98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB3724

 

Introduced , by Rep. Daniel J. Burke

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
105 ILCS 110/3

    Amends the Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive Health Education Act. Provides that training on how to properly administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation and how to use an automated external defibrillator shall be included as a basis for health education curricula in all secondary schools in this State and shall be a prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma. Effective July 1, 2014.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning education.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive
5Health Education Act is amended by changing Section 3 as
6follows:
 
7    (105 ILCS 110/3)
8    Sec. 3. Comprehensive Health Education Program. The
9program established under this Act shall include, but not be
10limited to, the following major educational areas as a basis
11for curricula in all elementary and secondary schools in this
12State: human ecology and health, human growth and development,
13the emotional, psychological, physiological, hygienic and
14social responsibilities of family life, including sexual
15abstinence until marriage, prevention and control of disease,
16including instruction in grades 6 through 12 on the prevention,
17transmission and spread of AIDS, age-appropriate sexual abuse
18and assault awareness and prevention education in grades
19pre-kindergarten through 12, public and environmental health,
20consumer health, safety education and disaster survival,
21mental health and illness, personal health habits, alcohol,
22drug use, and abuse including the medical and legal
23ramifications of alcohol, drug, and tobacco use, abuse during

 

 

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1pregnancy, evidence-based and medically accurate information
2regarding sexual abstinence, tobacco, nutrition, and dental
3health. The program shall also provide course material and
4instruction to advise pupils of the Abandoned Newborn Infant
5Protection Act. The program shall include information about
6cancer, including without limitation types of cancer, signs and
7symptoms, risk factors, the importance of early prevention and
8detection, and information on where to go for help.
9Notwithstanding the above educational areas, the following
10areas may also be included as a basis for curricula in all
11elementary and secondary schools in this State: basic first aid
12(including, but not limited to, cardiopulmonary resuscitation
13and the Heimlich maneuver), heart disease, diabetes, stroke,
14the prevention of child abuse, neglect, and suicide, and teen
15dating violence in grades 7 through 12. Beginning with the
162014-2015 school year, training on how to properly administer
17cardiopulmonary resuscitation (which training must be in
18accordance with standards of the American Red Cross, the
19American Heart Association, or another nationally recognized
20certifying organization) and how to use an automated external
21defibrillator shall be included as a basis for curricula in all
22secondary schools in this State and shall be a prerequisite to
23receiving a high school diploma.
24    The school board of each public elementary and secondary
25school in the State shall encourage all teachers and other
26school personnel to acquire, develop, and maintain the

 

 

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1knowledge and skills necessary to properly administer
2life-saving techniques, including without limitation the
3Heimlich maneuver and rescue breathing. The training shall be
4in accordance with standards of the American Red Cross, the
5American Heart Association, or another nationally recognized
6certifying organization. A school board may use the services of
7non-governmental entities whose personnel have expertise in
8life-saving techniques to instruct teachers and other school
9personnel in these techniques. Each school board is encouraged
10to have in its employ, or on its volunteer staff, at least one
11person who is certified, by the American Red Cross or by
12another qualified certifying agency, as qualified to
13administer first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation. In
14addition, each school board is authorized to allocate
15appropriate portions of its institute or inservice days to
16conduct training programs for teachers and other school
17personnel who have expressed an interest in becoming qualified
18to administer emergency first aid or cardiopulmonary
19resuscitation. School boards are urged to encourage their
20teachers and other school personnel who coach school athletic
21programs and other extracurricular school activities to
22acquire, develop, and maintain the knowledge and skills
23necessary to properly administer first aid and cardiopulmonary
24resuscitation in accordance with standards and requirements
25established by the American Red Cross or another qualified
26certifying agency. Subject to appropriation, the State Board of

 

 

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1Education shall establish and administer a matching grant
2program to pay for half of the cost that a school district
3incurs in training those teachers and other school personnel
4who express an interest in becoming qualified to administer
5cardiopulmonary resuscitation (which training must be in
6accordance with standards of the American Red Cross, the
7American Heart Association, or another nationally recognized
8certifying organization) or in learning how to use an automated
9external defibrillator. A school district that applies for a
10grant must demonstrate that it has funds to pay half of the
11cost of the training for which matching grant money is sought.
12The State Board of Education shall award the grants on a
13first-come, first-serve basis.
14    No pupil shall be required to take or participate in any
15class or course on AIDS or family life instruction if his
16parent or guardian submits written objection thereto, and
17refusal to take or participate in the course or program shall
18not be reason for suspension or expulsion of the pupil.
19    Curricula developed under programs established in
20accordance with this Act in the major educational area of
21alcohol and drug use and abuse shall include classroom
22instruction in grades 5 through 12. The instruction, which
23shall include matters relating to both the physical and legal
24effects and ramifications of drug and substance abuse, shall be
25integrated into existing curricula; and the State Board of
26Education shall develop and make available to all elementary

 

 

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1and secondary schools in this State instructional materials and
2guidelines which will assist the schools in incorporating the
3instruction into their existing curricula. In addition, school
4districts may offer, as part of existing curricula during the
5school day or as part of an after school program, support
6services and instruction for pupils or pupils whose parent,
7parents, or guardians are chemically dependent.
8(Source: P.A. 97-1147, eff. 1-24-13; 98-190, eff. 8-6-13;
998-441, eff. 1-1-14; revised 9-9-13.)
 
10    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
112014.