HB5091ham001 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.

Filed: 3/22/2018

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5091

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5091 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Department of State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding Section 2605-610 as follows:

(20 ILCS 2605/2605-610 new)

Sec. 2605-610. Creation of list of top crimes committed by minors. The Department shall annually determine the 10 most frequently committed crimes by minors and any criminal, civil, or other penalties associated with these crimes, compile a report of this information, and make the report publicly available on the Department's website.

Section 10. The School Code is amended by changing Section 27-23.4 as follows:

(105 ILCS 5/27-23.4)

Sec. 27-23.4. Violence prevention and conflict resolution education. School districts shall provide instruction in violence prevention and conflict resolution education for grades kindergarten through 12 and may include such instruction in the courses of study regularly taught therein. School districts may give regular school credit for satisfactory completion by the student of such courses.

As used in this Section, "violence prevention and conflict resolution education" means and includes instruction in the following:

(1) The consequences of violent behavior.

(2) The causes of violent reactions to conflict.

(3) Nonviolent conflict resolution techniques.

(4) The relationship between drugs, alcohol and violence.

The State Board of Education shall prepare and make available to all school boards instructional materials that may be used as guidelines for development of a violence prevention program under this Section, provided that each school board shall determine the appropriate curriculum for satisfying the requirements of this Section. The State Board of Education shall assist in training teachers to provide effective instruction in the violence prevention curriculum.

Beginning with the 2018-2019 school year, as part of the violence prevention and conflict resolution education under this Section, each school district that maintains grades 7 through 12 shall require each school with students in any of grades 7 through 12 to annually distribute to those students, electronically or in the form of a letter, the report found on the Department of State Police's website that lists the 10 most frequently committed crimes by minors and any criminal, civil, or other penalties associated with these crimes, as compiled under Section 2605-610 of the Department of State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. If a school distributes the report electronically, it shall obtain from its students electronic acknowledgement of receipt of the report.

The State Board of Education and local school boards shall not be required to implement the provisions of this Section unless grants of funds are made available and are received after July 1, 1993 from private sources or from the federal government in amounts sufficient to enable the State Board and local school boards to meet the requirements of this Section. Any funds received by the State or a local educational agency pursuant to the federal Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act of 1994 shall first be applied or appropriated to meet the requirements and implement the provisions of this Section.

(Source: P.A. 97-87, eff. 7-8-11.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.".