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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 School Code is amended by changing Section
527-23.4 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/27-23.4)
7    Sec. 27-23.4. Violence prevention and conflict resolution
8education. School districts shall provide instruction in
9violence prevention and conflict resolution education for
10grades kindergarten 4 through 12 and may include such
11instruction in the courses of study regularly taught therein.
12School districts may give regular school credit for
13satisfactory completion by the student of such courses.
14    As used in this Section, "violence prevention and conflict
15resolution education" means and includes instruction in the
16following:
17        (1) The consequences of violent behavior.
18        (2) The causes of violent reactions to conflict.
19        (3) Nonviolent conflict resolution techniques.
20        (4) The relationship between drugs, alcohol and
21    violence.
22    The State Board of Education shall prepare and make
23available to all school boards instructional materials that may

 

 

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1be used as guidelines for development of a violence prevention
2program under this Section, ; provided however that each school
3board shall determine the appropriate curriculum for
4satisfying the requirements of this Section. The State Board of
5Education shall assist in training teachers to provide
6effective instruction in the violence prevention curriculum.
7    The State Board of Education and local school boards shall
8not be required to implement the provisions of this Section
9unless grants of funds are made available and are received
10after July 1, 1993 from private sources or from the federal
11government in amounts sufficient to enable the State Board and
12local school boards to meet the requirements of this Section.
13Any funds received by the State or a local educational agency
14pursuant to the federal Safe and Drug-Free Schools and
15Communities Act of 1994 shall first be applied or appropriated
16to meet the requirements and implement the provisions of this
17Section.
18(Source: P.A. 88-248; 89-146, eff. 7-14-95.)
 
19    Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
20Section 8.35 as follows:
 
21    (30 ILCS 805/8.35 new)
22    Sec. 8.35. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8
23of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the
24implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of

 

 

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1the 97th General Assembly.
 
2    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
3becoming law.