Bill To Ban Shocks At Canton Special Education School Passes First Test In U.S. House Of Representatives The Rotenberg Center campus in Canton. Meredith Nierman / WGBH News The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed legislation that would prohibit the Department of Education from funding any institution that uses electric shock devices to discipline students — a provision specifically intended to stop the practice at a Massachusetts special education school. Currently only one institution is known to use shock therapy to treat patients with disabilities in the United States: the Related Stories The language was added to a massive spending bill covering federal health, education and labor programs. Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Mass., told GBH News that she added the provision to the bill to stop the practice at the school. Clark previously worked as an attorney at the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care, where she sued the school for their use of “aversive practices” to discipline people with disabilities.