Keeping All Students Safe Act (Restraint & Seclusion in Schools)
Current understanding
The Keeping All Students Safe Act (HR6617, 119th Congress) would establish federal minimum standards limiting the use of physical restraint and seclusion on students in schools receiving federal funds, prohibiting mechanical/chemical restraints and restricting physical restraint to imminent-danger scenarios. Practical effect targets students with disabilities and young children, who data show are disproportionately subject to these practices. Status: introduced and referred to the House Committees on Education and Workforce and Armed Services; no floor action.
Evidence log
- 2026-03-25 — Protection and Advocacy for Student Success Act: cross-connection with protection-advocacy-student-success-act: P&A systems funded under this bill would be natural enforcement partners for restraint-and-seclusion protections and other disability-rights violations in schools. (novelty: 2)
- 2025-12-11 — Keeping All Students Safe Act: cross-connection with safe-schools-civil-rights-protections: Both establish federal civil rights protections for students in K-12 settings; Keeping All Students Safe targets physical restraint/seclusion practices while Safe Schools addresses bullying and harassment. (novelty: 2)