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SB 144: Seclusion and Restraint on Students With Disabilities in Public Schools

GENERAL BILL by Flores ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Sachs ; Storms ; Ring

Seclusion and Restraint on Students With Disabilities in Public Schools; Requiring that manual physical restraint be used only in an emergency when there is an imminent risk of serious injury or death to the student or others; providing restrictions on the use of manual physical restraint; prohibiting the use of manual physical restraint by school personnel who are not certified to use district-approved methods for applying restraint techniques; requiring that each school medically evaluate a student after the student is manually physically restrained; prohibiting school personnel from placing a student in seclusion; providing requirements for the use of time-out; requiring that a school district report its training and certification procedures to the Department of Education, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2012
 Last Action: 3/9/2012 Senate - Died in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Education Pre-K - 12 (ED)
  2. Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (CF)
  3. Budget (BC)


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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
8/29/2011 Senate • Filed
9/8/2011 Senate • Referred to Education Pre-K - 12; Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Budget -SJ 19
1/10/2012 Senate • Introduced -SJ 19
1/25/2012 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Education Pre-K - 12, 01/30/12, 3:30 pm, 301 Senate Office Building
1/30/2012 Senate • Favorable by Education Pre-K - 12; YEAS 5 NAYS 0 -SJ 300
1/31/2012 Senate • Now in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs -SJ 300
2/6/2012 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 02/09/12, 1:15 pm, 401 Senate Office Building --Temporarily Postponed
2/14/2012 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 02/16/12, 10:30 am, 401 Senate Office Building --Temporarily Postponed
3/9/2012 Senate • Died in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs