98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
SB1362

 

Introduced 2/5/2013, by Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
105 ILCS 110/3

    If and only if House Bill 6193 of the 97th General Assembly becomes law in the form it passed the House, amends the Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive Health Education Act to provide that schools that comply with the requirement that the Comprehensive Health Education Program include age-appropriate sexual abuse and assault awareness and prevention education in grades pre-kindergarten through 12 may, notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, opt out of complying with another instructional mandate in the Act or the School Code that requires an equal amount of instruction time and has a lesser value. Effective immediately or on the date House Bill 6193 of the 97th General Assembly takes effect, whichever is later.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

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. If and only if House Bill 6193 of the 97th
5General Assembly becomes law in the form it passed the House,
6the Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive Health
7Education Act is amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
 
8    (105 ILCS 110/3)
9    Sec. 3. Comprehensive Health Education Program. The
10program established under this Act shall include, but not be
11limited to, the following major educational areas as a basis
12for curricula in all elementary and secondary schools in this
13State: human ecology and health, human growth and development,
14the emotional, psychological, physiological, hygienic and
15social responsibilities of family life, including sexual
16abstinence until marriage, prevention and control of disease,
17including instruction in grades 6 through 12 on the prevention,
18transmission and spread of AIDS, age-appropriate sexual abuse
19and assault awareness and prevention education in grades
20pre-kindergarten through 12, public and environmental health,
21consumer health, safety education and disaster survival,
22mental health and illness, personal health habits, alcohol,
23drug use, and abuse including the medical and legal

 

 

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1ramifications of alcohol, drug, and tobacco use, abuse during
2pregnancy, sexual abstinence until marriage, tobacco,
3nutrition, and dental health. Schools that comply with the
4requirement that the program include age-appropriate sexual
5abuse and assault awareness and prevention education in grades
6pre-kindergarten through 12 may, notwithstanding any other law
7to the contrary, opt out of complying with another
8instructional mandate in this Act or the School Code that
9requires an equal amount of instruction time and has a lesser
10value. The program shall also provide course material and
11instruction to advise pupils of the Abandoned Newborn Infant
12Protection Act. The program shall include information about
13cancer, including without limitation types of cancer, signs and
14symptoms, risk factors, the importance of early prevention and
15detection, and information on where to go for help.
16Notwithstanding the above educational areas, the following
17areas may also be included as a basis for curricula in all
18elementary and secondary schools in this State: basic first aid
19(including, but not limited to, cardiopulmonary resuscitation
20and the Heimlich maneuver), heart disease, diabetes, stroke,
21the prevention of child abuse, neglect, and suicide, and teen
22dating violence in grades 8 through 12.
23    The school board of each public elementary and secondary
24school in the State shall encourage all teachers and other
25school personnel to acquire, develop, and maintain the
26knowledge and skills necessary to properly administer

 

 

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1life-saving techniques, including without limitation the
2Heimlich maneuver and rescue breathing. The training shall be
3in accordance with standards of the American Red Cross, the
4American Heart Association, or another nationally recognized
5certifying organization. A school board may use the services of
6non-governmental entities whose personnel have expertise in
7life-saving techniques to instruct teachers and other school
8personnel in these techniques. Each school board is encouraged
9to have in its employ, or on its volunteer staff, at least one
10person who is certified, by the American Red Cross or by
11another qualified certifying agency, as qualified to
12administer first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation. In
13addition, each school board is authorized to allocate
14appropriate portions of its institute or inservice days to
15conduct training programs for teachers and other school
16personnel who have expressed an interest in becoming qualified
17to administer emergency first aid or cardiopulmonary
18resuscitation. School boards are urged to encourage their
19teachers and other school personnel who coach school athletic
20programs and other extracurricular school activities to
21acquire, develop, and maintain the knowledge and skills
22necessary to properly administer first aid and cardiopulmonary
23resuscitation in accordance with standards and requirements
24established by the American Red Cross or another qualified
25certifying agency. Subject to appropriation, the State Board of
26Education shall establish and administer a matching grant

 

 

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1program to pay for half of the cost that a school district
2incurs in training those teachers and other school personnel
3who express an interest in becoming qualified to administer
4cardiopulmonary resuscitation (which training must be in
5accordance with standards of the American Red Cross, the
6American Heart Association, or another nationally recognized
7certifying organization) or in learning how to use an automated
8external defibrillator. A school district that applies for a
9grant must demonstrate that it has funds to pay half of the
10cost of the training for which matching grant money is sought.
11The State Board of Education shall award the grants on a
12first-come, first-serve basis.
13    No pupil shall be required to take or participate in any
14class or course on AIDS or family life instruction if his
15parent or guardian submits written objection thereto, and
16refusal to take or participate in the course or program shall
17not be reason for suspension or expulsion of the pupil.
18    Curricula developed under programs established in
19accordance with this Act in the major educational area of
20alcohol and drug use and abuse shall include classroom
21instruction in grades 5 through 12. The instruction, which
22shall include matters relating to both the physical and legal
23effects and ramifications of drug and substance abuse, shall be
24integrated into existing curricula; and the State Board of
25Education shall develop and make available to all elementary
26and secondary schools in this State instructional materials and

 

 

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1guidelines which will assist the schools in incorporating the
2instruction into their existing curricula. In addition, school
3districts may offer, as part of existing curricula during the
4school day or as part of an after school program, support
5services and instruction for pupils or pupils whose parent,
6parents, or guardians are chemically dependent.
7(Source: P.A. 96-128, eff. 1-1-10; 96-328, eff. 8-11-09;
896-383, eff. 1-1-10; 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10; 09700HB6193eng.)
 
9    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
10becoming law or on the date House Bill 6193 of the 97th General
11Assembly takes effect, whichever is later.