HB 260 — ALLOWABLE RESPONSES TO STUDENT BEHAVIOR
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The recent amendment to House Bill 260 removes the name of a co-sponsor, Patricia Roybal Caballero. It retains the focus on addressing student behavior in public schools, particularly by limiting physical restraint and prohibiting other forms of restraint and seclusion. This change is relevant because it clarifies the leadership of the bill while still emphasizing the protection and appropriate handling of student behavior in educational settings.
HOUSE BILL 260 57TH LEGISLATURE -STATEOFNEWMEXICO-- STATEOFNEWMEXICO- FIRST SESSION, 2025 INTRODUCED BY Yanira Gurrola and Eleanor Chávez and E.
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FOR THE LEGISLATIVE EDUCATION STUDY COMMITTEE h AN ACT g o RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS;
ADDRESSING ALLOWABLE RESPONSES TO t hr g e i k STUDENT BEHAVIOR;
h r i s PROHIBITING OTHER TYPES OF RESTRAINT AND SECLUSION;
REQUIRING h , t, TRAINING;
16e u g e b l e e h n d d i = = o h BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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d r e 22 (1) "chemical restraint" means a medication c e s k 23 used to control behavior or movement;
provided that "chemical e a n b 24 restraint" does not include the administration of medication u [ prescribed by a health care provider as standard treatment for .229346.1 the mental or physical condition of a student;
(4) "first responder" means a person based outside of a public school who functions within the emergency h medical services system and who is dispatched to a public g o t hr school to provide initial emergency aid;
g e i k (5) "less restrictive intervention" includes h r i s positive behavior interventions and supports and de-escalation;
h , t, (6) "mechanical restraint" means applying a e u g e b l e e h device or an object to the student's body that restricts the n d d i = = o h student's free movement;
provided that "mechanical restraint" el t] 17b ,d i a º e does not include adaptive devices, mechanical supports, vehicle wr li n= r t e w d 18m a n o safety restraints or other devices or objects that are =d =m 19: a l prescribed by a health care provider or authorized by parental i a e r 20 consent for a student;
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(8) "physical restraint" means the use of physical force without the use of any device or material that restricts the free movement of all or a portion of the student's body but does not include physical escort;
(11) "seclusion" means the involuntary h confinement of a student alone in a room or area from which u » r egress is prevented andHGEICºand without continuous line-of-sight supervision;t h g e l i supervision»HGEIC ;
provided that "seclusion" does not mean theh user ofi voluntarys behaviorHGEICº: management techniques, including a time-out location, as part of a student's education plan, individual safety plan, behavioral plan or individualized education program that involves the student's separation from a larger e t 17 group for purposes of calming the student;
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cb r e t º o t n = .229346.1AIC February 22, 2025 (10:34am) s k 23m B.e - 3 - e a n e d r e l u [ A d purposes of calming the student;
TheHGEICºand»HGEIC followingHGEICºor»HGEIC activitiesHGEICº(b) aresupervised prohibitedconfinement inwith econtinuous line-of-sight supervision of a nstudent bin 24the publiccase schools:of imminent serious physical harm by the student to self or others, and confinement shall end immediately when the student's behavior no longer presents an imminent danger of serious physical harm to the student or others.
uInstances [of (1)supervised seclusion;confinement are subject to all the requirements and limitations applied to physical restraint, including the reporting and documentation requirements of Subsection H of this section;
.229346.1and»HGEIC -(12) 3"time-out" -means (2)a chemicalcontinuum restraint;of behavior management techniques designed to address inappropriate student behavior that begin with minimally intrusive strategies up to separation of the student from classmates for some amount of h g time before a return to the classroom.
(3)o mechanicalt restraint;hr B.
andThe (4)following proneactivities restraint.are prohibited in g e i k public schools:
[A.]h C.r i s (1) seclusion;
Ah public, schoolt, maye [permit]u allowg the(2) usechemical ofrestraint; physical restraint [or seclusion] techniques on [any] a student only if [both of the following apply]:
e b l e e h (3) mechanical restraint;
and n d d i = = o h (4) prone restraint.
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A public school may [permit] allow the use t e w d m a n o of physical restraint [or seclusion] techniques on [any] a d m :
b e d s º o t n = .229346.1AIC February 22, 2025 (10:34am) s k m e - 4 - e a n e d r e l u [ A d student only if [both of the following apply]:
and (2) less restrictive interventions [appear][appear ] are insufficient to mitigate the imminent danger of serious physical harm;
(1) school employees shall maintain continuous visual observation and monitoring of the student while the e t 17 restraint or seclusion technique is in use;
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w l n d 18 (2) the restraint or seclusion technique shall = = 19 a l end when the student's behavior no longer presents an imminent i a e r 20 danger of serious physical harm to the student or others;
a t m m 21 (3) the restraint or seclusion technique shall dh r e 22 be used only by school employees who are trained in the safe cg eo st khr 23 and effective use of restraint and seclusion techniques unless g e ai nk b 24 an emergency situation does not allow sufficient time to summon uh [r i s those trained school employees;
.229346.1h -, 4t, - (4) the restraint technique employed shall not e u g e b l e e h impede the student's ability to breathe or speak;
and n d d i = = o h (5) the restraint technique shall not be out l ] b ,d i a º e of proportion to the student's age or physical condition] or (3)r thei student= isr elopingt ande thew conditionsd inm Paragraphsa (1)n ando (2)(3) ofthe thisstudent subsectionis areeloping alsoand met.the conditions d m :
b e d s º o t n = .229346.1AIC February 22, 2025 (10:34am) s k m e - 5 - e a n e d r e l u [ A d in Paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection are also met.
