102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
SB1914

 

Introduced 2/26/2021, by Sen. Julie A. Morrison

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
405 ILCS 49/15

    Amends the Children's Mental Health Act of 2003. In a provision requiring every Illinois school district to develop a policy for incorporating social and emotional development into the district's educational program, provides that the policy may include school personnel development training to promote trauma-informed responses utilizing the CDC-Kaiser Permanente Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study and other appropriate training tools.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning mental health.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Children's Mental Health Act of 2003 is
5amended by changing Section 15 as follows:
 
6    (405 ILCS 49/15)
7    Sec. 15. Mental health and schools.
8    (a) The Illinois State Board of Education shall develop
9and implement a plan to incorporate social and emotional
10development standards as part of the Illinois Learning
11Standards for the purpose of enhancing and measuring
12children's school readiness and ability to achieve academic
13success. The plan shall be submitted to the Governor, the
14General Assembly, and the Partnership by December 31, 2004.
15    (b) Every Illinois school district shall develop a policy
16for incorporating social and emotional development into the
17district's educational program. The policy shall address
18teaching and assessing social and emotional skills and
19protocols for responding to children with social, emotional,
20or mental health problems, or a combination of such problems,
21that impact learning ability. The policy may include school
22personnel development training to promote trauma-informed
23responses utilizing the CDC-Kaiser Permanente Adverse

 

 

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1Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study and other appropriate
2training tools. School social workers may implement a
3continuum of social and emotional education programs and
4services in accordance with students' needs. Each district
5must submit this policy to the Illinois State Board of
6Education by August 31, 2004.
7(Source: P.A. 98-338, eff. 8-13-13.)