Iowa Schools Would Get 5 Years To Enlarge Seclusion Rooms

Iowa schools would get five years to enlarge seclusion rooms to meet a state standard of at least a 7-foot square, according to a proposal to be considered by the State Board of Education next week. The size of seclusion rooms was a sticking point for proposed changes to Iowa’s Administrative Code Chapter 103, which governs how educators use seclusion and restraint with students whose actions threaten harm to themselves or others.