97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB3415

 

Introduced 2/7/2012, by Sen. Susan Garrett

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
105 ILCS 5/10-21.7  from Ch. 122, par. 10-21.7
105 ILCS 5/10-27.1A
105 ILCS 5/10-27.1B
105 ILCS 5/22-66 new
105 ILCS 5/34-8.05

    Amends the School Code. Makes changes to the provisions concerning attacks on school personnel and firearms in schools regarding the types and locations of incidents to be reported, respectively, and the reporting procedures. Makes changes to a provision concerning reporting drug-related incidents in schools regarding the reporting procedures. Provides that all school officials, including teachers, guidance counselors, and support staff, shall immediately notify the office of the principal in the event that they observe any person who is a student in grade 6 through 12 or any person not a student commit certain specified offenses. Provides that upon receiving a report from any school official or from any other person, the principal or his or her designee shall immediately notify a local law enforcement agency and require a report to be completed. Sets forth provisions concerning the law enforcement agency's actions if the person found to have committed the offense is a minor. Makes changes to the provision concerning reporting firearms in schools in the Chicago School District Article. Makes other changes. Effective August 1, 2012.


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CORRECTIONAL BUDGET AND IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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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 Sections
510-21.7, 10-27.1A, 10-27.1B, and 34-8.05 and by adding Section
622-66 as follows:
 
7    (105 ILCS 5/10-21.7)  (from Ch. 122, par. 10-21.7)
8    Sec. 10-21.7. Attacks on school personnel.
9    (a) In the Section, "school" means any public or private
10elementary or secondary school.
11    (b) Upon receipt of a written complaint from any school
12personnel, the superintendent or his or her designee, or other
13appropriate administrative officer for a private school, shall
14report all incidents of assault, battery, criminal sexual
15assault, aggravated criminal sexual assault, criminal sexual
16abuse, or aggravated criminal sexual abuse committed against
17teachers, teacher personnel, administrative personnel or
18educational support personnel to the local law enforcement
19authorities immediately after the occurrence of the attack. The
20local law enforcement agency shall report the incident and to
21the Department of State Police's Illinois Uniform Crime
22Reporting Program in a form, manner, and frequency as
23prescribed by the Department of State Police no later than 3

 

 

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1days after the occurrence of the attack. The State Board of
2Education shall receive monthly as well as annual statistical
3compilations of attacks on school personnel from the Department
4of State Police through the Illinois Uniform Crime Reporting
5Program. The State Board of Education shall compile this
6information by school district and make it available to the
7public.
8(Source: P.A. 91-491, eff. 8-13-99.)
 
9    (105 ILCS 5/10-27.1A)
10    Sec. 10-27.1A. Reporting firearms Firearms in schools.
11    (a) All school officials, including teachers, guidance
12counselors, and support staff, shall immediately notify the
13office of the principal in the event that they observe any
14person in possession of a firearm on school grounds or on
15school owned or leased property, including any conveyance
16owned, leased, or used by the school for the transport of
17students or school personnel; provided that taking such
18immediate action to notify the office of the principal would
19not immediately endanger the health, safety, or welfare of
20students who are under the direct supervision of the school
21official or the school official. If the health, safety, or
22welfare of students under the direct supervision of the school
23official or of the school official is immediately endangered,
24the school official shall notify the office of the principal as
25soon as the students under his or her supervision and he or she

 

 

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1are no longer under immediate danger. A report is not required
2by this Section when the school official knows that the person
3in possession of the firearm is a law enforcement official
4engaged in the conduct of his or her official duties. Any
5school official acting in good faith who makes such a report
6under this Section shall have immunity from any civil or
7criminal liability that might otherwise be incurred as a result
8of making the report. The identity of the school official
9making such report shall not be disclosed except as expressly
10and specifically authorized by law. Knowingly and willfully
11failing to comply with this Section is a petty offense. A
12second or subsequent offense is a Class C misdemeanor.
13    (b) Upon receiving a report from any school official
14pursuant to this Section, or from any other person, the
15principal or his or her designee shall immediately notify a
16local law enforcement agency and require a police report to be
17completed. If the person found to be in possession of a firearm
18on school grounds is a student, then the law enforcement agency
19shall notify the student's parent or guardian pursuant to the
20Juvenile Court Act of 1987 the principal or his or her designee
21shall also immediately notify that student's parent or
22guardian. Any principal or his or her designee acting in good
23faith who makes such reports under this Section shall have
24immunity from any civil or criminal liability that might
25otherwise be incurred or imposed as a result of making the
26reports. Knowingly and willfully failing to comply with this

