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MI HB6513

Bill

Status

Introduced

11/27/2018

Primary Sponsor

Julie Calley

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Origin

House of Representatives

99th Legislature

AI Summary

  • Amends Michigan's Revised School Code to modify definitions related to student restraint and seclusion practices in schools.

  • Adds new definition of "imminent risk" as an immediate and impending threat by a student to cause substantial physical injury to self or others.

  • Changes the definition of "emergency situation" to require an imminent risk, removing language that previously included risk to "the safety of the individual pupil or to the safety of others."

  • Changes "shall" to "must" in the functional behavioral assessment definition to clarify that assessments must describe specific problematic behaviors, report frequency, assess environmental conditions, and identify factors maintaining behaviors.

  • Takes effect 90 days after enactment into law.

Legislative Description

Education; other; definition of imminent risk; create. Amends sec. 1307h of 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1307h).

State agencies (existing): education

Last Action

Bill Electronically Reproduced 11/27/2018

11/28/2018

Committee Referrals

Education Reform11/27/2018

Full Bill Text

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