SB 927 - Seclusion and Restraint in Schools

• Prohibits school employees from using physical restraints on students except as emergency interventions to prevent immediate injury, with bans on life-threatening restraints, restraints used for discipline, and restraints as substitutes for less restrictive alternatives

• Prohibits seclusion of students except as emergency interventions, requiring students be monitored by school employees and have clear line of sight beyond the seclusion area

• Requires determinations every 15 minutes (and every 30 minutes thereafter) by administrators or mental health personnel if physical restraint or seclusion exceeds 15 minutes

• Mandates schools convene behavioral assessment and intervention planning meetings when a student is physically restrained or secluded four or more times within 20 school days

• Requires training for all school staff on restraint and seclusion prevention and proper techniques by July 1, 2019, establishes crisis intervention teams at each school, and mandates annual reporting and documentation of all restraint and seclusion incidents