Full Text of HB0208 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive | 5 | | Health
Education Act is amended by changing Section 3 as | 6 | | follows:
| 7 | | (105 ILCS 110/3)
| 8 | | Sec. 3. Comprehensive Health Education Program. The | 9 | | program established
under this Act shall include, but not be | 10 | | limited to, the following major
educational areas as a basis | 11 | | for curricula in all elementary and secondary
schools in this | 12 | | State: human ecology and health ; , human growth and
| 13 | | development ; , the emotional, psychological, physiological, | 14 | | hygienic , and
social responsibilities of family life, | 15 | | including sexual abstinence until
marriage ; , prevention and | 16 | | control of disease, including instruction in
grades 6 through | 17 | | 12 on the prevention, transmission and spread of AIDS ; , | 18 | | age-appropriate sexual abuse and assault awareness and | 19 | | prevention education in grades pre-kindergarten through 12 ; , | 20 | | public and environmental health ; , consumer health ; , safety | 21 | | education and
disaster survival ; , mental health and illness ; , | 22 | | personal health habits ; ,
alcohol and , drug use , and abuse , | 23 | | including the medical and legal ramifications
of alcohol, drug, |
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| 1 | | and cannabis tobacco use ; , abuse during pregnancy ; , | 2 | | evidence-based and medically accurate information regarding | 3 | | sexual
abstinence ; , tobacco, including the medical and legal | 4 | | ramifications of tobacco use; nutrition ; , and dental health. | 5 | | The program shall also provide course material and instruction | 6 | | to advise pupils of the Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection | 7 | | Act.
The program shall include information about cancer, | 8 | | including without limitation types of cancer, signs and | 9 | | symptoms, risk factors, the importance of early prevention and | 10 | | detection, and information on where to go for help. | 11 | | Notwithstanding the above educational areas, the following | 12 | | areas may also
be included as a basis for curricula in all | 13 | | elementary and secondary
schools in this State: basic first aid | 14 | | (including, but not limited to,
cardiopulmonary resuscitation | 15 | | and the Heimlich maneuver), heart disease, diabetes, stroke, | 16 | | the
prevention of child abuse, neglect, and suicide, and teen | 17 | | dating violence in grades 7 through 12. Beginning with the | 18 | | 2014-2015 school year, training on how to properly administer | 19 | | cardiopulmonary resuscitation (which training must be in | 20 | | accordance with standards of the American Red Cross, the | 21 | | American Heart Association, or another nationally recognized | 22 | | certifying organization) and how to use an automated external | 23 | | defibrillator shall be included as a basis for curricula in all | 24 | | secondary schools in this State. | 25 | | The school board of each
public elementary and secondary | 26 | | school in the State
shall encourage all teachers and other |
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| 1 | | school personnel to acquire,
develop, and maintain the | 2 | | knowledge and skills necessary to properly
administer | 3 | | life-saving techniques, including without limitation the
| 4 | | Heimlich maneuver and rescue breathing.
The training shall be | 5 | | in
accordance with standards of the
American Red Cross, the | 6 | | American Heart Association, or another nationally
recognized | 7 | | certifying organization.
A school board may use the
services of | 8 | | non-governmental entities whose personnel have expertise in
| 9 | | life-saving techniques to instruct teachers and other school | 10 | | personnel in
these techniques. Each school board
is encouraged | 11 | | to have in
its employ, or on its volunteer staff, at least one | 12 | | person who is certified, by
the American Red Cross or by | 13 | | another qualified certifying agency,
as qualified to | 14 | | administer first aid and
cardiopulmonary resuscitation. In | 15 | | addition, each school board is authorized to
allocate | 16 | | appropriate portions of its institute or inservice days to | 17 | | conduct
training programs for teachers and other school | 18 | | personnel who have expressed an
interest in becoming qualified | 19 | | to administer emergency first aid or
cardiopulmonary | 20 | | resuscitation. School boards are urged to
encourage their | 21 | | teachers and other school personnel who coach school athletic
| 22 | | programs and other extracurricular school activities to | 23 | | acquire, develop, and
maintain the knowledge and skills | 24 | | necessary to properly administer first aid
and cardiopulmonary | 25 | | resuscitation in accordance with standards and requirements
| 26 | | established by the American Red Cross or another qualified |
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| 1 | | certifying agency. Subject to appropriation, the State Board of | 2 | | Education shall establish and administer a matching grant | 3 | | program to pay for half of the cost that a school district | 4 | | incurs in training those teachers and other school personnel | 5 | | who express an interest in becoming qualified to administer | 6 | | cardiopulmonary resuscitation (which training must be in
| 7 | | accordance with standards of the
American Red Cross, the | 8 | | American Heart Association, or another nationally
recognized | 9 | | certifying organization) or in learning how to use an automated | 10 | | external defibrillator. A school district that applies for a | 11 | | grant must demonstrate that it has funds to pay half of the | 12 | | cost of the training for which matching grant money is sought. | 13 | | The State Board of Education shall award the grants on a | 14 | | first-come, first-serve basis.
| 15 | | No pupil shall be
required to take or participate in any | 16 | | class or course on AIDS or family
life instruction or to | 17 | | receive training on how to properly administer cardiopulmonary | 18 | | resuscitation or how to use an automated external defibrillator | 19 | | if his or her parent or guardian submits written objection
| 20 | | thereto, and refusal to take or participate in the course or | 21 | | program or the training shall
not be reason for suspension or | 22 | | expulsion of the pupil.
| 23 | | Curricula developed under programs established in | 24 | | accordance with this
Act in the major educational area of | 25 | | alcohol and drug use and abuse , including cannabis, shall
| 26 | | include classroom instruction in grades 5 through 12. The |
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| 1 | | instruction,
which shall include matters relating to both the | 2 | | physical and legal effects
and ramifications of drug and | 3 | | substance abuse, including cannabis, shall be integrated into
| 4 | | existing curricula; and the State Board of Education shall | 5 | | develop and make
available to all elementary and secondary | 6 | | schools in this State
instructional materials and guidelines | 7 | | which will assist the schools in
incorporating the instruction | 8 | | into their existing curricula. In
addition, school districts | 9 | | may offer, as part of existing curricula during
the school day | 10 | | or as part of an after school program, support services and
| 11 | | instruction for pupils or pupils whose parent, parents, or | 12 | | guardians are
chemically dependent.
| 13 | | (Source: P.A. 97-1147, eff. 1-24-13; 98-190, eff. 8-6-13; | 14 | | 98-441, eff. 1-1-14; 98-632, eff. 7-1-14; 98-756, eff. | 15 | | 7-16-14.)
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