in Kentucky schools in 2014-15.
The Lexington Herald-Leader says the Children’s Law Center Inc. found youth with disabilities made up 58% of those restrained in schools and were involved in 89.3% of seclusion incidents.
The report says students of color were significantly over-represented for both restraint and seclusion incidents. They were involved in reported incidents of restraints at nearly five times the rate of their white peers.
Kentucky Department of Education data shows students were restrained 5,985 times during the 2014-15 school year.
The report says restraint and seclusion of students is often unnecessary and can be harmful.
