Special education. Provides that the commission on seclusion and restraint in schools (commission) must include eliminating or minimizing the need for use of time-out in its model restraint and seclusion plan. Requires the commission to meet biannually (instead of annually, under current law), and requires the commission to submit a biannual report to the state advisory council on the education of children with disabilities. Requires school corporations, subject to available funding, to have electronic recording equipment in each designated special education classroom, seclusion area, and time-out area not later than July 1, 2025. Provides that electronic recording equipment must be active and recording when certain areas are in use, and that any recorded audio files, images, and video must be stored for a period of not less than 60 days. Creates a process by which a parent of a special education student may request to review certain recordings. Provides that specified individuals employed by a school corporation may request to review to review recordings.
Authored by Representative Cash |
2024-01-31 | House | House - Third reading | PASS |
Title | Description | Date | View |
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Fiscal Note | Fiscal Note #2: House Engrossed | 2024-01-31 | Click To View |
Fiscal Note | Fiscal Note #1: House Engrossed | 2024-01-29 | Click To View |
Fiscal Note | Fiscal Note #1: House Comm Sub | 2024-01-25 | Click To View |
Committee Report | House Committee Report | 2024-01-25 | Click To View |
Vote Sheet | Vote Sheet January 24, 2024 | 2024-01-24 | Click To View |
Fiscal Note | Fiscal Note #1: Introduced | 2024-01-04 | Click To View |
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2024-02-12 | Senate | First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development |
2024-02-01 | House | Referred to the Senate |
2024-01-31 | House | Senate sponsor: Senator Buchanan |
2024-01-31 | House | Third reading: passed; Roll Call 107: yeas 73, nays 24 |
2024-01-30 | House | Third reading: call withdrawn |
2024-01-30 | House | Representative Goodrich added as coauthor |
2024-01-29 | House | Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed |
2024-01-29 | House | Amendment #1 (Cash) prevailed; voice vote |
2024-01-25 | House | Committee report: amend do pass, adopted |
2024-01-22 | House | Representative Payne Z added as coauthor |
2024-01-18 | House | Representative Haggard C added as coauthor |
2024-01-08 | House | First reading: referred to Committee on Education |
2024-01-08 | House | Authored by Representative Cash |