Full Text of HB5739 98th General Assembly
HB5739 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2013 and 2014 HB5739 Introduced , by Rep. Camille Y. Lilly SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Eradicate Domestic Violence Task Force.
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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 School Code is amended by changing Section | 5 | | 22-75 as follows: | 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/22-75) | 7 | | Sec. 22-75. The Eradicate Domestic Violence Task Force. | 8 | | (a) There is hereby created the the Eradicate Domestic | 9 | | Violence Task Force. The Eradicate Domestic Violence Task Force | 10 | | shall develop a statewide effective and feasible prevention | 11 | | course for high school students designed to prevent | 12 | | interpersonal, adolescent violence based on the Step Back | 13 | | Program for boys and girls. The Clerk of the Circuit Court in | 14 | | the First Judicial District shall provide administrative staff | 15 | | and support to the task force. | 16 | | (b) The Eradicate Domestic Violence Task Force shall do the | 17 | | following: | 18 | | (1) Conduct meetings to evaluate the effectiveness and | 19 | | feasibility of statewide implementation of the curricula | 20 | | of the Step Back Program at Oak Park and River Forest High | 21 | | School, located in Cook County, Illinois, for the | 22 | | prevention of domestic violence. | 23 | | (2) Invite the testimony of and confer with experts on |
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| 1 | | relevant topics as needed. | 2 | | (3) Propose content for integration into school | 3 | | curricula aimed at preventing domestic violence. | 4 | | (4) Propose a method of training facilitators on the | 5 | | school curricula aimed at preventing domestic violence. | 6 | | (5) Propose partnerships with anti-violence agencies | 7 | | to assist with the facilitator roles and the nature of the | 8 | | partnerships. | 9 | | (6) Evaluate the approximate cost per school or school | 10 | | district to implement and maintain school curricula aimed | 11 | | at preventing domestic violence. | 12 | | (7) Propose a funding source or sources to support | 13 | | school curricula aimed at preventing domestic violence and | 14 | | agencies that provide training to the facilitators, such as | 15 | | a fee to be charged in domestic violence, sexual assault, | 16 | | and related cases to be collected by the clerk of the court | 17 | | for deposit into a special fund in the State treasury and | 18 | | to be used to fund a proposed eradicate domestic violence | 19 | | program in the schools of this State. | 20 | | (8) Propose an evaluation structure to ensure that the | 21 | | school curricula aimed at preventing domestic violence is | 22 | | effectively taught by trained facilitators. | 23 | | (9) Propose a method of evaluation for the purpose of | 24 | | modifying the content of the curriculum over time, | 25 | | including whether studies of the program should be | 26 | | conducted by the University of Illinois' Interpersonal |
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| 1 | | Violence Prevention Information Center. | 2 | | (10) Recommend legislation developed by the task | 3 | | force, such as amending Sections 27-5 through 27-13.3 and | 4 | | 27-23.4 of this Code, and legislation to create a fee to be | 5 | | charged in domestic violence, sexual assault, and related | 6 | | cases to be collected by the clerk of court for deposit | 7 | | into a special fund in the State treasury and to be used to | 8 | | fund a proposed eradicate domestic violence program in the | 9 | | schools of this State. | 10 | | (11) Produce a report of the task force's findings on | 11 | | best practices and policies, which shall include a plan | 12 | | with a phased and prioritized implementation timetable for | 13 | | implementation of school curricula aimed at preventing | 14 | | domestic violence in schools. The task force shall submit a | 15 | | report to the General Assembly on or before April 1, 2014 | 16 | | on its findings, recommendations, and implementation plan. | 17 | | Any task force reports must be published on the State Board | 18 | | of Education's Internet website on the date the report is | 19 | | delivered to the General Assembly. | 20 | | (c) The President of the Senate and the Speaker of the | 21 | | House of Representatives shall each appoint one co-chairperson | 22 | | of the Eradicate Domestic Violence Task Force. The Minority | 23 | | Leader of the Senate and the Minority Leader of the House of | 24 | | Representatives shall each appoint one member to the task | 25 | | force. In addition, the task force shall be comprised of the | 26 | | following members appointed by the State Board of Education and |
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| 1 | | shall be representative of the geographic, racial, and ethnic | 2 | | diversity of this State: | 3 | | (1) Four representatives involved with a program for | 4 | | high school students at a high school that is located in a | 5 | | municipality with a population of 2,000,000 or more and the | 6 | | program is a daily, 6-week to 9-week, 45-session, | 7 | | gender-specific, primary prevention course designed to | 8 | | raise awareness of topics such as dating and domestic | 9 | | violence, any systematic conduct that causes measurable | 10 | | physical harm or emotional distress, sexual assault, | 11 | | digital abuse, self-defense, and suicide. | 12 | | (2) A representative of an interpersonal violence | 13 | | prevention program within a State university. | 14 | | (3) A representative of a statewide nonprofit, | 15 | | nongovernmental, domestic violence organization. | 16 | | (4) A representative of a different nonprofit, | 17 | | nongovernmental domestic violence organization that is | 18 | | located in a municipality with a population of 2,000,000 or | 19 | | more. | 20 | | (5) A representative of a statewide nonprofit, | 21 | | nongovernmental, sexual assault organization. | 22 | | (6) A representative of a different nonprofit, | 23 | | nongovernmental, sexual assault organization based in a | 24 | | county with a population of 3,000,000 or more. | 25 | | (7) The State Superintendent of Education or his or her | 26 | | designee. |
