La. Admin. Code tit. 28 § XLIII-541

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 4, April 20, 2024

Section XLIII-541 - Use of Seclusion

A. Seclusion shall be used only:

1. for behaviors that involve an imminent risk of harm;

2. as a last resort when de-escalation attempts have failed and the student continues to pose an imminent threat to self or others.

B. Seclusion shall not be used to address behaviors such as general noncompliance, self-stimulation, and academic refusal. Such behaviors shall be responded to with less stringent and less restrictive techniques.

C. A seclusion room shall be used only as a last resort and when less restrictive measures, such as positive behavioral supports, constructive and non-physical de-escalation, and restructuring of a student's environment, have failed to stop a student's actions that pose an imminent risk of harm.

D. A student shall be placed in a seclusion room only by a school employee who uses accepted methods of escorting a student to a seclusion room, placing a student in a seclusion room, and supervising a student while he or she is in the seclusion room.

E. Only one student may be placed in a seclusion room at any given time, and the school employee supervising the student must be able to see and hear the student the entire time the student is placed in the seclusion room.

F. A seclusion room shall:

1. be free of any object that poses a danger to the student placed in the room;

2. have an observation window and be of a size that is appropriate for the student's size, behavior, and chronological and developmental age; and

3. have a ceiling height and heating, cooling, ventilation, and lighting systems comparable to operating classrooms in the school.

La. Admin. Code tit. 28, § XLIII-541

Promulgated by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, LR 38:1007 (April 2012).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S.17:7(5)(b) and 17:416.21.