Illinois HB 1360 was adopted on August 10, 2015. This act took effect on September 1, 2015 as Public Act 99-0325.
This bill applies seclusion and restraint requirements in the Illinois health and safety code for public schools to charter schools. Key rules that now apply to charter schools are:
- Seclusion and restraint can only be used to preserve the safety of students and others and not as a means for discipline.
- Any staff who physically restrain students must have had “systemic training” within the last two years.
- An individual can provide training to others in a method of physical restraint only if they have written evidence of completing training in that technique.
- The district must serve notice to parents within 24 hours of the seclusion and restraint incident.
- A student shall not be kept in isolated time out for longer than is therapeutically necessary, which shall not be for more than 30 minutes.
- A student shall be immediately released from any physical restraint when it is determined they are no longer a threat to themselves or others.
A written record of each episode of isolated time out or physical restraint shall be maintained in the student's temporary record.
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