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This bill provides comprehensive updates to Louisiana's regulations concerning the use of physical restraint for students with exceptionalities (students with special needs), primarily eliminating the use of seclusion and establishing strict guidelines for when and how physical restraint can be used. The bill introduces detailed definitions for terms like "crisis intervention" and "trained personnel", and mandates that physical restraint can only be used as an absolute last resort when a student poses an imminent risk of harm, with specific requirements for how such restraint is implemented, documented, and reported. Key provisions include requiring schools to develop written guidelines, mandating that parents be notified the same day a restraint occurs, creating a detailed incident reporting process, and establishing requirements for crisis intervention training for school employees. The bill also requires the Louisiana Department of Education to maintain a public database tracking physical restraint incidents, disaggregated by various demographic factors, and to review school district procedures. Additionally, the legislation prohibits using physical restraint as a form of punishment, requires continuous monitoring of restrained students, and mandates that after three restraint incidents in a school year, a student's Individualized Education Program team must review and revise their behavior intervention plan.

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