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House Bill 785 |
House Author: Allen et al. |
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Effective: 6-4-21 |
Senate Sponsor: Zaffirini |
House Bill 785 amends the Education Code to set out certain provisions relating to behavioral management for students enrolled in special education. The bill requires such a student's individualized education program committee at least annually to review a student's behavior improvement plan or behavioral intervention plan, if applicable. The bill requires a public school district that takes disciplinary action that constitutes a change in placement regarding an applicable student to seek parental consent to do the following:
· conduct a functional behavioral assessment or review the student's previous assessment and any associated behavior improvement plan or behavioral intervention plan, as applicable; and
· develop or revise a behavior improvement plan or behavioral intervention plan for the student as necessary.
House Bill 785 provides for statewide standard procedures for the use of restraint and time‑out for a student receiving special education services, including requiring a district to provide certain parental notification of each use of restraint, to include documentation of such notifications in the student's records, and to document each use of time-out prompted by a behavior specified in the student's behavior improvement plan or behavioral intervention plan, if applicable.