Bills › 88th General Assembly
Directing the state board of education to adopt rules prohibiting school districts and accredited nonpublic schools from using seclusion rooms to isolate, confine, or detain students
Topics:K–12 education
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 13, 2020
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary The state board of education would create new rules to stop schools from using seclusion rooms to isolate or confine students. These rooms are any spaces in a school building where a student is prevented from leaving. This change would affect both public school districts and private schools.1
Read the official explanation
This bill directs the state board of education to adopt rules prohibiting school districts and accredited nonpublic schools from using seclusion rooms to isolate, confine, or detain students, and defines “seclusion room” as a room or other enclosure within a school facility from which a student’s egress is restricted.