Rep. Constance A. Howard

Filed: 2/24/2011

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1204

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1204 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
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:

 

 

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1        (1) The consequences of violent behavior.
2        (2) The causes of violent reactions to conflict.
3        (3) Nonviolent conflict resolution techniques.
4        (4) The relationship between drugs, alcohol and
5    violence.
6    The State Board of Education shall prepare and make
7available to all school boards instructional materials that may
8be used as guidelines for development of a violence prevention
9program under this Section, ; provided however that each school
10board shall determine the appropriate curriculum for
11satisfying the requirements of this Section. The State Board of
12Education shall assist in training teachers to provide
13effective instruction in the violence prevention curriculum.
14    The State Board of Education and local school boards shall
15not be required to implement the provisions of this Section
16unless grants of funds are made available and are received
17after July 1, 1993 from private sources or from the federal
18government in amounts sufficient to enable the State Board and
19local school boards to meet the requirements of this Section.
20Any funds received by the State or a local educational agency
21pursuant to the federal Safe and Drug-Free Schools and
22Communities Act of 1994 shall first be applied or appropriated
23to meet the requirements and implement the provisions of this
24Section.
25(Source: P.A. 88-248; 89-146, eff. 7-14-95.)
 

 

 

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1    Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
2Section 8.35 as follows:
 
3    (30 ILCS 805/8.35 new)
4    Sec. 8.35. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8
5of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the
6implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of
7the 97th General Assembly.
 
8    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
9becoming law.".