Sponsor: Rep. Beyer, Donald S. (D-VA)53 cosponsorsIntroduced Dec 11, 2025
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Rep. Donald Beyer (D-VA) introduced a bill that prohibits federally funded schools and Head Start programs from using seclusion (confining a student alone in a locked room) and restricts physical restraint to situations where a student poses imminent danger of serious physical injury, while banning mechanical restraints, chemical restraints, and restraints that restrict breathing. The bill requires states to ensure school personnel receive training in crisis intervention, establish procedures for incidents involving physical restraint, and create policies to comply with these restrictions. It establishes a private right of action allowing students to sue for unlawful seclusion or restraint and requires the Department of Education and Department of Health and Human Services to withhold federal payments from programs that violate these rules. The bill also creates a grant program to help state educational agencies implement and enforce these requirements.
Note: the official CRS summary for this bill was written on 2025-12-11, but the bill text was revised on 2025-12-11T05:00:00Z. Provisions may have been added since the summary was written — the section list above reflects the current text.
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Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Dec 11 Dec 11, 2025
Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Dec 11 Dec 11, 2025
Introduced in House
Dec 11 Dec 11, 2025
Introduced in House
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Dec 11
HOUSEReferred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Dec 11
HOUSEReferred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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