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Panel approves bill to codify seclusion and restraint rules, add reporting and immediate parent notification
Summary
Sen. Luz Escamilla said SB 170 codifies emergency safety intervention definitions and reporting requirements and that seclusion and restraint must be last resorts.
Sen. Luz Escamilla, sponsor of Senate Bill 170, told the House Education Committee the bill responds to parental concerns and media reports about use of seclusion rooms and physical restraints in K‑12 schools across the state.
"We use a definition of seclusion that was passed in 2021," Sen. Escamilla said, referencing definitions incorporated from prior legislation and explaining the bill "creates a process to get us to potentially physical restraint or seclusion in situations where there's an emergency" and places seclusion and restraint as last‑resort emergency safety interventions.
Escamilla said the measure pulls definitions and policy…
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