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Bill would require at least one nonviolent-crisis-trained staff member in every school and clarify parents' rights in special-education settings
Summary
House Bill 1285 would require each school building to have at least one employee trained in nonviolent crisis intervention, confirm parents’ right to record IEP and case-conference meetings, and bar schools from disposing of a student’s personal effects before a parent can recover them when a student withdraws or dies.
House Bill 1285 would require each school building to have at least one employee trained in nonviolent crisis intervention available during the school day, affirm a parent or guardian’s right to record Individualized Education Program (IEP) or case-conference meetings, and prohibit schools from disposing of a student’s personal items before a parent or guardian has had the opportunity to collect them if the student withdraws or dies.
The bill’s sponsor, Representative Matt Cash, told the Senate Education and Career Development Committee the legislation seeks to better protect students with disabilities and to reduce or eliminate the use of seclusion rooms. He said some schools use small rooms—sometimes described as closets—for…
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