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LD1097 • 2025

Resolve, to Require the Department of Education to Convene a Group to Develop Best Practices for De-escalation and Behavior Intervention

Resolve, to Require the Department of Education to Convene a Group to Develop Best Practices for De-escalation and Behavior Intervention

Education
Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Representative Kelly Murphy
Last action
2026-01-11
Official status
Became Law without Governor's Signature
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Resolve, to Require the Department of Education to Convene a Group to Develop Best Practices for De-escalation and Behavior Intervention

Resolve, to Require the Department of Education to Convene a Group to Develop Best Practices for De-escalation and Behavior Intervention Sponsor: Representative Kelly Murphy Reference committee: Education and Cultural Affairs Governor action: Became Law without Governor's Signature

What This Bill Does

  • Resolve, to Require the Department of Education to Convene a Group to Develop Best Practices for De-escalation and Behavior Intervention Sponsor: Representative Kelly Murphy Reference committee: Education and Cultural Affairs Governor action: Became Law without Governor's Signature

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Amendments

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Adopted by House & Senate

Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR1266(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

  • Page 1 - 132LR1266(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
  • 1097 2 Date: (Filing No.
  • H- ) 3EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS 4 Reproduced and distributed under the direction of the Clerk of the House.
  • 5STATE OF MAINE 6HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 7132ND LEGISLATURE 8FIRST SPECIAL SESSION 9 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT “ ” to H.P.
Sponsored By Senator Rotundo of Androscoggin , Adopted by House & Senate

Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR1266(04) SENATE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

  • Page 1 - 132LR1266(04) SENATE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
  • 1097 2 Date: (Filing No.
  • S- ) 3 Reproduced and distributed under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate.
  • 4STATE OF MAINE 5SENATE 6132ND LEGISLATURE 7FIRST SPECIAL SESSION 8 SENATE AMENDMENT “ ” to H.P.

Bill History

  1. 2026-01-11 Governor

    Became Law without Governor's Signature

  2. 2025-07-08 Senate

    HELD BY THE GOVERNOR.

  3. 2025-06-25 House

    FINALLY PASSED . Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  4. 2025-05-28 Committee

    Reported Out; OTP-AM/ONTP

  5. 2025-05-09 Committee

    Work Session Held

  6. 2025-05-09 Committee

    Voted; Divided Report

  7. 2025-03-14 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs.

Official Summary Text

Resolve, to Require the Department of Education to Convene a Group to Develop Best Practices for De-escalation and Behavior Intervention
Sponsor:
Representative Kelly Murphy
Reference committee:
Education and Cultural Affairs
Governor action:
Became Law without Governor's Signature

Current Bill Text

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Page 1 - 132LR1266(06)
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE
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H.P. 719 - L.D. 1097
Resolve, to Require the Department of Education to Convene a Group to
Develop Best Practices for De-escalation and Behavior Intervention
Sec. 1. Convening of group to develop best practices. Resolved: That the
Department of Education shall convene teachers and other educators and experts in de-
escalation and behavior intervention to develop best practices for training in the following
topics:
1. Positive behavior interventions;
2. Communicative intent of behaviors;
3. Alternatives to restrictive procedures, including techniques to identify events and
environmental factors that may escalate behavior;
4. De-escalation methods;
5. Standards for using restraint and seclusion procedures;
6. Obtaining emergency medical assistance;
7. The physiological and psychological effect of restraint and seclusion;
8. Monitoring and responding to a child's physical signs of distress;
9. The timely reporting and documenting of each incident involving the dangerous
behavior of a student and the law governing dangerous behavior prevention and
intervention under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, section 6555; and
10. Positive behavior strategies.
The department shall distribute the best practices for training in de-escalation and
behavior intervention to all school administrative units in the State no later than September
1, 2026.
LAW WITHOUT
GOVERNOR'S
SIGNATURE

JANUARY 11, 2026
CHAPTER
126
RESOLVES