HB 684: STUDENTS: Provides relative to the use of seclusion and physical restraint to address the behavior of students with exceptionalities (EN NO IMPACT See Note) - Louisiana

Senate Floor Bureau Note, #2630, Mizell, Adopted → HB684 Act 479 · 5 edits

MODERATE

The bill transitions from a single-page amendment note to a full enrolled act, significantly expanding the scope of regulations regarding student behavior management. It adds new statutory sections to mandate crisis intervention training for teachers, require cameras in special education classrooms, and strictly define when seclusion and physical restraint are permissible. These changes aim to standardize safety protocols and ensure educators are properly trained to handle disruptive behaviors in students with exceptionalities.

Scope change

The bill's scope expanded from a limited amendment to a comprehensive reenactment of multiple existing statutes and the creation of new ones, applying to all public school districts in Louisiana.

REQUIREMENT

Added a new requirement for teacher preparation programs to include specific crisis intervention training and behavior management strategies for students with disabilities.

Established a mandate for the installation of cameras in special education classrooms to monitor the use of seclusion and physical restraint.

Required school handbooks to include detailed information on crisis intervention and the proper use of seclusion and physical restraint for parents of students with Individualized Education Programs.

DEFINITION

Refined the definition of 'crisis intervention' to explicitly include positive behavioral supports and sensory rooms, while clarifying that seclusion and physical restraint are only allowed in extraordinary circumstances involving imminent risk of harm.

SCOPE

Expanded the list of officials responsible for enacting and overseeing these new behavioral standards to include multiple university and state board supervisors.

HB684 Original → Senate Floor Bureau Note, #2630, Mizell, Adopted · 1 edit

MINOR

The bill was amended to change a single word from 'Behavior' to 'Behavioral' in the title of a section regarding student intervention plans. This is a minor technical correction intended to improve grammatical consistency and clarity within the statute.

TECHNICAL

Changed the word 'Behavior' to 'Behavioral' in the naming of a specific plan type to ensure grammatical correctness.

HB684 Enrolled → HB684 Original · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was renumbered from an enrolled version to an original prefiled version, indicating it is in the early stages of the legislative process. The substantive scope of the bill remains focused on regulating the use of seclusion and physical restraint for students with exceptionalities, though minor formatting adjustments were made to the list of sponsoring legislators.

Scope change

The bill's scope and applicability remain unchanged; it continues to address the use of seclusion and physical restraint for students with exceptionalities.

TECHNICAL

The bill status changed from 'ENROLLED' to 'ORIGINAL', and the bill number format was updated to include the prefiled reference number HLS 25RS-2149.

The list of sponsoring legislators was significantly shortened, removing most co-sponsors and retaining only Representative Mack.

Minor formatting adjustments were made to the introductory text describing the bill's purpose and the list of statutes being amended.

HB684 Reengrossed → HB684 Enrolled · 2 edits · Jun 20, 2025

MINOR

The bill was finalized and enrolled, updating the list of sponsoring legislators to include additional senators. The substantive policy content regarding student discipline remains identical to the previous version, defining seclusion and physical restraint as non-corporal punishment and mandating crisis intervention training for teachers.

TECHNICAL

The list of sponsoring legislators was updated to include additional senators (Barrow, Cloud, Connick, Edmonds, Fesi, Foil, Henry, McMath, Miguez, Pressly, Price, Selders, and Stine) in the enrolled version.

The bill's title and summary were slightly rephrased in the enrolled version to explicitly mention 'seclusion rooms' and 'effectiveness' alongside existing requirements for seclusion, physical restraint, and camera installation.

HB684 Engrossed → HB684 Reengrossed · 4 edits · Jun 2, 2025

MODERATE

The reengrossed version of HB 684 adds four new co-sponsors to the bill and modifies the legislative text to repeal a specific subsection of an existing law regarding seclusion and restraint. The substantive changes include correcting a citation error in the bill's summary and renumbering a repealed statute from (9) to (7), while retaining the core requirements for teacher training and seclusion protocols.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on student behavior management in special education, but the specific legal authority being repealed was adjusted by changing the subsection number from (9) to (7).

ELIGIBILITY

Added Representatives Bayham, Berault, Billings, Wilford, Carter, Carver, Coates, Dickerson, Edmonston, Jackson, Owen, Spell, and Wyble as co-sponsors.

TECHNICAL

Corrected the bill summary to remove a redundant phrase ('to provide relative to') and added a clause regarding the bill's effectiveness.

Repealed R.S. 17:1948(C)(7) and (9) instead of only (9) and (G), indicating a change in which specific legal provisions are being removed.

Adjusted the renumbering of the repealed statute from (9) to (7) to align with the updated list of repealed sections.

STUDENTS: Provides relative to the use of seclusion and physical restraint to address the behavior of students with exceptionalities (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

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