 

 

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1Section is a petty offense. A second or subsequent offense is a
2Class C misdemeanor. If the person found to be in possession of
3the firearm on school grounds is a minor, the law enforcement
4agency shall detain that minor until such time as the agency
5makes a determination pursuant to clause (a) of subsection (1)
6of Section 5-401 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, as to
7whether the agency reasonably believes that the minor is
8delinquent. If the law enforcement agency determines that
9probable cause exists to believe that the minor committed a
10violation of item (4) of subsection (a) of Section 24-1 of the
11Criminal Code of 1961 while on school grounds, the agency shall
12detain the minor for processing pursuant to Section 5-407 of
13the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
14    (c) On or after January 1, 1997, upon receipt of any
15written, electronic, or verbal report from any school personnel
16regarding a verified incident involving a firearm in a school
17or on school owned or leased property, including any conveyance
18owned, leased, or used by the school for the transport of
19students or school personnel, the superintendent or his or her
20designee, or other appropriate administrative officer for a
21private school, shall report all such firearm-related
22incidents occurring in a school or on school property to the
23local law enforcement authorities immediately and require a
24police report to be completed. The local law enforcement agency
25shall report the incident to the Department of State Police's
26Illinois Uniform Crime Reporting Program Police in a form,

 

 

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1manner, and frequency as prescribed by the Department of State
2Police.
3    The State Board of Education shall receive an annual
4statistical compilation and related data associated with
5incidents involving firearms in schools from the Department of
6State Police. The State Board of Education shall compile this
7information by school district and make this information it
8available to the public.
9    (d) As used in this Section, the term "firearm" shall have
10the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.1 of the Firearm Owners
11Identification Card Act.
12    As used in this Section, the term "school" means any public
13or private elementary or secondary school.
14    As used in this Section, the term "school grounds" includes
15the real property comprising any school, any conveyance owned,
16leased, or contracted by a school to transport students to or
17from school or a school-related activity, or any public way
18within 1,000 feet of the real property comprising any school.
19(Source: P.A. 91-11, eff. 6-4-99; 91-491, eff. 8-13-99.)
 
20    (105 ILCS 5/10-27.1B)
21    Sec. 10-27.1B. Reporting drug-related incidents in
22schools.
23    (a) In this Section:
24    "Drug" means "cannabis" as defined under subsection (a) of
25Section 3 of the Cannabis Control Act, "narcotic drug" as

 

 

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1defined under subsection (aa) of Section 102 of the Illinois
2Controlled Substances Act, or "methamphetamine" as defined
3under Section 10 of the Methamphetamine Control and Community
4Protection Act.
5    "School" means any public or private elementary or
6secondary school.
7    (b) Upon receipt of any written, electronic, or verbal
8report from any school personnel regarding a verified incident
9involving drugs in a school or on school owned or leased
10property, including any conveyance owned, leased, or used by
11the school for the transport of students or school personnel,
12the superintendent or his or her designee, or other appropriate
13administrative officer for a private school, shall report all
14such drug-related incidents occurring in a school or on school
15property to the local law enforcement authorities immediately
16and require a police report to be completed. The local law
17enforcement agency shall report the incident to the Department
18of State Police's Illinois Uniform Crime Reporting Program
19Police in a form, manner, and frequency as prescribed by the
20Department of State Police.
21    (c) The State Board of Education shall receive an annual
22statistical compilation and related data associated with
23drug-related incidents in schools from the Department of State
24Police. The State Board of Education shall compile this
25information by school district and make it available to the
26public.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 94-556, eff. 9-11-05.)
 
