Board will consider updated rules for restraining students

What happened

Lewis-Palmer’s board is scheduled to consider revised rules governing when staff may physically restrain or seclude students. The draft permits restraint only in limited situations, including an imminent emergency after less restrictive options fail or are judged ineffective, and says chemical restraint must never be used.

Why it matters to families

The changes would clarify limits on staff intervention and related safeguards for students across the district; the board had not yet acted when this agenda was published.

The evidence

The Nov. 16 agenda lists final revisions to policy JKA for board approval (160300). The district presentation says the revisions respond to 2026 state-rule changes and clarify appropriate restraint use and family notification procedures (160285). The proposed policy defines an emergency as an imminent threat of bodily harm, restricts physical restraint or seclusion to emergencies after less restrictive alternatives fail or are deemed inappropriate or ineffective, and prohibits chemical restraint (160293).

The source