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e t 17 [(1) the school safety plan shall]shall ] (2) not be w l n d 18 specific to [any][any ] an individual student;
[and = = 19 a l (2) any school safety plan shall] (3) be i a e r 20 drafted by a planning team that includes at least one person a t m m 21 trained and certified in positive behavior interventions and dh r e 22 supports, de-escalation and restraint techniques and at least cg eo st khr 23 one special education expert;
g e ai nk b 24 (4) address school district supports and uh [r i s strategies applicable to physical restraint for school .229346.1h -, 5t, - employees to successfully reintegrate a student who has been e u g e b l e e h physically restrained back into the school or classroom;
n d d i = = o h (5) address elopement in a separate section l ] b ,d i a º e and shall have procedures for elopement that requires physical r i = r t e w d m a n o restraint and elopement that requires interventions less than restraint;d m :
b e d s º o t n = .229346.1AIC February 22, 2025 (10:34am) s k m e - 6 - e a n e d r e l u [ A d restraint;
e t 17 (1) less restrictive interventions, including w l n d 18 positive behavior interventions and supports and de-escalation;
= = 19 a l (2) hypothetical-situation training for i a e r 20 triaging use of less restrictive interventions or physical a t m m 21 restraint;
dh r e 22 (3) practice sessions on physical restraint cg eo st khr 23 techniques;
g e ai nk b 24 (4) physical restraint techniques in uh [r i s proportion to the student's age or physical condition;
and .229346.1h -, 6t, - (5) monitoring, documenting and reporting when e u g e b l e e h physical restraint is used.
n d d i = = o h F.
If a physical restraint technique is used on a l ] b ,d i a º e student:
(1)r schooli employees= shallr maintaint continuouse visualw observationd andm monitoringa ofn theo student(1) whileschool theemployees restraintshall techniquemaintain iscontinuous ind use;m :
b e d s º o t n = .229346.1AIC February 22, 2025 (10:34am) s k m e - 7 - e a n e d r e l u [ A d visual observation and monitoring of the student while the restraint technique is in use;
(3) the physical restraint technique shall be used only by school employees who are trained in the safe and effective use of restraint techniques unless an emergency situation does not allow sufficient time to summon those trained school employees and the imminent danger to the student e t 17 or others is greater than the risk of harm of the physical w l n d 18 restraint to the student;
= = 19 a l (4) the physical restraint technique employed i a e r 20 shall not impede the student's ability to breathe or a t m m 21 communicate;
and dh r e 22 (5) the physical restraint technique shall not cu e» sr k 23 be out of proportion to the student's age or physical condition et ah ng be 24l i and should be consistent with the medical or other needs of the uh [r i s student known to the person applying the restraint.
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t u g e b l e e , gh [D.] H.
Schools shall establish reporting and n d d i = = o h documentation procedures to be followed when a physical l ] b ,d i a º r restraint [or seclusion] technique has been used on a student.
e r = t e w d m a n o The procedures shall include the following provisions:
(1)d am school: employee shall provide the student's parent [or guardian] with written or oral notice on the same day that the incident occurred, unless circumstances prevent same-day notification.
b r e t º o t n = .229346.1AIC February 22, 2025 (10:34am) s k m e - 8 - e a n e d r e l u [ A d (1) a school employee shall provide the student's parent [or guardian ] with written or oral notice on the same day that the incident occurred, unless circumstances prevent same-day notification.
(2) within [a reasonable time]time ] three school days following the incident, a school employee shall provide the student's parent [or guardian]guardian ] with written documentation [that includes information about any persons, locations or activities that may have triggered the behavior, if known, and e t 17 specific information about the behavior and its precursors, the w l n d 18 type of restraint or seclusion technique used and the duration = = 19 a l of its use;
i a e r 20 (a) any known precursors that may have a t m m 21 triggered the behavior, such as specific persons, locations or dh r e 22 activities;
cg eo st khr 23 (b) a description of the behavior;
g e ai nk b 24 (c) the reason for physical restraint;
uh [r i s (d) any less restrictive interventions .229346.1h -, 8t, - attempted or, if none were attempted, why;
e u g e b l e e h (e) the duration of the physical n d d i = = o h restraint;
l ] b ,d i a º e (f) the location of the physical r i = r t e w d m a n o restraint;
(g)d them techniques: used;
b e d s º o t n = .229346.1AIC February 22, 2025 (10:34am) s k m e - 9 - e a n e d r e l u [ A d (g) the techniques used;
(3) schools shall review strategies used to address a student's dangerous behavior with a person trained and certified in de-escalation and restraint techniques if use of restraint [or seclusion]seclusion ] techniques for an individual student has occurred [two or more times]times ] more than one time during any [thirty-calendar-day period] school year.
