Tennessee H.B. 1336
Isolation and Restraint
Requires isolation and restraint to be imposed by school personnel who have been certified for completing a behavior intervention training program or other school personnel when trained personnel are not immediately available. Deletes the definition of state-approved training program and adds the definition of behavior intervention training program for the purposes of isolation and restraint of special education students. Requires the records that local education agencies (LEAs) keep on incidents of isolation and restraint to contain whether the individual imposing the isolation and restraint has completed a behavior intervention training program. Requires LEAs, to the extent possible, to include behavior intervention training during any in-service days that an LEA uses to address the issues of prevention and intervention strategies for students in the area of behavioral and emotional issues. Requires school personnel who have completed a behavior intervention training program to be renewed periodically. Requires all schools to maintain records of isolation and restraint and to report bi-annually on these incidents to the LEA using existing data systems. Requires LEAs to report annually to the state department on the use of isolation and restraint. Requires the Department to report this information to the State Advisory Council for Education of Students with Disabilities and this requires the Council to make recommendations to the State Board of Education (SBOE). Requires the SBOE to use the recommendations and other data or reports to establish policies to reduce or eliminate the use of isolation and restraint. http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/107/Bill/HB1336.pdf
Source: http://www.capitol.tn.gov
Status: Signed into law	Status Date: 06/15/2011