How often are Bucks County schools restraining students? Why it's hard to know

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : How do state education officials review and monitor restraint reports?
52% : Another way state education officials monitor restraint use is through its cyclical compliance monitoring, which takes place every six years, James said.
50% : Other Bucks school districts with double-digit numbers over the previous decade: Who are Pa. schools required to tell when a student is restrained? Schools report restraint use through the Pennsylvania Restraint Information System Collection system four times a year, and to the federal government every other school year.
47% : The Pennsylvania Department of Education recently confirmed that children were repeatedly improperly restrained last year in an autism support classroom at CB's Jamison Elementary, leading to state and federal investigations.
41% : This news organization has pending Right-to-Know requests with the state, plus Centennial and Central Bucks districts, for restraint data reported in the 2021-22 through the current school year.

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