Protection and advocacy systems
Title II — Support for School Climate and Safety › Subtitle C — School Climate and Safety › Part 3 — Keeping All Students Safe › Subpart C — General Provisions
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(a) Notification In a case in which physical injury or death of a student or of a child enrolled in a Head Start program occurs in conjunction with the use of seclusion or physical restraint or any intervention used to control behavior at a school or Head Start program, the local educational agency serving such school or the agency administering a Head Start program under the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.) shall have procedures to— (1) notify, in writing, not later than 24 hours after such injury or death occurs— (A) the State educational agency, or in the case of an agency administering a Head Start program, the appropriate official at the Department of Health and Human Services; (B) the local law enforcement agency; and (C) the relevant protection and advocacy system; and (2) provide any information that the protection and advocacy system may require. (b) Restatement of authority Protection and advocacy systems shall have the same authorities and rights provided under subtitle C of title I of the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 15041 et seq.) with respect to protections provided for students or children enrolled in Head Start programs under this part when such students or children are otherwise eligible to be clients of the protection and advocacy system, including investigating, monitoring, and enforcing such protections.