Rep. Patricia R. Bellock

Filed: 2/26/2009

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 281

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 281, AS AMENDED, by
3 replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
4 following:
 
5     "Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section
6 2-3.148 and changing 10-22.39 as follows:
 
7     (105 ILCS 5/2-3.148 new)
8     Sec. 2-3.148. Food allergy guidelines.
9     (a) Not later than July 1, 2010, the State Board of
10 Education, in conjunction with the Department of Public Health,
11 shall develop and make available to each school board
12 guidelines for the management of students with
13 life-threatening food allergies. The State Board of Education
14 and the Department of Public Health shall establish an ad hoc
15 committee to develop the guidelines. The committee shall
16 include experts in the field of food allergens, representatives

 

 

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1 on behalf of students with food allergies, representatives from
2 the several public school management organizations, which
3 shall include school administrators, principals, and school
4 board members, and representatives from 2 statewide
5 professional teachers' organizations. The guidelines shall
6 include, but need not be limited to, the following:
7         (1) education and training for school personnel who
8     interact with students with life-threatening food
9     allergies, such as school and school district
10     administrators, teachers, school advisors and counselors,
11     school health personnel, and school nurses, on the
12     management of students with life-threatening food
13     allergies, including training related to the
14     administration of medication with an auto-injector;
15         (2) procedures for responding to life-threatening
16     allergic reactions to food;
17         (3) a process for the implementation of individualized
18     health care and food allergy action plans for every student
19     with a life-threatening food allergy; and
20         (4) protocols to prevent exposure to food allergens.
21     (b) Not later than January 1, 2011, each school board shall
22 implement a policy based on the guidelines developed pursuant
23 to subsection (a) of this Section for the management of
24 students with life-threatening food allergies enrolled in the
25 schools under its jurisdiction. Nothing in this subsection (b)
26 is intended to invalidate school district policies that were

 

 

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1 implemented before the development of guidelines pursuant to
2 subsection (a) of this Section as long as such policies are
3 consistent with the guidelines developed pursuant to
4 subsection (a) of this Section.
 
5     (105 ILCS 5/10-22.39)  (from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.39)
6     Sec. 10-22.39. In-service training programs.
7     (a) To conduct in-service training programs for teachers.
8     (b) In addition to other topics at in-service training
9 programs, school guidance counselors, teachers and other
10 school personnel who work with pupils in grades 7 through 12
11 shall be trained to identify the warning signs of suicidal
12 behavior in adolescents and teens and shall be taught
13 appropriate intervention and referral techniques.
14     (c) School guidance counselors, nurses, teachers and other
15 school personnel who work with pupils may be trained to have a
16 basic knowledge of matters relating to acquired
17 immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), including the nature of the
18 disease, its causes and effects, the means of detecting it and
19 preventing its transmission, and the availability of
20 appropriate sources of counseling and referral, and any other
21 information that may be appropriate considering the age and
22 grade level of such pupils. The School Board shall supervise
23 such training. The State Board of Education and the Department
24 of Public Health shall jointly develop standards for such
25 training.

 

 

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1     (d) In this subsection (d):
2     "Domestic violence" means abuse by a family or household
3 member, as "abuse" and "family or household members" are
4 defined in Section 103 of the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of
5 1986.
6     "Sexual violence" means sexual assault, abuse, or stalking
7 of an adult or minor child proscribed in the Criminal Code of
8 1961 in Sections 12-7.3, 12-7.4, 12-7.5, 12-12, 12-13, 12-14,
9 12-14.1, 12-15, and 12-16, including sexual violence committed
10 by perpetrators who are strangers to the victim and sexual
11 violence committed by perpetrators who are known or related by
12 blood or marriage to the victim.
13     At least once every 2 years, an in-service training program
14 for school personnel who work with pupils, including, but not
15 limited to, school and school district administrators,
16 teachers, school guidance counselors, school social workers,
17 school counselors, school psychologists, and school nurses,
18 must be conducted by persons with expertise in domestic and
19 sexual violence and the needs of expectant and parenting youth
20 and shall include training concerning (i) communicating with
21 and listening to youth victims of domestic or sexual violence
22 and expectant and parenting youth, (ii) connecting youth
23 victims of domestic or sexual violence and expectant and
24 parenting youth to appropriate in-school services and other
25 agencies, programs, and services as needed, and (iii)
26 implementing the school district's policies, procedures, and

 

 

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1 protocols with regard to such youth, including
2 confidentiality. At a minimum, school personnel must be trained
3 to understand, provide information and referrals, and address
4 issues pertaining to youth who are parents, expectant parents,
5 or victims of domestic or sexual violence.
6     (e) At least every 2 years, an in-service training program
7 for school personnel who work with pupils must be conducted by
8 persons with expertise in anaphylactic reactions and
9 management.
10 (Source: P.A. 95-558, eff. 8-30-07.)
 
11     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
12 becoming law.".