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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor Ch. 230
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(B) THE TASK FORCE SHALL CONSIST OF:
(1) REPRESENTATIVES OF THE DEPARTMENT;
(2) REPRESENTATIVES OF LOCAL SCHOOL SYSTEMS, INCLUDING
TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS, SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS AND SOCIAL WORKERS;
(3) REPRESENTATIVES OF ADVOCACY COMMUNITIES;
(4) REPRESENTATIVES FROM NONPUBLIC SPECIAL EDUCATION
FACILITIES; AND
(5) INDIVIDUALS WITH KNOWLEDGE OF AND EXPERTISE IN POSITIVE
BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTIONS.
(C) THE REGULATIONS SHALL INCLUDE REQUIREMENTS REGARDING:
(1) THE USE OF PHYSICAL RESTRAINT AND VOLUNTARY TIME OUT OR
INVOLUNTARY TIME OUT, INCLUDING THE TYPES OF PERMISSIBLE PHYSICAL
HOLDS, SIZE AND CHARACTERISTICS OF A TIME OUT ROOM OR OTHER AREA, AND
AMOUNT OF TIME AND EXAMPLES OF CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER WHICH STUDENTS
MAY BE PLACED IN INVOLUNTARY TIME OUT AND VOLUNTARY TIME OUT;
(C) THE TASK FORCE SHALL CONSIDER:
(1) THE CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER WHICH, AND THE SCHOOLS OR TYPES
OF SCHOOLS IN WHICH, PHYSICAL RESTRAINT, MECHANICAL RESTRAINT, AND
SECLUSION SHALL BE PROHIBITED;
(2) THE DEFINITIONS OF INVOLUNTARY AND OTHER TYPES OF TIME
OUT;
(3) THE USE OF PHYSICAL RESTRAINT, MECHANICAL RESTRAINT,
VOLUNTARY TIME OUT, AND INVOLUNTARY TIME OUT, INCLUDING:
(I) THE TYPES OF PERMISSIBLE AND PROHIBITED PHYSICAL
HOLDS AND MECHANICAL RESTRAINTS;
(II) THE SIZE AND CHARACTERISTICS OF A TIME OUT ROOM OR
OTHER AREA; AND
(III) THE AMOUNT OF TIME AND EXAMPLES OF CIRCUMSTANCES
UNDER WHICH STUDENTS MAY BE PLACED IN PHYSICAL RESTRAINT, VOLUNTARY
TIME OUT, AND INVOLUNTARY TIME OUT;
(4) THE CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER WHICH REVIEW OF A STUDENT'S
INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PROGRAM WOULD OCCUR IF RESTRAINTS OR
INVOLUNTARY TIME OUT ARE USED WITH THE STUDENT AS A BEHAVIOR
INTERVENTION;
(5) THE CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER WHICH THE SPECIAL EDUCATION
EVALUATION PROCESS SHALL BE INITIATED FOR STUDENTS NOT IN SPECIAL
EDUCATION WHO ARE RESTRAINED OR PLACED IN INVOLUNTARY TIME OUT AS A
BEHAVIOR INTERVENTION;
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