FIFTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE

FIRST REGULAR SESSION, 2025

 

February 21, 2025

 

 

 

Mr. Speaker:

 

    Your GOVERNMENT, ELECTIONS AND INDIAN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred

 

HOUSE BILL 260

 

has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:

 

     1. On page 3, lines 11 and 12, strike "and without continuous line-of-sight supervision".

 

     2. On page 3, line 12, after "mean", insert a colon and the subparagraph designation "(a)".

 

     3. On page 3, line 17, strike "and" and insert in lieu thereof "or" and between lines 17 and 18, insert:

 

                     "(b) supervised confinement with continuous line-of-sight supervision of a student in the case of imminent serious physical harm by the student to self or others, and confinement shall end immediately when the student's behavior no longer presents an imminent danger of serious physical harm to the student or others. Instances of supervised confinement are subject to all the requirements and limitations applied to physical restraint, including the reporting and documentation requirements of Subsection H of this section; and".

 

     4. On page 10, line 10, before the period, insert "or if a parent has reasonable grounds to believe that restraint or seclusion may have occurred".

 

                             

                             Respectfully submitted

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                 

D. Wonda Johnson, Chairwoman

 

 

Adopted     Not Adopted

           (Chief Clerk)                            (Chief Clerk)

 

Date

 

 

The roll call vote was 4 For 3 Against

Yes:      4

No:       Block, Mejia, Zamora

Excused:  Lujan, Szczepanski

Absent:   None

 

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