093_HB2652

 
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 1        AN ACT concerning education.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.  The Sex Education Act is amended by  changing
 5    Section 3 as follows:

 6        (105 ILCS 130/3) (from Ch. 122, par. 698.53)
 7        Sec.  3.  A  Sex  Education Advisory Board is established
 8    and shall consist of 9 members.  The Director of Corrections,
 9    the Director of Children and Family Services, the Director of
10    Public Health, and the  Secretary  of  Human  Services  shall
11    serve  as ex officio members of the Advisory Board.  However,
12    any such Director or Secretary may  designate  an  individual
13    employed  by  his  Department  to  serve  in  his  place  and
14    represent  his  Department  on the Advisory Board.  The State
15    Board of Education shall appoint 4 persons  to  the  Advisory
16    Board  who  shall  be  members  of,  and shall represent, the
17    general public. In making such appointments the  State  Board
18    shall  give  due  consideration  to  the  recommendations  of
19    various religious, professional, civic and educational groups
20    interested  in providing sex education in public schools. The
21    terms of these public members  shall  terminate  February  1,
22    1967.  Thereafter,  new  appointments  of  the public members
23    shall be made in like manner and such members shall  serve  4
24    year terms of office and until their successors are appointed
25    and qualified. Vacancies in the terms of public members shall
26    be  filled  in  like  manner as original appointments for the
27    balance of the unexpired term or terms. All  members  of  the
28    Advisory  Board shall serve without compensation but shall be
29    reimbursed for  necessary  expenses  incurred  in  performing
30    their duties.
31        The  Board  shall examine the motion pictures, literature
 
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 1    and educational programs as provided for  by  this  Act,  and
 2    shall  recommend  criteria in regard to scope and emphasis of
 3    such motion pictures, literature  and  educational  programs.
 4    The  Board  shall  also  make  recommendations  in  regard to
 5    policies for distribution of  the  sex  education  materials,
 6    including  but  not  limited  to the policies relating to the
 7    grade-levels to which such films are to be shown, the age  at
 8    which  such  films are first to be received, the frequency of
 9    exhibition and the general method of presentation.
10        The  Board  must  meet  semiannually  to  discuss  issues
11    regarding sex.  The  Board  shall  explore  the  relationship
12    between race and teen pregnancy.
13        The Board shall select a Chairman and establish rules and
14    procedures  for  its  proceedings  not  inconsistent with the
15    provisions of the Act. All matters coming  before  the  Board
16    shall  be  decided by a majority vote of those present at the
17    meeting.
18    (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)