SB 1318 Summary

• Prohibits teachers, principals, and school employees from subjecting pupils to corporal punishment, effective immediately upon enactment.

• Allows continued use of restraint and seclusion techniques only when a pupil's behavior presents imminent danger of bodily harm and less restrictive interventions are insufficient.

• Requires schools to maintain continuous visual monitoring during restraint or seclusion, end the technique when danger ceases, and use only trained personnel except in emergencies.

• Mandates schools provide same-day or 24-hour notice to parents when restraint or seclusion is used, and written documentation within a reasonable time including triggers, behavior details, technique type, and duration.

• Removes provisions allowing corporal punishment from school discipline rules in Arizona Revised Statutes section 15-843 while maintaining procedures for reasonable physical force in self-defense and defense of others.