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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section |
| 5 | | 2-3.163 as follows:
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| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.163 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 2-3.163. Youth suicide awareness and prevention. |
| 8 | | (a) This Section may be referred to as Ann Marie's Law. |
| 9 | | (b) The State Board of Education shall do both of the |
| 10 | | following: |
| 11 | | (1) In consultation with a youth suicide prevention
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| 12 | | organization operating in this State and organizations |
| 13 | | representing school boards and school personnel, develop a |
| 14 | | model
youth suicide awareness and prevention policy that is |
| 15 | | consistent with subsection (c) of this Section. |
| 16 | | (2) Compile, develop, and post on its publicly |
| 17 | | accessible
Internet website both of the following, which |
| 18 | | may include materials
already publicly available: |
| 19 | | (A) Recommended guidelines and educational |
| 20 | | materials for
training and professional development. |
| 21 | | (B) Recommended resources and age-appropriate |
| 22 | | educational
materials on youth suicide awareness and |
| 23 | | prevention. |
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| 1 | | (c) The model policy developed by the State Board of |
| 2 | | Education under
subsection (b) of this Section and any policy |
| 3 | | adopted by a school board
under subsection (d) of this Section |
| 4 | | shall include all of the following: |
| 5 | | (1) A statement on youth suicide awareness and |
| 6 | | prevention. |
| 7 | | (2) Protocols for administering youth suicide |
| 8 | | awareness and
prevention education to staff and students. |
| 9 | | (3) Methods of prevention, including procedures for |
| 10 | | early
identification and referral of students at risk of |
| 11 | | suicide. |
| 12 | | (4) Methods of intervention, including procedures that
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| 13 | | address an emotional or mental health safety plan for |
| 14 | | students
identified as being at increased risk of suicide. |
| 15 | | (5) Methods of responding to a student or staff suicide |
| 16 | | or
suicide attempt. |
| 17 | | (6) Reporting procedures. |
| 18 | | (7) Recommended resources on youth suicide awareness |
| 19 | | and
prevention programs, including current contact |
| 20 | | information for
such programs. |
| 21 | | (d) Beginning with the 2015-2016 school year, each school |
| 22 | | board shall review and update its current suicide awareness and |
| 23 | | prevention policy to be consistent with subsection (c) of this |
| 24 | | Section or adopt an age-appropriate youth suicide awareness and
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| 25 | | prevention policy consistent with subsection (c) of this |
| 26 | | Section, inform each
school district employee and the parent or |
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| 1 | | legal guardian of each
student enrolled in the school district |
| 2 | | of such policy, and post
such policy on the school district's |
| 3 | | publicly accessible Internet
website. The policy adopted by a |
| 4 | | school board under this
subsection (d) may be based upon the |
| 5 | | model policy developed by the
State Board of Education under |
| 6 | | subsection (b) of this Section.
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| 7 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 8 | | becoming law.
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