SB1914 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
SB1914

Introduced 2/26/2021, by Sen. Julie A. Morrison

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

405 ILCS 49/15

Amends the Children's Mental Health Act of 2003. In a provision requiring every Illinois school district to develop a policy for incorporating social and emotional development into the district's educational program, provides that the policy may include school personnel development training to promote trauma-informed responses utilizing the CDC-Kaiser Permanente Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study and other appropriate training tools.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning mental health.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Children's Mental Health Act of 2003 is amended by changing Section 15 as follows:

(405 ILCS 49/15)

Sec. 15. Mental health and schools.

(a) The Illinois State Board of Education shall develop and implement a plan to incorporate social and emotional development standards as part of the Illinois Learning Standards for the purpose of enhancing and measuring children's school readiness and ability to achieve academic success. The plan shall be submitted to the Governor, the General Assembly, and the Partnership by December 31, 2004.

(b) Every Illinois school district shall develop a policy for incorporating social and emotional development into the district's educational program. The policy shall address teaching and assessing social and emotional skills and protocols for responding to children with social, emotional, or mental health problems, or a combination of such problems, that impact learning ability. The policy may include school personnel development training to promote trauma-informed responses utilizing the CDC-Kaiser Permanente Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study and other appropriate training tools. School social workers may implement a continuum of social and emotional education programs and services in accordance with students' needs. Each district must submit this policy to the Illinois State Board of Education by August 31, 2004.

(Source: P.A. 98-338, eff. 8-13-13.)