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1 AN ACT to amend the School Code by adding Sections
2 2-3.126, 10-20.31, and 34-18.18.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Sections
6 2-3.126, 10-20.31, and 34-18.18 as follows:
7 (105 ILCS 5/2-3.126 new)
8 Sec. 2-3.126. Behavioral intervention rules. The State
9 Board of Education shall promulgate rules governing the forms
10 of behavioral interventions in use at some schools around the
11 State and the serious safety issues that they raise.
12 (105 ILCS 5/10-20.31 new)
13 Sec. 10-20.31. Behavior intervention. Pending adoption
14 of rules under Section 2-3.126 of this Code, a school board
15 shall prohibit the use of adversive forms of behavior
16 interventions that are contrary to current guidelines of the
17 State Board of Education, including any locked room, any
18 confining space such as a closet or box, or any room where
19 the student cannot be continually observed that is contrary
20 to current guidelines of the State Board of Education. A
21 school board shall prohibit the use of physical restraints
22 except when the student poses an immediate, serious physical
23 risk to himself, herself, or others, there is no medical
24 counterindication to its use, and the staff applying the
25 restraint have been trained in its safe application. In
26 these instances, the school board shall require the school to
27 fully document the incident, including the events leading up
28 to the incident, the type of restraint used and the length of
29 time, and the staff involved. A school board shall require
30 that the parents or guardian of a student be informed
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1 whenever physical restraints are used.
2 (105 ILCS 5/34-18.18 new)
3 Sec. 34-18.18. Behavior intervention. Pending adoption
4 of rules under Section 2-3.126 of this Code, the Board shall
5 prohibit the use of adversive forms of behavior interventions
6 that are contrary to current guidelines of the State Board of
7 Education, including any locked room, any confining space
8 such as a closet or box, or any room where the student cannot
9 be continually observed that is contrary to current
10 guidelines of the State Board of Education. The board shall
11 prohibit the use of physical restraints except when the
12 student poses an immediate, serious physical risk to himself,
13 herself, or others, there is no medical counterindication to
14 its use, and the staff applying the restraint have been
15 trained in its safe application. In these instances, the
16 Board shall require the school to fully document the
17 incident, including the events leading up to the incident,
18 the type of restraint used and the length of time, and the
19 staff involved. The Board shall require that the parents or
20 guardian of a student be informed whenever physical
21 restraints are used.
22 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
23 becoming law.
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