FL S0144 | 2012 | Regular Session

Status

Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Failed on March 9 2012 - 100% progression
Action: 2012-03-09 - Died in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Summary

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.

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Title

Seclusion and Restraint on Students With Disabilities in Public Schools

Sponsors


History

DateChamberAction
2012-03-09 Died in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
2012-02-14 On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 02/16/12, 10:30 am, 401 Senate Office Building --Temporarily Postponed
2012-02-06 On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 02/09/12, 1:15 pm, 401 Senate Office Building --Temporarily Postponed
2012-01-31 Now in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs -SJ 300
2012-01-30 Favorable by Education Pre-K - 12; YEAS 5 NAYS 0 -SJ 300
2012-01-25 On Committee agenda-- Education Pre-K - 12, 01/30/12, 3:30 pm, 301 Senate Office Building
2012-01-10 Introduced -SJ 19
2011-09-08 Referred to Education Pre-K - 12; Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Budget -SJ 19
2011-08-29 Filed

Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
1003573Amended CodeSee Bill Text

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Bill Comments

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