Senate Sponsors: BERMAN-PARKER. House Sponsors: MCCARTHY-CROTTY-DAVIS,MONIQUE-BOLAND-SILVA Short description: SCH CD-SPEC ED-BEHAVIOR Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code to change the caption to the Section concerning behavioral intervention. SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Deletes reference to: 105 ILCS 5/14-8.05 Adds reference to: 105 ILCS 5/2-3.126 new 105 ILCS 5/10-20.31 new 105 ILCS 5/34-18.18 new Deletes everything. Amends the School Code. Requires the State Board of Education to promulgate rules governing the forms of behavioral interventions in use at some schools around the State and the serious safety issues that they raise. Provides that pending adoption of these rules, a school board shall prohibit the use of adversive forms of behavior interventions that are contrary to current State Board of Education guidelines, including any locked room, any confining space such as a closet or box, or any room where the student cannot be continually observed that is contrary to current State Board of Education guidelines. Provides that a school board shall prohibit the use of physical restraints except when the student poses an immediate, serious physical risk to himself, herself, or others, there is no medical counterindication to its use, and the staff applying the restraint has been trained in its safe application. Provides that, in these instances, the school board shall require the school to fully document the incident. Provides that a school board shall require that the parents or guardian of a student be informed whenever physical restraints are used. Effective immediately. FISCAL NOTE (State Board of Education) At the State level, staff time would be necessary to develop and promulgate rules; at the local level, existing policies would need to be examined and modified. Existing staff could be used in both instances. STATE MANDATES NOTE (State Board of Education) Same as SBE fiscal note. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Adds reference to: 105 ILCS 5/14-8.05 from Ch. 122, par. 14-8.05 Deletes everything. Reinserts the contents of the bill as engrossed, with changes. Provides that the State Board of Education shall promulgate rules governing the use of time out and physical restraint in the public schools (instead of governing the forms of behavioral interventions in use at some schools around the State). Limits the definition of "restraint". Allows the use of physical restraints to be included in a student's individualized education plan. Provides that the policies and procedures adopted and implemented by school boards concerning the use of behavioral interventions for students with disabilities who require behavioral intervention shall be amended as necessary to comply with the rules established by the State Board of Education. Makes other changes. Effective immediately. Last action on Bill: PUBLIC ACT.............................. 91-0600 Last action date: 99-08-14 Location: Senate Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 1 SENATE - 1 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status