Sponsored by:
Senator KRISTIN M. CORRADO
District 40 (Bergen, Essex and Passaic)
Senator M. TERESA RUIZ
District 29 (Essex and Hudson)
SYNOPSIS
Requires DOE to collect and publish data on use of restraints and seclusion on students with disabilities.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning students with disabilities and supplementing P.L.2017, c.291 (C.18A:46-13.4 et seq.).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. The Department of Education shall annually collect data from school districts, educational services commissions, and approved private schools for students with disabilities on the number and times a physical restraint or a seclusion technique was utilized on a student with disabilities and the type and duration of the physical restraint or seclusion technique that was utilized, and the number of students with disabilities on which a physical restraint or a seclusion technique was utilized.
The department shall publish the data collected pursuant to this section annually on its website in a manner that protects student privacy. The data published on the website shall be disaggregated by county and by the race, gender, and age of the student.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill requires the Department of Education to annually collect data from school districts, educational services commissions, and approved private schools for students with disabilities on the number and times a physical restraint or a seclusion technique was utilized on a student with disabilities and the type and duration of the physical restraint or seclusion technique that was utilized, and the number of students with disabilities on which a physical restraint or a seclusion technique was utilized. The department is required to publish the collected data annually on its website in a manner that protects student privacy. The published data will be disaggregated by county and by the race, gender, and age of the student.