PERSONNEL:
Physical Restraint:
Teachers, under the direction of their principals, shall assume the responsibility of physically restraining an unruly student and removing him/her from the area for disciplinary action, only after the student has been given an opportunity to remove himself.
Policy 7131.4.2 - Formerly in Student Section of Policy Manual
Cross Reference: Discipline Punishment, #5144
Legal Reference: Connecticut General Statutes
10-233g Boards to report school violence. Reports of principals to policy authority
10-235 Indemnification of teachers, Board and commission
members and employees in damage suits; expenses
of litigation.
10-236a Indemnification of educational personnel assaulted in the line of duty
53a-18 Use of reasonable physical force
Adopted: May 27, 1980
July 9, 2009