HB 1073 IN

0likes☆Favorite🔕SubscribeShare

Passed One Chamber

Provides that the commission on seclusion and restraint in schools (commission) must include eliminating or minimizing the need for use of time-out in its model restraint and seclusion plan. Requires the commission to meet biannually (instead of annually, under current law), and requires the commission to submit a biannual report to the state advisory council on the education of children with disabilities. Requires school corporations, subject to available funding, to have electronic recording equipment in each designated special education classroom, seclusion area, and time-out area not later than July 1, 2025. Provides that electronic recording equipment must be active and recording when certain areas are in use, and that any recorded audio files, images, and video must be stored for a period of not less than 60 days. Creates a process by which a parent of a special education student may request to review certain recordings. Provides that specified individuals employed by a school corporation may request to review to review recordings.

• Becky Cash Republican · author
• Brian Buchanan Republican · sponsor

1. Jan 8, 2024 Authored by Representative Cash · lower
2. Jan 8, 2024 First reading: referred to Committee on Education · lower
3. Jan 18, 2024 Representative Haggard C added as coauthor · lower
4. Jan 22, 2024 Representative Payne Z added as coauthor · lower
5. Jan 25, 2024 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted · lower
6. Jan 29, 2024 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed · lower
7. Jan 29, 2024 Amendment #1 (Cash) prevailed; voice vote · lower
8. Jan 30, 2024 Third reading: call withdrawn · lower
9. Jan 30, 2024 Representative Goodrich added as coauthor · lower
10. Jan 31, 2024 Senate sponsor: Senator Buchanan · lower
11. Jan 31, 2024 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 107: yeas 73, nays 24 · lower
12. Feb 1, 2024 Referred to the Senate · lower
13. Feb 12, 2024 First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development · upper

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Engrossed House Bill (S) · PDF
• House Bill (H) · PDF
• Introduced House Bill (H) · PDF