HOUSE BILL No. 5415

March 2, 2016, Introduced by Rep. Tedder and referred to the Committee on Education.

 

     A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled

 

"The revised school code,"

 

(MCL 380.1 to 380.1852) by adding section 1307f.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 1307f. The state policy under section 1307a shall include

 

at least all of the following provisions concerning data

 

collection:

 

     (a) The intermediate school district, in accordance with

 

department guidelines, shall develop a system of data collection

 

regarding the use of seclusion and restraint.

 

     (b) All of the following should occur with respect to the data

 

collected under subdivision (a):

 

     (i) The data should be analyzed by the school, the school

 

district, and the intermediate school district to determine the

 


efficacy of the school's schoolwide system of behavioral support.

 

     (ii) The data should be analyzed in the context of suspension,

 

expulsion, and dropout data.

 

     (iii) The data should be analyzed for the purposes of continuous

 

improvement of training and technical assistance toward the

 

elimination of seclusion and restraint and the reduction or

 

elimination of emergency seclusion and emergency physical

 

restraint.

 

     (iv) The data should be analyzed on a schedule determined by

 

the department.

 

     (v) The data should be reported electronically to the

 

department in accordance with department guidelines.

 

     (vi) The data should include a list of key identified personnel

 

and their levels of education, training, and knowledge.

 

     (c) The department should post on its website and make

 

available redacted, aggregate data on the reported use of seclusion

 

and restraint, compiled by district on a quarterly basis.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.

 

     Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless all of the following bills of the 98th Legislature are

 

enacted into law:

 

     (a) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5410 (request no.

 

04860'15).

 

     (b) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5417 (request no.

 

04867'15).