California Education Code

§ 56521.1

EDC § 56521.1 Effective Jan 1, 2025Div. 4 · Title 2 · Part 30 · Ch. 5.5

Statute text

(a)Emergency interventions may only be used to control unpredictable, spontaneous behavior that poses clear and present danger of serious physical harm to the individual with exceptional needs, or others, and that cannot be immediately prevented by a response less restrictive than the temporary application of a technique used to contain the behavior.

(b)Emergency interventions shall not be used as a substitute for the systematic behavioral intervention plan that is designed to change, replace, modify, or eliminate a targeted behavior.

(c)No emergency intervention shall be employed for longer than is necessary to contain the behavior. A situation that requires prolonged use of an emergency intervention shall require the staff to seek assistance of the schoolsite administrator or law enforcement agency, as applicable to the situation.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 857, Sec. 5. (SB 483) Effective January 1, 2025.