Florida Senate Bill 1008 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on May 1 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-05-01 - Died in Education Pre-K - 12
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Requiring that manual physical restraint be used only in an emergency when there is an imminent risk of serious injury or death to a student or others; prohibiting the use of manual physical restraint by school personnel who are not certified to use district-approved methods for applying restraint techniques; prohibiting school personnel from placing a student in seclusion; requiring that parents be notified of a school district's policies regarding the use of manual physical restraint, etc.

Seclusion and Restraint on Students with Disabilities in Public Schools

Sen. Anitere Flores [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-05-01	Senate	Died in Education Pre-K - 12
2015-03-03	Senate	Introduced
2015-02-27	Senate	Referred to Education Pre-K - 12; Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; Rules
2015-02-18	Senate	Filed

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
1003	573		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2015/1008
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2015/1008/BillText/Filed/HTML