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Friday, September 03, 2010
 
HB 81 - Use, Prevention, and Reduction of Seclusion and Restraint on Students with Disabilities in Public Schools
GENERAL BILL   by Hukill (CO-SPONSORS) Ambler; Anderson; Bernard; Brandenburg; Burgin; Flores; Fresen; Glorioso; Gonzalez; Heller; Hudson; Jenne; Kiar; Llorente; Mayfield; McBurney; Nehr; Pafford; Planas; Porth; Precourt; Rader; Reed; Sachs; Schenck; Schultz; Schwartz; Skidmore; Soto; Stargel; Steinberg; Tobia; Williams, T.; Zapata
Use, Prevention, and Reduction of Seclusion and Restraint on Students with Disabilities in Public Schools: Provides that manual physical restraint shall be used only in emergency when there is imminent risk of serious injury or death to student or others; provides restrictions on use of manual physical restraint; prohibits use of manual physical restraint by school personnel who are not trained & certified to use district-approved methods for applying restraint techniques; prohibits school personnel from placing student in seclusion; provides requirements for use of time-out; requires school to prepare incident report after occasion of student restraint; requires development & revision of school district policies & procedures.
Effective Date: July 1, 2010
Last Event: Laid on Table under Rule 7.20, refer to CS for HB 1073 & HB 81 on Thursday, March 25, 2010 4:37 PM
Referred Committees and Committee Actions:
-  PreK-12 Policy Committee
      On agenda for: 03/25/10 9:00 AMNotice
Favorable With Committee Substitute (final action)See Votes
-  Health Care Services Policy Committee
-  PreK-12 Appropriations Committee
-  Education Policy Council
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Bill History:
EventTimeMemberCommittee
Laid on Table under Rule 7.20, refer to CS for HB 1073 & HB 81 Thursday, March 25, 2010 4:37 PM   
Favorable with CS by PreK-12 Policy Committee Thursday, March 25, 2010 12:30 PM  PreK-12 Policy Committee
PCSMB added to PreK-12 Policy Committee agenda Tuesday, March 23, 2010 4:05 PM  PreK-12 Policy Committee
1st Reading Tuesday, March 02, 2010 10:50 PM   
Now in PreK-12 Policy Committee Thursday, October 01, 2009 11:25 AM  PreK-12 Policy Committee
Referred to Education Policy Council Thursday, October 01, 2009 11:25 AM  Education Policy Council
Referred to PreK-12 Appropriations Committee Thursday, October 01, 2009 11:25 AM  PreK-12 Appropriations Committee
Referred to Health Care Services Policy Committee Thursday, October 01, 2009 11:25 AM  Health Care Services Policy Committee
Referred to PreK-12 Policy Committee Thursday, October 01, 2009 11:25 AM  PreK-12 Policy Committee
Filed Thursday, August 20, 2009 3:20 PM Hukill 
Statutes Referenced by this Bill
1003.573
 

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