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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 
527-17 as follows:
 



6    (105 ILCS 5/27-17)  (from Ch. 122, par. 27-17)



7    Sec. 27-17. Safety education. School boards of public 
8schools and all boards in charge of
educational institutions 
9supported wholly or partially by the State may
provide 
10instruction in safety education in all grades and include such

11instruction in the courses of study regularly taught therein.

12    In this section "safety education" means and includes 
13instruction in
the following:

14        1.  automobile safety, including traffic regulations, 
15    highway
safety, and the consequences of alcohol 
16    consumption and the operation of a motor vehicle;

17        2.  safety in the home;

18        3.  safety in connection with recreational activities;

19        4. safety in and around school buildings; 

20        5. safety in connection with vocational work or 
21    training; and

22        6. cardio-pulmonary resuscitation for students 
23    enrolled in grades 9 through 11; and .

 
 
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1        7. for students enrolled in grades 6 through 8, 
2    cardio-pulmonary resuscitation and how to use an automated 
3    external defibrillator by watching a training video on 
4    those subjects. 
5    Such boards may make suitable provisions in the schools and

6institutions under their jurisdiction for instruction in 
7safety
education for not less than 16 hours during each school 
8year.

9    The curriculum in all State universities shall contain 
10instruction in safety education for teachers that is 
11appropriate to the grade level of the teaching certificate. 
12This instruction may be by specific courses in safety education 
13or may be incorporated in existing subjects taught in the 
14university.


15(Source: P.A. 95-168, eff. 8-14-07; 95-371, eff. 8-23-07; 
1695-876, eff. 8-21-08; 96-734, eff. 8-25-09.)

 
 
17    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
18becoming law.