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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
13development; , the emotional, psychological, physiological,
14hygienic, and social responsibilities of family life,
15including sexual abstinence until marriage; , prevention and
16control of disease, including instruction in grades 6 through
1712 on the prevention, transmission and spread of AIDS; ,
18age-appropriate sexual abuse and assault awareness and
19prevention education in grades pre-kindergarten through 12; ,
20public and environmental health; , consumer health; , safety
21education and disaster survival; , mental health and illness; ,
22personal health habits; , alcohol and , drug use, and abuse,
23including the medical and legal ramifications of alcohol, drug,

 

 

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1and cannabis tobacco use; , abuse during pregnancy; ,
2evidence-based and medically accurate information regarding
3sexual abstinence; , tobacco, including the medical and legal
4ramifications of tobacco use; nutrition; , and dental health.
5The program shall also provide course material and instruction
6to advise pupils of the Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection
7Act. The program shall include information about cancer,
8including without limitation types of cancer, signs and
9symptoms, risk factors, the importance of early prevention and
10detection, and information on where to go for help.
11Notwithstanding the above educational areas, the following
12areas may also be included as a basis for curricula in all
13elementary and secondary schools in this State: basic first aid
14(including, but not limited to, cardiopulmonary resuscitation
15and the Heimlich maneuver), heart disease, diabetes, stroke,
16the prevention of child abuse, neglect, and suicide, and teen
17dating violence in grades 7 through 12. Beginning with the
182014-2015 school year, training on how to properly administer
19cardiopulmonary resuscitation (which training must be in
20accordance with standards of the American Red Cross, the
21American Heart Association, or another nationally recognized
22certifying organization) and how to use an automated external
23defibrillator shall be included as a basis for curricula in all
24secondary schools in this State.
25    The school board of each public elementary and secondary
26school in the State shall encourage all teachers and other

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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1instruction, which shall include matters relating to both the
2physical and legal effects and ramifications of drug and
3substance abuse, including cannabis, shall be integrated into
4existing curricula; and the State Board of Education shall
5develop and make available to all elementary and secondary
6schools in this State instructional materials and guidelines
7which will assist the schools in incorporating the instruction
8into their existing curricula. In addition, school districts
9may offer, as part of existing curricula during the school day
10or as part of an after school program, support services and
11instruction for pupils or pupils whose parent, parents, or
12guardians are chemically dependent.
13(Source: P.A. 97-1147, eff. 1-24-13; 98-190, eff. 8-6-13;
1498-441, eff. 1-1-14; 98-632, eff. 7-1-14; 98-756, eff.
157-16-14.)