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SB 452: Seclusion and Restraint of Students with Disabilities in Public Schools

GENERAL BILL by Flores

Seclusion and Restraint of Students with Disabilities in Public Schools; Providing requirements for the use of manual physical restraint by school personnel; requiring each school to ensure medical evaluation of a student after the student is manually physically restrained; prohibiting school personnel from placing a student in seclusion; requiring that each school district develop policies and procedures governing the authorized use of manual physical restraint, personnel authorized to use such restraint, training procedures, analysis of data, and the reduction of the use of manual physical restraint, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2016
Last Action: 1/4/2016 Senate - Withdrawn prior to introduction
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    10/6/2015 Senate • Filed
    10/9/2015 Senate • Referred to Education Pre-K - 12; Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; Rules
    1/4/2016 Senate • Withdrawn from Education Pre-K - 12; Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; Rules
    • Withdrawn prior to introduction

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  • SB 452, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 10/6/2015 at 1:45 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 209 Seclusion and Restraint of Students with Disabilities in Public Schools Rodrigues Similar Last Action: 11/30/2015 H Withdrawn prior to introduction -HJ 22
    Location: Withdrawn from consideration

    Citations - Statutes (1)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    1003.573 Use of restraint and seclusion on students with disabilities. Page 2 (pdf)

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