HB1017

The engrossed version substantially expands the bill by adding detailed definitions of key terms, establishing procedural requirements (parental notification, resource provision, appeal rights), mandating behavioral health referrals for longer assignments, requiring periodic review of extended placements, and creating a statewide reporting system—transforming the bill from a simple authorization into a comprehensive regulatory framework that STRENGTHENS protections and oversight for students placed in alternative settings.

This amendment gutted the original bill, stripping out detailed definitions of key terms, specific procedural safeguards (parental notification, appeals to the state, behavioral health referrals), and regular review requirements for long-term alternative placements—leaving only a bare-bones provision allowing schools to assign disruptive students to alternative settings with annual reporting to the state. The change substantially WEAKENS the bill by eliminating protections for students and families that were central to the original framework.

This change converts the bill from its engrossed (heavily amended) version to its final enrolled version for signature, removing the notice that the bill had been "extensively amended (hoghoused)" and reformatting it with official legislative certification pages. The substantive policy content of the bill—permitting school boards to assign students with aggressive or violent behaviors to alternative settings and requiring annual anonymized reporting to the Department of Education—remains unchanged.

Other amendments

• Scott Odenbach1017F🐷 Hog house
• Heather Baxter1017EFailed🐷 Hog house