Florida Senate Bill 1350 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: Introduced on February 23 2011 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2011-05-07 - Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Provides legislative findings and intent relating to the use, prevention, and reduction of seclusion and restraint on students with disabilities in public schools. Requires 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. Provides restrictions on the use of manual physical restraint. Prohibits the use of such restraint by school personnel who are not certified to use district-approved methods for applying restraint techniques, etc.

Students with Disabilities/Seclusion & Restraint

Sen. Anitere Flores [R]

Sen. Ronda Storms [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-05-07		Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
2011-03-08		Introduced -SJ 101
2011-03-07		Referred to Education Pre-K - 12; Health Regulation; Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Budget -SJ 101
2011-02-23		Filed

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

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2011/1350
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2011/1350/BillText/Filed/HTML