2    (105 ILCS 5/22-66 new)
3    Sec. 22-66. Certain criminal offenses to be reported.
4    (a) All school officials, including teachers, guidance
5counselors, and support staff, shall immediately notify the
6office of the principal in the event that they observe any
7person who is a student in grade 6 through 12 or any person not
8a student commit an assault, a battery, a criminal sexual
9assault, an aggravated criminal sexual assault, a predatory
10criminal sexual assault of a child, criminal sexual abuse, or
11aggravated criminal sexual abuse on school grounds or on school
12owned or leased property, including any conveyance owned,
13leased, or used by the school for the transport of students.
14Incidents involving great bodily harm shall be reported
15involving students in all grades. Any school official acting in
16good faith who makes a report under this Section shall have
17immunity from any civil or criminal liability that might
18otherwise be incurred as a result of making the report. The
19identity of the school official making the report shall not be
20disclosed except as expressly and specifically authorized by
21law. Knowingly and willfully failing to comply with this
22subsection (a) is a petty offense. A second or subsequent
23offense is a Class C misdemeanor.
24    (b) Upon receiving a report from any school official
25pursuant to this Section or from any other person, the

 

 

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1principal or his or her designee shall immediately notify a
2local law enforcement agency and require a report to be
3completed. The local law enforcement agency shall report the
4incident to the Department of State Police's Illinois Uniform
5Crime Reporting Program in a form, manner, and frequency as
6prescribed by the Department of State Police's. Any principal
7or his or her designee acting in good faith who makes a report
8under this Section shall have immunity from any civil or
9criminal liability that might otherwise be incurred or imposed
10as a result of making the report. Knowingly and willfully
11failing to comply with this subsection (b) is a petty offense.
12A second or subsequent offense is a Class C misdemeanor.
13    (c) If the person found to have committed an offense
14specified under subsection (a) of this Section is a minor, then
15the law enforcement agency shall detain that minor until such
16time as the agency makes a determination pursuant to clause (a)
17of subsection (1) of Section 5-401 of the Juvenile Court Act of
181987 as to whether the agency reasonably believes that the
19minor is delinquent. If the law enforcement agency determines
20that probable cause exists to believe that the minor committed
21a violation of Section 12-1, 12-2, 12-3, or 12-3.05 of the
22Criminal Code of 1961 while on school grounds or on school
23owned or leased property, including any conveyance owned,
24leased, or used by the school for the transport of students,
25then the agency shall detain the minor for processing pursuant
26to Section 5-407 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.

 

 

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1    (d) The State Board of Education shall receive an annual
2statistical compilation and related data associated with
3incidents in schools from the Department of State Police. The
4State Board of Education shall compile this information by
5school district and make it available to the public.
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/34-8.05)
7    Sec. 34-8.05. Reporting firearms in schools.
8    (a) On or after January 1, 1997, upon receipt of any
9written, electronic, or verbal report from any school personnel
10regarding a verified incident involving a firearm in a school
11or on school owned or leased property, including any conveyance
12owned, leased, or used by the school for the transport of
13students or school personnel, the general superintendent of
14schools or chief executive officer or his or her designee shall
15report all such firearm-related incidents occurring in a school
16or on school property to the local law enforcement authorities
17immediately no later than 24 hours after the occurrence of the
18incident and require a police report to be completed. The local
19law enforcement agency shall report the incident to the
20Department of State Police's Illinois Uniform Crime Reporting
21Program Police in a form, manner, and frequency as prescribed
22by the Department of State Police.
23    (b) Any school official acting in good faith who makes a
24report under this Section shall have immunity from any civil or
25criminal liability that might otherwise be incurred or imposed

 

 

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1as a result of making the report. Knowingly and willfully
2failing to comply with this Section is a petty offense. A
3second or subsequent offense is a Class C misdemeanor.
4    (c) If the person found to be in possession of the firearm
5on school grounds is a minor, then the law enforcement agency
6shall detain that minor until such time as the agency makes a
7determination pursuant to clause (a) of subsection (1) of
8Section 5-401 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 as to whether
9the agency reasonably believes that the minor is delinquent. If
10the person found to be in possession of a firearm is a minor,
11then the law enforcement agency shall notify the minor's parent
12or guardian pursuant to the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. If the
13law enforcement agency determines that probable cause exists to
14believe that the minor committed a violation of item (4) of
15subsection (a) of Section 24-1 of the Criminal Code of 1961
16while on school grounds, the agency shall detain the minor for
17processing and shall notify the minor's parent or guardian
18pursuant to the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
19    (d) The State Board of Education shall receive an annual
20statistical compilation and related data associated with
21incidents involving firearms in schools from the Department of
22State Police. As used in this Section, the term "firearm" shall
23have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.1 of the Firearm
24Owners Identification Card Act.
25(Source: P.A. 89-498, eff. 6-27-96.)
 
26    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect August 1,

 

 

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12012.