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| AN ACT concerning education.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section |
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| 27-23.7 as follows:
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| (105 ILCS 5/27-23.7 new) |
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| Sec. 27-23.7. Bullying prevention education. |
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| (a) The General Assembly finds that bullying has a negative |
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| effect on the social environment of schools, creates a climate |
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| of fear among students, inhibits their ability to learn, and |
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| leads to other antisocial behavior. Bullying behavior has been |
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| linked to other forms of antisocial behavior, such as |
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| vandalism, shoplifting, skipping and dropping out of school, |
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| fighting, using drugs and alcohol, sexual harassment, and |
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| sexual violence. |
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| (b) In this Section, "bullying prevention" means and |
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| includes instruction in all of the following: |
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| (1) Intimidation. |
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| (2) Student victimization. |
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| (3) Sexual harassment. |
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| (4) Sexual violence. |
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| (5) Strategies for student-centered problem solving |
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| regarding bullying. |
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| (c) Each school district may make suitable provisions for |
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| instruction in bullying prevention in all grades and include |
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| such instruction in the courses of study regularly taught |
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| therein. A school board may collaborate with a community-based |
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| agency providing specialized curricula in bullying prevention |
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| whose ultimate outcome is to prevent sexual violence. The State |
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| Board of Education may assist in the development of |
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| instructional materials and teacher training in relation to |
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| bullying prevention.
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