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Restraint and Seclusion Data

Downloadable data files containing student restraint and seclusion data for local educational agencies (LEAs) and non-public/non-sectarian (NPS) schools disaggregated by race/ethnicity, gender, student program group.

Files include state, county, LEA-level data (i.e., county office of education, district, and charter school), and data at the NPS-level. Please refer to the file structure for details on what data are contained in the file. For more information about these data, please visit the Information about the Restraint and Seclusion Data webpage.

Note: To protect student privacy, data in this file are suppressed (*) under the following conditions:

  • When the Reporting Category is NOT equal to TA (Total)
  • When the Aggregate Level is NOT equal to T (State)
  • When the corresponding cell size is 10 or less, including zero.
Year of Data File File Structure
2021–22 rsddata2122(XLSX; 2MB; Posted 15-Dec-2022) File Structure: Restraint and Seclusion Data
2020–21 rsddata2021(XLSX; 1MB; Posted 15-Dec-2021) File Structure: Restraint and Seclusion Data
2019–20 rsddata1920(XLSX; 2MB; Revised 11-Dec-2020) File Structure: Restraint and Seclusion Data

Click on the file name you wish to download and save the file to your computer. To view the file, open the file in a database or spreadsheet program.

Questions: Data Reporting Office | dro@cde.ca.gov | 916-327-0219 
Last Reviewed: Thursday, December 15, 2022