103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB5499

 

Introduced 2/9/2024, by Rep. Kevin John Olickal

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
105 ILCS 110/3

    Amends the Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive Health Education Act. Provides that gambling and gambling addiction shall be included in the Comprehensive Health Education Program. Effective July 1, 2024.


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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; the prevention and control of
16disease, including instruction in grades 6 through 12 on the
17prevention, transmission, and spread of AIDS; age-appropriate
18sexual abuse and assault awareness and prevention education in
19grades pre-kindergarten through 12; public and environmental
20health; consumer health; safety education and disaster
21survival; mental health and illness; personal health habits;
22alcohol and drug use and abuse, including the medical and
23legal ramifications of alcohol, drug, and tobacco use; abuse

 

 

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1during pregnancy; evidence-based and medically accurate
2information regarding sexual abstinence; tobacco and
3e-cigarettes and other vapor devices; nutrition; gambling and
4gambling addiction; and dental health. The instruction on
5mental health and illness must evaluate the multiple
6dimensions of health by reviewing the relationship between
7physical and mental health so as to enhance student
8understanding, attitudes, and behaviors that promote health,
9well-being, and human dignity and must include how and where
10to find mental health resources and specialized treatment in
11the State. The program shall also provide course material and
12instruction to advise pupils of the Abandoned Newborn Infant
13Protection Act. The program shall include information about
14cancer, including, without limitation, types of cancer, signs
15and symptoms, risk factors, the importance of early prevention
16and detection, and information on where to go for help.
17Notwithstanding the above educational areas, the following
18areas may also be included as a basis for curricula in all
19elementary and secondary schools in this State: basic first
20aid (including, but not limited to, cardiopulmonary
21resuscitation and the Heimlich maneuver), heart disease,
22diabetes, stroke, the prevention of child abuse, neglect, and
23suicide, and teen dating violence in grades 7 through 12.
24Beginning with the 2014-2015 school year, training on how to
25properly administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation (which
26training must be in accordance with standards of the American

 

 

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1Red Cross, the American Heart Association, or another
2nationally recognized certifying organization) and how to use
3an automated external defibrillator shall be included as a
4basis for curricula in all secondary schools in this State.
5    Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year in grades 9
6through 12, the program shall include instruction, study, and
7discussion on the dangers of allergies. Information for the
8instruction, study, and discussion shall come from information
9provided by the Department of Public Health and the federal
10Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This instruction,
11study, and discussion shall include, at a minimum:
12        (1) recognizing the signs and symptoms of an allergic
13    reaction, including anaphylaxis;
14        (2) the steps to take to prevent exposure to
15    allergens; and
16        (3) safe emergency epinephrine administration.
17    The school board of each public elementary and secondary
18school in the State shall encourage all teachers and other
19school personnel to acquire, develop, and maintain the
20knowledge and skills necessary to properly administer
21life-saving techniques, including, without limitation, the
22Heimlich maneuver and rescue breathing. The training shall be
23in accordance with standards of the American Red Cross, the
24American Heart Association, or another nationally recognized
25certifying organization. A school board may use the services
26of non-governmental entities whose personnel have expertise in

 

 

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1life-saving techniques to instruct teachers and other school
2personnel in these techniques. Each school board is encouraged
3to have in its employ, or on its volunteer staff, at least one
4person who is certified, by the American Red Cross or by
5another qualified certifying agency, as qualified to
6administer first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation. In
7addition, each school board is authorized to allocate
8appropriate portions of its institute or inservice days to
9conduct training programs for teachers and other school
10personnel who have expressed an interest in becoming qualified
11to administer emergency first aid or cardiopulmonary
12resuscitation. School boards are urged to encourage their
13teachers and other school personnel who coach school athletic
14programs and other extracurricular school activities to
15acquire, develop, and maintain the knowledge and skills
16necessary to properly administer first aid and cardiopulmonary
17resuscitation in accordance with standards and requirements
18established by the American Red Cross or another qualified
19certifying agency. Subject to appropriation, the State Board
20of Education shall establish and administer a matching grant
21program to pay for half of the cost that a school district
22incurs in training those teachers and other school personnel
23who express an interest in becoming qualified to administer
24cardiopulmonary resuscitation (which training must be in
25accordance with standards of the American Red Cross, the
26American Heart Association, or another nationally recognized

 

 

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1certifying organization) or in learning how to use an
2automated external defibrillator. A school district that
3applies for a grant must demonstrate that it has funds to pay
4half of the cost of the training for which matching grant money
5is sought. The State Board of Education shall award the grants
6on a first-come, first-serve basis.
7    No pupil shall be required to take or participate in any
8class or course on AIDS or family life instruction or to
9receive training on how to properly administer cardiopulmonary
10resuscitation or how to use an automated external
11defibrillator if his or her parent or guardian submits written
12objection thereto, and refusal to take or participate in the
13course or program or the training shall not be reason for
14suspension or expulsion of the pupil.
15    Curricula developed under programs established in
16accordance with this Act in the major educational area of
17alcohol and drug use and abuse shall include classroom
18instruction in grades 5 through 12. The instruction, which
19shall include matters relating to both the physical and legal
20effects and ramifications of drug and substance abuse, shall
21be integrated into existing curricula; and the State Board of
22Education shall develop and make available to all elementary
23and secondary schools in this State instructional materials
24and guidelines which will assist the schools in incorporating
25the instruction into their existing curricula. In addition,
26school districts may offer, as part of existing curricula

 

 

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1during the school day or as part of an after-school after
2school program, support services and instruction for pupils or
3pupils whose parent, parents, or guardians are chemically
4dependent. Curricula developed under programs established in
5accordance with this Act in the major educational area of
6alcohol and drug use and abuse shall include the instruction,
7study, and discussion required under subsection (c) of Section
827-13.2 of the School Code.
9(Source: P.A. 102-464, eff. 8-20-21; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21;
10102-1034, eff. 1-1-23; 103-212, eff. 1-1-24; 103-365, eff.
111-1-24; revised 12-12-23.)
 
12    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
132024.