attend fulltime. The report Improving Education Outcomes for Children with Disability in Victoria found that approximately 15% of interviewed parents had experienced some form of difficulty when enrolling their child in a mainstream Victorian Government School.257 284. A 2017 survey of 771 students with disability conducted by Children and Young People with Disability Australia identified that 19% of all respondents had experienced restraint at school, and 21% of respondents had experienced seclusion.258 285. The Commission is concerned about the use of restrictive practices in schools. Restrictive practices include the inconsistent, unregulated and unmonitored use of seclusion and restraint against students with disability in schools.259 Recommendation 37: The Australian Government in its Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability includes children that do not qualify for support or do not have access to mainstream schools. Recommendation 38: The Australian Government commissions an investigation into the use of restrictive practices in Australian schools and strategies to promote inclusive education for children with disability. 8.5 Suspension and expulsion 286. Data on suspensions and expulsions in government schools are inconsistent and unavailable in some states and territories. 287. NSW has the most complete dataset, including a categorisation of the types of suspensions and expulsions, as well as the corresponding reasons. The NSW data shows higher rates of suspension in particular groups, including those with a child protection or out-of-home care history.260 Almost 60% of children in out-of-home care were suspended in 2016, and these children lost, on average, 29 school days to suspensions.261 288. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students are also overrepresented in NSW. They accounted for 25% of total suspensions in 2016.262 Suspension rates among these students does not appear to be reducing.263 289. The Commissioner for Children and Young People in Western Australia recently published the views of children and young people on what factors influence their engagement or disengagement from school. This involved 48