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SB 1418: 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; prohibiting specified manual physical restraint techniques; requiring that each school district develop policies and procedures governing the authorized use of manual physical restraint, the personnel authorized to use such restraint, training procedures, analysis of data, and the reduction of the use of manual physical restraint, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2017
Last Action: 5/5/2017 Senate - Died in Education
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Education (ED)
  2. Appropriations (AP)
  3. Rules (RC)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    3/1/2017 Senate • Filed
    3/14/2017 Senate • Referred to Education; Appropriations; Rules -SJ 192
    3/15/2017 Senate • Introduced -SJ 192
    5/5/2017 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
    • Died in Education

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  • SB 1418, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 3/1/2017 at 3:09 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (2)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 233 (c2) Students with Disabilities in Public Schools Edwards, Plasencia Compare Last Action: 5/5/2017 H Died on Calendar
    S 810 Students with Disabilities in Public Schools Stewart Compare Last Action: 5/5/2017 S Died in Education

    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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