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.
Senate Committee References: Education Pre-K - 12 (ED) , Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (CF) , Budget (BC)
Last Action: 03/09/2012 Died in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
Effective Date: July 1, 2012
Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 08/29/2011 | Senate | • Filed |
| 09/08/2011 | Senate | • Referred to Education Pre-K - 12; Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Budget -SJ 19 |
| 01/10/2012 | Senate | • Introduced -SJ 19 |
| 01/25/2012 | Senate | • On Committee agenda-- Education Pre-K - 12, 01/30/12, 3:30 pm, 301 Senate Office Building |
| 01/30/2012 | Senate | • Favorable by Education Pre-K - 12; YEAS 5 NAYS 0 -SJ 300 |
| 01/31/2012 | Senate | • Now in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs -SJ 300 |
| 02/06/2012 | Senate | • On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 02/09/12, 1:15 pm, 401 Senate Office Building --Temporarily Postponed |
| 02/14/2012 | Senate | • On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 02/16/12, 10:30 am, 401 Senate Office Building --Temporarily Postponed |
| 03/09/2012 | Senate | • Died in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs |
