Arizona SB 1594: annexation; pre-annexation agreements

Bill Text

SB1594 - 572R - I Ver 

 REFERENCE TITLE: schools; corporal punishment; prohibition

 State of Arizona

 Senate

 Fifty-seventh Legislature

 Second Regular Session

 2026

 SB 1594

 Introduced by 

 Senator 
 Alston: Representatives Connolly, Sandoval

AN 
ACT

amending section 15-105, Arizona 
Revised Statutes; amending title 15, chapter 1, article 1, Arizona Revised 
Statutes, by adding section 15-120.08; amending section 15-843, 
Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to student discipline.

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Section 15-105, Arizona Revised 
Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE15-105. Use of restraint and seclusion techniques; requirements; 
definitions

A. A school may permit allow the use of restraint or seclusion techniques on any pupil student if both of the following 
apply:

1. The pupil's student's 
behavior presents an imminent danger of bodily harm to the pupil or others.

2. Less restrictive interventions appear 
insufficient to mitigate the imminent danger of bodily harm.

B. If a restraint or seclusion technique is used on 
a pupil student:

1. School personnel shall maintain continuous visual 
observation and monitoring of the pupil 
student while the restraint or seclusion technique is in use.

2. The restraint or seclusion technique shall end 
when the pupil's student's behavior 
no longer presents an imminent danger to the pupil student or others.

3. The restraint or seclusion technique shall be 
used only by school personnel who are trained in the safe and effective use of 
restraint and seclusion techniques unless an emergency situation does not allow 
sufficient time to summon trained personnel.

4. The restraint technique employed may not impede 
the pupil's student's ability to 
breathe.

5. The restraint technique may not be out of 
proportion to the pupil's student's 
age or physical condition.

C. Schools may establish policies and procedures for 
the use of using restraint or 
seclusion techniques in a school safety or crisis intervention plan if the plan 
is not specific to any individual pupil 
student.

D. Schools shall establish reporting and 
documentation procedures to be followed when a restraint or seclusion technique 
has been used on a pupil student. The 
procedures shall include the following requirements:

1. School personnel shall provide the pupil's student's parent or guardian with written or oral notice on 
the same day that the incident occurred, unless circumstances prevent same-day 
notification. If the notice is not provided on the same day of the 
incident, notice shall be given within twenty-four hours after the 
incident. 

2. Within a reasonable time following the incident, 
school personnel shall provide the pupil's 
student's parent or guardian with written documentation that includes 
information about any persons, locations or activities that may have triggered 
the behavior, if known, and specific information about the behavior and its 
precursors, the type of restraint or seclusion technique used and the duration 
of its use.

3. Schools shall 
review strategies used to address a pupil's 
student's dangerous behavior if there has been repeated use of restraint 
or seclusion techniques for the pupil student 
during a school year.� The review shall include a review of the 
incidents in which a restraint or seclusion technique were was used and an analysis of how 
future incidents may be avoided, including whether the pupil student requires a functional behavioral assessment.

E. If a school district or charter school summons 
law enforcement instead of using a restraint or seclusion technique on a pupil student, the school shall comply 
with the reporting, documentation and review procedures established under 
subsection D of this section.� Notwithstanding this section, school resource 
officers are authorized to respond to situations that present the imminent danger 
of bodily harm according to protocols established by their law enforcement 
agency.

F. This section does not prohibit schools from 
adopting policies pursuant to section 15-843, subsection B, paragraph 3 2.

G. For the purposes of this section:

1. "Restraint" means any method or device 
that immobilizes or reduces the ability of a pupil student to move the pupil's student's torso, arms, legs or head freely, including physical 
force or mechanical devices.� Restraint does not include any of the following: 

(a) Methods or devices implemented by trained school 
personnel or used by a pupil student 
for the specific and approved therapeutic or safety purposes for which the 
method or device is designed and, if applicable, prescribed.

(b) The temporary touching or holding of the hand, 
wrist, arm, shoulder or back for the purpose of inducing a pupil student to comply with a reasonable request or to go to a safe 
location.

(c) The brief holding of a pupil student by one adult for the purpose of c