{"code":"EDC","codeName":"Education Code","section":"49005.2","citation":"Ed. Code, § 49005.2","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"TITLE 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION [33000. - 65001.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/education-code/title-2"},{"name":"DIVISION 4. INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES [46000. - 65001.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/education-code/title-2/division-4"},{"name":"PART 27. PUPILS [48000. - 49703.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/education-code/title-2/division-4/part-27"},{"name":"CHAPTER 6. Pupil Rights and Responsibilities [48900. - 49056.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/education-code/title-2/division-4/part-27/chapter-6"},{"name":"ARTICLE 5.2. Restraint and Seclusion [49005. - 49006.4.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/education-code/title-2/division-4/part-27/chapter-6/article-5.2"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 998, Sec. 1.   (AB 2657)   Effective January 1, 2019.","effective":"2019-01-01","html":"<p>A pupil has the right to be free from the use of seclusion and behavioral restraints of any form imposed as a means of coercion, discipline, convenience, or retaliation by staff. This right includes, but is not limited to, the right to be free from the use of a drug administered to the pupil in order to control the pupil’s behavior or to restrict the pupil’s freedom of movement, if that drug is not a standard treatment for the pupil’s medical or psychiatric condition.</p>","text":"A pupil has the right to be free from the use of seclusion and behavioral restraints of any form imposed as a means of coercion, discipline, convenience, or retaliation by staff. This right includes, but is not limited to, the right to be free from the use of a drug administered to the pupil in order to control the pupil’s behavior or to restrict the pupil’s freedom of movement, if that drug is not a standard treatment for the pupil’s medical or psychiatric condition.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/education-code/restraint-and-seclusion-49005-2","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}