93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB3971

 

Introduced 12/19/2003, by Tom Cross

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
105 ILCS 110/2   from Ch. 122, par. 862
105 ILCS 110/3   from Ch. 122, par. 863

    Amends the Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive Health Education Act. Specifically includes, as part of the design of the Comprehensive Health Education Program, learning experiences that will aid students in making wise personal decisions in matters of nutrition. Provides that in the educational area of nutrition, the Program shall include an emphasis on nutritional values and wellness. Requires the State Board of Education to develop and make available, through Internet website resources, instructional materials and guidelines concerning nutrition and wellness to all schools. Effective immediately.


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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 Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive
5 Health Education Act is amended by changing Sections 2 and 3 as
6 follows:
 
7     (105 ILCS 110/2)  (from Ch. 122, par. 862)
8     Sec. 2. Program defined Definitions. The following terms
9 shall have the following meanings respectively prescribed for
10 them, Except as the context otherwise requires, : (a)
11 "Comprehensive Health Education Program" means : a systematic
12 and extensive educational program designed to provide a variety
13 of learning experiences based upon scientific knowledge of the
14 human organism as it functions within its environment which
15 will favorably influence the knowledge, attitudes, values and
16 practices of Illinois school youth; and which will aid them in
17 making wise personal decisions in matters of health and
18 nutrition.
19 (Source: P.A. 77-1405.)
 
20     (105 ILCS 110/3)  (from Ch. 122, par. 863)
21     Sec. 3. Comprehensive Health Education Program. The
22 program established under this Act shall include, but not be
23 limited to, the following major educational areas as a basis
24 for curricula in all elementary and secondary schools in this
25 State: nutrition, with an emphasis on nutritional values and
26 wellness, human ecology and health, human growth and
27 development, the emotional, psychological, physiological,
28 hygienic and social responsibilities of family life, including
29 sexual abstinence until marriage, prevention and control of
30 disease, including instruction in grades 6 through 12 on the
31 prevention, transmission and spread of AIDS, public and

 

 

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1 environmental health, consumer health, safety education and
2 disaster survival, mental health and illness, personal health
3 habits, alcohol, drug use, and abuse including the medical and
4 legal ramifications of alcohol, drug, and tobacco use, abuse
5 during pregnancy, sexual abstinence until marriage, tobacco,
6 nutrition, and dental health. Notwithstanding the above
7 educational areas, the following areas may also be included as
8 a basis for curricula in all elementary and secondary schools
9 in this State: basic first aid (including, but not limited to,
10 cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the Heimlich maneuver),
11 early prevention and detection of cancer, heart disease,
12 diabetes, stroke, and the prevention of child abuse, neglect,
13 and suicide. The school board of each public elementary and
14 secondary school in the State shall encourage all teachers and
15 other school personnel to acquire, develop, and maintain the
16 knowledge and skills necessary to properly administer
17 life-saving techniques, including without limitation the
18 Heimlich maneuver and rescue breathing. The training shall be
19 in accordance with standards of the American Red Cross, the
20 American Heart Association, or another nationally recognized
21 certifying organization. A school board may use the services of
22 non-governmental entities whose personnel have expertise in
23 life-saving techniques to instruct teachers and other school
24 personnel in these techniques. Each school board is encouraged
25 to have in its employ, or on its volunteer staff, at least one
26 person who is certified, by the American Red Cross or by
27 another qualified certifying agency, as qualified to
28 administer first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation. In
29 addition, each school board is authorized to allocate
30 appropriate portions of its institute or inservice days to
31 conduct training programs for teachers and other school
32 personnel who have expressed an interest in becoming qualified
33 to administer emergency first aid or cardiopulmonary
34 resuscitation. School boards are urged to encourage their
35 teachers and other school personnel who coach school athletic
36 programs and other extracurricular school activities to

 

 

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1 acquire, develop, and maintain the knowledge and skills
2 necessary to properly administer first aid and cardiopulmonary
3 resuscitation in accordance with standards and requirements
4 established by the American Red Cross or another qualified
5 certifying agency. No pupil shall be required to take or
6 participate in any class or course on AIDS or family life
7 instruction if his parent or guardian submits written objection
8 thereto, and refusal to take or participate in the course or
9 program shall not be reason for suspension or expulsion of the
10 pupil.
11     Curricula developed under programs established in
12 accordance with this Act in the major educational area of
13 alcohol and drug use and abuse shall include classroom
14 instruction in grades 5 through 12. The instruction, which
15 shall include matters relating to both the physical and legal
16 effects and ramifications of drug and substance abuse, shall be
17 integrated into existing curricula; and the State Board of
18 Education shall develop and make available to all elementary
19 and secondary schools in this State instructional materials and
20 guidelines which will assist the schools in incorporating the
21 instruction into their existing curricula. In addition, school
22 districts may offer, as part of existing curricula during the
23 school day or as part of an after school program, support
24 services and instruction for pupils or pupils whose parent,
25 parents, or guardians are chemically dependent.
26     The State Board of Education shall develop and make
27 available, through Internet website resources, instructional
28 materials and guidelines concerning nutrition and wellness to
29 all elementary and secondary schools in this State.
30 (Source: P.A. 92-23, eff. 7-1-01.)
 
31     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
32 becoming law.