Education minister bans seclusion rooms in Alberta schools

Seclusion rooms will be banned in schools across the province in September.
Education Minister David Eggen issued a ministerial order Friday morning forbidding schools from using isolation rooms, which have been used in some schools to separate students who present a risk to others.
.@AlbertaEd will be performing on-site inspections and monitoring schools to ensure compliance, Eggen says. All boards in Alberta will be required to report all seclusion rooms that exist in their schools currently
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