Elementary & Secondary Education Committee

Filed: 2/19/2009

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 281

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 281 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section
5 2-3.148 as follows:
 
6     (105 ILCS 5/2-3.148 new)
7     Sec. 2-3.148. Food allergy guidelines.
8     (a) Not later than July 1, 2010, the State Board of
9 Education, in conjunction with the Department of Public Health,
10 shall develop and make available to each school board
11 guidelines for the management of students with
12 life-threatening food allergies. The guidelines shall include,
13 but need not be limited to, the following:
14         (1) education and training for school personnel who
15     interact with students with life-threatening food
16     allergies, such as school and school district

 

 

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1     administrators, teachers, school advisors and counselors,
2     school social workers, school psychologists, school health
3     personnel, and school nurses, on the management of students
4     with life-threatening food allergies, including training
5     related to the administration of medication with an
6     auto-injector;
7         (2) procedures for responding to life-threatening
8     allergic reactions to food;
9         (3) a process for the implementation of individualized
10     health care and food allergy action plans for every student
11     with a life-threatening food allergy; and
12         (4) protocols to prevent exposure to food allergens.
13     (b) Not later than January 1, 2011, each school board shall
14 implement a policy based on the guidelines developed pursuant
15 to subsection (a) of this Section for the management of
16 students with life-threatening food allergies enrolled in the
17 schools under its jurisdiction. Nothing in this subsection (b)
18 is intended to invalidate school district policies that were
19 implemented before the development of guidelines pursuant to
20 subsection (a) of this Section as long as such policies are
21 consistent with the guidelines developed pursuant to
22 subsection (a) of this Section.
 
23     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
24 becoming law.".