This descriptive analysis of policy content examined local school district policies on physical restraint and seclusion in one Midwestern state that did not have state legislation on these topics to determine whether districts had policies and, if so, whether their content included recommended principles from the U.S. Department of Education. No previous research has addressed district policies. A maximum variation sample of 90 districts was examined to determine whether policies were in place, whether recommended principles were included, and whether policies varied based on student enrollment. Although almost all districts had policies, many of the federally recommended principles were not addressed across the sample and less than 10% of the district policies indicated that these procedures should only be used in the case of imminent danger of serious injury to self or others. District enrollment size did not affect policy, but the substance of the policy was determined by the districts’ policy source from advising attorneys.

对政策内容的描述性分析研究了中西部一个州的当地学区关于身体约束和隔离的政策，该州没有针对这些主题的州立法，以确定学区是否有政策，如果有，则其内容是否包括美国教育部推荐的原则教育之中。以前没有研究涉及地区政策。检查了90个地区的最大变化样本，以确定是否已制定政策，是否包括建议的原则以及政策是否因学生人数而异。尽管几乎所有地区都有政策，样本中并未涉及许多联邦建议的原则，只有不到10％的地区政策表明，仅在迫在眉睫的严重伤害自身或他人的危险时，才应使用这些程序。地区注册人数不会影响政策，但是政策的实质是由地区法律顾问提供的政策来源决定的。