The Illinois State Board of Education announced an emergency action to end placing children behind locked doors alone in school disciplinary actions, saying the practice has been “misused and overused to a shocking extent.”
“Isolated seclusion will end now; it traumatizes children, does lasting damage to the most vulnerable and violates the most deeply held values of my administration and the State of Illinois,” said Governor J.B. Pritzker, according to a Nov. 20 press release. “The use of this unacceptable practice in districts around the state for several years is appalling, and I am demanding complete and immediate accountability.”
