SIRS 658

Starting in the 2024-25 school year, each public school district, Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES), charter school, State-operated school pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the Education Law, and private residential school operated pursuant to Article 81 of the Education Law, must submit an annual report to the New York State Education Department on the use of physical restraint and timeout and substantiated and unsubstantiated allegations of use of prohibited interventions corporal punishment, mechanical restraint and other prohibited aversive interventions, prone physical restraint, and seclusion. See additional detail about the report in the Report Documentation.