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Help Protect Children and take 5 minutes to call!!! National Call In Day JUNE 12 (or June 13) AND ASK CONGRESS TO SUPPORT THEIR BILL TO PREVENT DANGEROUS RESTRAINT & SECLUSION Restraint and Seclusion are practices used in public schools that have killed, injured, and traumatized students. More than 20 children have died, according to a Congressional agency report. Nearly 110,000 students were subjected to restraint and seclusion in isolation rooms, according to data from the 2011-12 school year. To prevent these practices and protect students and staff, Senators Tom Harkin and Chris Murphy have introduced the Keeping All Students Safe Act in the Senate (S. 2036) and Representatives George Miller and Gregg Harper have introduced the House bill (H.R. 1893). Both Congressional bills will forbid the use of restraint except in emergencies threatening physical safety and both seek to prevent non-emergency seclusion. Please take 5 minutes and call!! A call on Thursday, June 12th (or 13th) will only take a few moments, but could truly save children’s lives. Ask your coworkers, friends, and family to do the same. It is important that Congress hears from thousands of parents, people with disabilities, students, advocates, professionals, friends, families, and neighbors so they will ACT! See Contact Information and Messaging Below in Grid. Name Status on KASSA Bill Number Phone Number Message Congresswoman Kuster Co-sponsor of the House version of KASSA. House Bill 1893 202-225-5206 (Leave a voicemail if no one answers) Thank you for your co-sponsorship of HB 1893, the “Keeping All Students Safe Act” and continued support! Please work with your colleagues to rally and secure additional co-sponsors. Congresswoman Shea-Porter Co-sponsor of the House version of KASSA. House Bill 1893 202-225-5456 (Leave a voicemail if no one answers) Thank you for your co-sponsorship of HB 1893, the “Keeping All Students Safe Act” and continued support! Please work with your colleagues to rally and secure additional co-sponsors. Senator Jeanne Shaeheen Co-sponsor of the Senate version of KASSA. S. 2036 202-224-2841 (Leave a voicemail if no one answers) Thank you for your co-sponsorship of S. 2036, the “Keeping All Students Safe Act” and continued support! Please continue to rally co-sponsorship among your colleagues. Senator Kelly Ayotte Considering co-sponsorship and has been collaborating with Senator Harkin and Senator Shaheen’s offices. S. 2036 202-224-3324 (Leave a voicemail if no one answers) Thank you for your consideration! You can feel good about supporting Keeping All Students Safe Act (KASSA- S. 2036) especially in light of the overwhelming statewide support & passage this legislative session for a very similar bill on the state level (SB396)! KASSA (S. 2036) keeps parents informed and teachers and children particularly vulnerable students with disabilities safe. Please sign on as a co-sponsor and rally co-sponsorship of your colleagues. HOW SERIOUS IS THIS ISSUE? A Government Accountability Office (GAO) report found that 20 students have died in seclusion; countless others have been injured and traumatized. One young teen hung himself in a seclusion room while staff sat outside the locked door; a seven year old died face down in physical restraint; and a young teen was suffocated face down in restraint by his teacher twice his size. Recent reports indicate that the shoes of an 8 year old with Down Syndrome were duct-taped so tightly that she could not walk and her ankles were bruised; a 10 year old with autism was pinned face down after an upset over a puzzle; and a child with Cerebral Palsy severed her finger when she was confined in seclusion. Parents often do not learn about restraint or seclusion, or learn long after they have occurred. FOR MORE INFORMATION Senate Bill S. 2036 and Senate Committee Description House Bill H.R. 1893 and House Statement stophurtingkids Find your Laws in My State’s Seclusion and Restraint Laws GAO Report and Education Department Data Snapshot WHAT ELSE CAN YOU DO? Get Social! Facebook: https://facebook/stophurtingkids?ref=hl Twitter: https://twitter/End_RS Sample Tweets: Call your senators and representatives now (202-224-3121) and urge them to co-sponsor the Keeping All Students Safe Act. National Call-In Day June 12. #stopRS Act now! Protect American students from restraint and seclusion in our nation’s schools. Call 202-224-3121 today! #stopRS Watch film and learn more about restraint and seclusion: stophurtingkids/the-film/. Call your senator and representatives now (202-224-3121) #stopRS
Posted on: Thu, 12 Jun 2014 17:40:12 +0000

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