The Kansas State Board of Education could vote as early astoday to adopt new proposed regulations on just how students with autism and other conditions that cause behavior disorders would be protected from the use of harsh physical restraint procedures.

Currently the state maintains guidelines that schools are encouraged, but not mandated, to follow. But the new regulations on “emergency safety interventions” would go further by requiring all school districts to adopt formal policies that conform to specific standards. They would also require schools to provide training in the use of those interventions and to document every instance when they are used.