Emergency Safety Interventions (ESI) are seclusion and restraint that are used when a student presents a reasonable and immediate danger to him or herself or others.

ESI resources

Please click here to access A Family Guide to the Use of Emergency Safety Interventions (Seclusion and Restraint) in Kansas. (This document also is available in Spanish by clicking here.) The ESI resource includes further definitions and descriptions, as well as information about when ESI may be used, related requirements, parent notifications, and how to file a complaint.

Parents have a right to file a complaint through the local dispute resolution process and the Kansas State Board of Education’s (KSBE) administrative review process. If you have an issue you would like to discuss with Maize USD 266, please contact Executive Director of Operations/Special Programs Richard Bell at 316-722-0614 or rbell@usd266.com.

For more information:

Families Together, Inc.

Topeka Parent Center: 1-800-264-6343

topeka@familiestogetherinc.org

Wichita Parent Center: 1-888-815-6364

wichita@familiestogetherinc.org

Garden City Parent Center: 1-888-820-6364

gardencity@familiestogetherinc.org

Kansas Parent Information Resource Center (KPIRC)

1-866-711-6711

www.kpirc.org

Disability Rights Center of Kansas

1-877-776-1541

www.drckansas.org

Kansas State Department of Education (KSDE)

1-800-203-9462

www.ksde.org

District ESI policy

Maize USD 266 has written policy regarding Emergency Safety Intervention, which you can read by clicking here or on the attachment below.

 Documents:

• Emergency Safety Intervention Standards (July 1, 2016)
• Parents Rights
• Process for Complaint to State Board
• ESI Medical Condition Form
• Parent Request for Notification