The e t 17 review shall include:
w l n d 18 (a) a review of the incidents in which = = 19 a l restraint [or seclusion]seclusion ] techniques were used and an analysis i a e r 20 of how future incidents may be avoided, including whether the a t m m 21 student may be eligible for special education or requires a dh r e 22 functional behavioral assessment;
and cg eo st khr 23 (b) [a meeting of the student's]student's ] if the g e ai nk b 24 student has an individualized education program team, uh [r i s behavioral intervention plan team or student assistance team, a .229346.1h -, 9t, - requirement that the team must meet within two weeks of each e u g e b l e e h use of restraint [or seclusion after the second]second ] when more than n d d i = = o h one use occurs within a [thirty-calendar-day period] school l ] b ,d i a º e year to provide written recommendations for avoiding future r i = r t e w d m a n o incidents requiring the use of physical restraint [or seclusion];d m :
andb (4)e ad parents hasº ao rightt ton request= an.229346.1AIC individualizedFebruary education22, program2025 team,(10:34am) behaviorals interventionk planm teame or- student10 assistance- teame meetinga aftern ane instanced ofr physicale restraint.l u [ A d seclusion];
and (4) a parent has a right to request an individualized education program team, behavioral intervention plan team or student assistance team meeting after an instance of physical restraint HGEICºor if a parent has reasonable grounds to believe that restraint or seclusion may have occurred»HGEIC .
If a school summons law enforcement instead of using a physical restraint [or seclusion] technique on a student, the school shall comply with the reporting, documentation and review procedures established pursuant to [Subsection D of]of ] this section.
Policies regarding restraint and seclusion e t 17 shall consider school district support and strategies for w l n d 18 school employees to successfully reintegrate a student who has = = 19 a l been restrained or secluded back into the school or classroom ih a e r 20 environment.
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The provisions of this section shall not be dg r e 22i k interpreted as addressing the conduct of law enforcement or ch er si ks 23 first responders.
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The] provisionsK. of this section do not apply u [ to any school located within a county juvenile detention center .229346.1 - 10 - or a state-operated juvenile facility.
[I.The provisions of this section do not apply e b l e e h to any school located within a county juvenile detention center n d d i = = o h or a state-operated juvenile facility.
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b e d s º o t n = .229346.1AIC February 22, 2025 (10:34am) s k m e - 11 - e a n e d r e l u [ A d outside of a school who functions within the emergency medical services system and who is dispatched to a school to provide initial emergency aid;
(3) "physical restraint" means the use of physical force without the use of any device or material that restricts the free movement of all or a portion of a student's body, but "physical restraint" does not include physical e t 17 escort;
w l n d 18 (4) "restraint" when not otherwise modified = = 19 a l means mechanical or physical restraint;
and ih a e r 20 (5) "seclusion" means the involuntary au t» mr m 21 confinement of a student alone in a room from which egress is dt rh g e 22l i prevented.
"Seclusion" does not mean the use of a voluntary ch er i s k 23 behavior management technique, including a timeout location, as eh a, ne bh 24 part of a student's education plan, individual safety plan, t u [g e b l e e , gh behavioral plan or individualized education program that .229346.1n -d 11d -i = = o h involves the student's separation from a larger group for purposes of calming.]" - 12 - 5 7 9 11 13 15 e t 17 w l n] db 18,d = = 19 a l i a eº r 20purposes aof tcalming.]" me m 21 d r e= 22t c e sw kd 23m e a n bo 24- u12 [- .229346.1d m :
b r e t º o t n = .229346.1AIC February 22, 2025 (10:34am) s k m e e a n e d r e l u [ A d
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Action History
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action postponed indefinitely
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DO PASS committee report adopted
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Sent to Senate Education Committee & Senate Judiciary Committee
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passed House
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DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted
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DO PASS committee report adopted
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Sent to House Education Committee & House Government, Elections and Indian Affairs Committee
Sponsors
- E. Diane Torres-Velásquez · Primary
- Eleanor Chávez · Primary
- Yanira Gurrola · Primary
- Patricia Roybal Caballero · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →4 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 108 not signed on
Sponsors (4)
- E. Diane Torres-Velásquez Democrat
- Eleanor Chávez Democrat
- Yanira Gurrola Democrat
- Patricia Roybal Caballero Democrat
Co-sponsors (0)
None.
Not signed on (108)
108 members have not signed on to this bill.
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- Who sponsors HB 260?
- HB 260 is sponsored by E. Diane Torres-Velásquez (Democrat), Eleanor Chávez (Democrat), Yanira Gurrola (Democrat), and Patricia Roybal Caballero (Democrat).
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- This bill died with 2025 Regular Session. It reached “Passed House” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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