2025 bills / S.B. 170
S.B. 170 School Discipline Amendments (2025)
- Introduced
- Senate committee
- Senate vote
- House committee
- House vote
- Signed into law
What this bill does
This bill puts existing school physical intervention rules into one section of state law. It requires the State Board of Education to write rules on physical intervention, sets standards for restraint, and allows seclusion only in defined cases. Schools must report data on student confinement, and the bill sets investigation steps, liability limits, and penalties for violations.
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Official description
- consolidates and clarifies existing school physical intervention provisions into a single section of code
- requires the State Board of Education to establish administrative rules for physical intervention in schools
- establishes standards for use of physical restraint in schools
- defines allowed incidences of seclusion in schools
- requires local education agencies to collect and report data on incidents of student confinement
- provides for investigation and enforcement requirements
- outlines liability protections and exceptions
- establishes consequences for violations of the law
- makes technical changes
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Every vote
- 5 yes, 0 no, 2 absentSenate Education Committee: vote to change the bill · Feb 4, 2025Who voted how
- 5 yes, 0 no, 2 absentSenate Education Committee: vote to approve it · Feb 4, 2025Who voted how
- 23 yes, 0 no, 6 absentFirst of two Senate votes · Feb 11, 2025Who voted how
- 28 yes, 0 no, 1 absentFinal Senate vote · Feb 12, 2025Who voted how
- 11 yes, 0 no, 5 absentHouse Education Committee: Amendment Recommendation · Feb 27, 2025Who voted how
- 11 yes, 0 no, 5 absentHouse Education Committee: Amendment Recommendation · Feb 27, 2025Who voted how
- 11 yes, 0 no, 5 absentHouse Education Committee: vote to approve it · Feb 27, 2025Who voted how
- 72 yes, 0 no, 3 absentFinal House vote · Mar 5, 2025Who voted how
- 27 yes, 0 no, 2 absentSenate vote to accept the other chamber's changes · Mar 5, 2025Who voted how