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HB 1443 Public schools; Board of Education regulations on use of seclusion and restraint.
Introduced by: Richard P. Bell | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Use of seclusion and restraint in public schools; Board of Education regulations. Requires the Board of Education to adopt regulations on the use of seclusion and restraint in public elementary and secondary schools in the Commonwealth. The bill requires that such regulations be consistent with certain existing guidance documents; include definitions of terms, criteria for use, restrictions on use, training requirements, notification requirements, reporting requirements, and follow-up requirements; and address distinctions between certain student populations. The bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Commission on Youth. This bill is identical to SB 782.
FULL TEXT
- 12/29/14 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15101667D pdf
- 02/04/15 House: Printed as engrossed 15101667D-E pdf
- 02/19/15 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1443ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/16/15 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0142) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 12/29/14 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15101667D
- 12/29/14 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/16/15 House: Assigned Education sub: Elementary and Secondary Education
- 01/28/15 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (9-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/15 House: Reported from Education with amendment (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/15 House: Read first time
- 02/04/15 House: Read second time
- 02/04/15 House: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/04/15 House: Engrossed by House as amended HB1443E
- 02/04/15 House: Printed as engrossed 15101667D-E
- 02/05/15 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/15 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/15 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/06/15 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/12/15 Senate: Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 1-N)
- 02/13/15 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/15 Senate: Read third time
- 02/16/15 Senate: Passed Senate (36-Y 1-N 1-A)
- 02/16/15 Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (36-Y 1-N)
- 02/16/15 Senate: Passed Senate (37-Y 1-N)
- 02/19/15 House: Enrolled
- 02/19/15 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1443ER)
- 02/19/15 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/20/15 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/23/15 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/23/15
- 02/23/15 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, March 29, 2015
- 03/16/15 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 142 (effective 7/1/15)
- 03/16/15 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0142)