SB 144 (2012) -  Seclusion and Restraint on Students With Disabilities in Public Schools

General Bill by Flores (CO-SPONSORS) 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: 07/01/2012
Last Event: 03/09/12 S Died in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs on Friday, March 9, 2012 11:59 PM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

Senate Referrals

  • Education Pre-K - 12
    • On agenda for: 01/30/12 3:30 PM
    • Favorable (final action) Votes: Yeas 5   Nays 0
  • Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
    • On agenda for: 02/16/12 10:30 AM
  • Budget

Related Bills

Bill # Subject Relationship
Bill #: HB 1467 Subject: Public School Education Relationship: Similar

Bill Text

  • Original Filed Version
    • D 695260 , Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, Detert Date Filed: 02/08/12, Line#: 0 Senate(c): Favorable 02/16/2012 12:17 PM
    • AA 516078 , Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, Storms Date Filed: 02/10/12, Line#: 12 Senate(c): Favorable 02/16/2012 12:17 PM
    • AA 158648 , Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, Storms Date Filed: 02/10/12, Line#: 123 Senate(c): Favorable 02/16/2012 12:17 PM
    • AA 838606 , Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, Storms Date Filed: 02/10/12, Line#: 141 Senate(c): Favorable 02/16/2012 12:17 PM

Staff Analysis

Chamber Committee
Chamber: Senate Committee: Children, Families, and Elder Affairs 2/8/2012 8:08:26 AM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Education Pre-K - 12 1/31/2012 7:59:16 AM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Education Pre-K - 12 1/27/2012 4:21:53 PM

Vote History

(No Votes Recorded)

Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: S Died in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Time: 03/09/2012 - 11:59 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 02/16/12, 10:30 am, 401 Senate Office Building --Temporarily Postponed Time: 02/14/2012 - 7:29 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 02/09/12, 1:15 pm, 401 Senate Office Building --Temporarily Postponed Time: 02/06/2012 - 4:39 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Now in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs -SJ 300 Time: 01/31/2012 - 8:26 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Favorable by Education Pre-K - 12; YEAS 5 NAYS 0 -SJ 300 Time: 01/30/2012 - 5:56 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Education Pre-K - 12, 01/30/12, 3:30 pm, 301 Senate Office Building Time: 01/25/2012 - 5:24 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Introduced -SJ 19 Time: 01/10/2012 - 8:28 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Referred to Education Pre-K - 12; Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Budget -SJ 19 Time: 09/08/2011 - 2:55 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Filed Time: 08/29/2011 - 2:21 PM Member: Committee: Version: __

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute Other Bill Citations
1003.573 HB 1467