National media has been exposing alleged abuses in Chicago Public Schools. Most people are unaware that corporal punishment of school children is still allowed by law in Missouri. Missouri lawmakers should abolish corporal punishment in schools and also address the abuse of restraint and seclusion in all schools.
House Bill 96, which is making its way through the Missouri House right now DOES NEITHER. Currently The Safe Schools Act allows corporal punishment. HB 96 would also add "use of force" but neither will be defined or regulated. Your help is urgently needed to push for real reform for the safety of children attending school.
Consider contacting the Missouri House Special Standing Committee on Children and Families :http://house.mo.gov/content.aspx?info=/bills091/commit/com488.htm and Elementary and Secondary Education Committee: http://house.mo.gov/content.aspx?info=/bills091/commit/com455.htm
And the Missouri Senate Education Committee: http://www.senate.mo.gov/09info/comm/educ.htm and the Joint Committee on Education: http://www.senate.mo.gov/09info/comm/statutory/jced.htm
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Copy and paste URL:http://www.wbbm780.com/Report--Abuse-Found-At-Chicago-Public-Schools/3823032
Post taken from the Missourians Against Seclusion and Restraint blog. Link here.
I know most readers of my blog aren't from Missouri and won't have much clout with state reps. Even my own letters have been unanswered. I'll keep sending them anyway and keep praying for activists like my blog friend Ange working to end this barbaric practice.
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