The Solution

Student Advocacy:

• Require that all adults who interact with students in school complete a Basic Awareness Training Module

• Publish guidelines for identifying and supporting vulnerable students to prevent crisis situations

• Secure funding for all schools to provide adequate sensory gyms and voluntary calming spaces

Educator Support​

• Identify and increase access to Approved Educator Approaches to Behavior

• Create a network of educator support specific to meeting the needs of all students

• Secure funding to ensure that all educators have full time access to adequate support personnel

• Publish guidance to clarify all of MCL 380.1307 including commentary, examples, and alternatives

Parent/Guardian Education

• Require schools to provide a Seclusion and Restraint Parent Document to parents and guardians

• Create a user friendly form to report concerns through the statewide monitoring system

​Quality Control​

• Secure funding to create a statewide monitoring and support system

• Increase the quality and quantity of data collection and ensure free access to aggregated data

​Legislative Change

• Add a statement of purpose to the beginning of MCL 380.1307 for clarification

• Update the definition of emergency situation to match the U.S. Dept. of Ed Resource Document

• Add the legal definition of "serious physical harm" to provide clarity

• Update the definitions of "seclusion" and "emergency physical restraint" to provide clarity 

• Add all forms of forced or involuntary seclusion to the statement of prohibited practices in MCL 380.1307h