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| 1 | | (8) The Chief Executive Officer of City of Chicago | 2 | | School District 299 or his or her designee or the President | 3 | | of the Chicago Board of Education or his or her designee. | 4 | | (9) A representative of the Department of Human | 5 | | Services. | 6 | | (10) A representative of a statewide, nonprofit | 7 | | professional organization representing law enforcement | 8 | | executives. | 9 | | (11) A representative of the Chicago Police | 10 | | Department, Youth Services Division. | 11 | | (12) The Clerk of the Circuit Court in the First | 12 | | Judicial District or his or her designee. | 13 | | (13) A representative of a statewide professional | 14 | | teachers organization. | 15 | | (14) A representative of a different statewide | 16 | | professional teachers organization. | 17 | | (15) A representative of a professional teachers | 18 | | organization in a city having a population exceeding | 19 | | 500,000. | 20 | | (16) A representative of an organization representing | 21 | | principals. | 22 | | (17) A representative of an organization representing | 23 | | school administrators. | 24 | | (18) A representative of an organization representing | 25 | | school boards. | 26 | | (19) A representative of an organization representing |
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| 1 | | school business officials. | 2 | | (20) A representative of an organization representing | 3 | | large unit school districts. | 4 | | (d) The following underlying purposes should be liberally | 5 | | construed by the task force convened under this Section: | 6 | | (1) Recognize that, according to the Centers for | 7 | | Disease Control and Prevention, National Intimate Partner | 8 | | and Sexual Violence Survey, December 2010 Summary Report, | 9 | | on average 24 people per minute are victims of rape, | 10 | | physical violence, or stalking by an intimate partner in | 11 | | the United States, equaling more than 12 million women and | 12 | | men. | 13 | | (2) Recognize that abused children and children | 14 | | exposed to domestic violence in their homes may have short | 15 | | and long-term physical, emotional, and learning problems, | 16 | | including increased aggression, decreased responsiveness | 17 | | to adults, failure to thrive, posttraumatic stress | 18 | | disorder, depression, anxiety, hypervigilance and | 19 | | hyperactivity, eating and sleeping problems, and | 20 | | developmental delays, according to the Journal of | 21 | | Interpersonal Violence and the Futures Without Violence | 22 | | organization. | 23 | | (3) Recognize that the Illinois Violence Prevention | 24 | | Authority has found that children exposed to violence in | 25 | | the media may become numb to the horror of violence, may | 26 | | gradually accept violence as a way to solve problems, may |
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| 1 | | imitate the violence they see, and may identify with | 2 | | certain characters, victims, or victimizers. | 3 | | (4) Recognize that crimes and the incarceration of | 4 | | youth are often associated with a history of child abuse | 5 | | and exposure to domestic violence, according to Futures | 6 | | Without Violence. | 7 | | (5) Recognize that the cost of prosecuting crime in | 8 | | this State is unnecessarily high due to a lack of | 9 | | prevention programs designed to eradicate domestic | 10 | | violence. | 11 | | (6) Recognize that sexual violence, stalking, and | 12 | | intimate partner violence are serious and widespread | 13 | | public health problems for children and adults in this | 14 | | State. | 15 | | (7) Recognize that intervention programs aimed at | 16 | | preventing domestic violence may yield better results than | 17 | | programs aimed at treating the victims of domestic | 18 | | violence, because treatment programs may reduce the | 19 | | likelihood that a particular woman will be re-victimized, | 20 | | but might not otherwise reduce the overall amount of | 21 | | domestic violence. | 22 | | (8) Recognize that uniform, effective, feasible, and | 23 | | widespread prevention of sexual violence and intimate | 24 | | partner violence is a high priority in this State. | 25 | | (9) Recognize that the Step Back Program at Oak Park | 26 | | and River Forest High School in Cook County, Illinois, is a |
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| 1 | | daily, 6 to 9 week, 45-session, gender-specific, primary | 2 | | prevention course for high school students designed to | 3 | | raise awareness of topics, including dating and domestic | 4 | | violence, bullying and harassment, sexual assault, digital | 5 | | abuse, self-defense, and suicide. The Step Back Program is | 6 | | co-facilitated by the high school and a nonprofit, | 7 | | nongovernmental domestic violence prevention specialist | 8 | | and service provider. | 9 | | (10) Develop a statewide effective prevention course | 10 | | for high school students based on the Step Back Program for | 11 | | boys and girls designed to prevent interpersonal, | 12 | | adolescent violence. | 13 | | (e) Members of the Eradicate Domestic Violence Task Force | 14 | | shall receive no compensation for their participation, but may | 15 | | be reimbursed by the State Board of Education for expenses in | 16 | | connection with their participation, including travel, if | 17 | | funds are available. | 18 | | (f) Nothing in this Section or in the prevention course is | 19 | | intended to infringe upon any right to exercise free expression | 20 | | or the free exercise of religion or religiously based views | 21 | | protected under the First Amendment to the United States | 22 | | Constitution or under Section 3 or 4 of Article 1 of the | 23 | | Illinois Constitution.
| 24 | | (Source: P.A. 97-1037, eff. 8-20-12; 98-188, eff. 8-6-13; | 25 | | 98-463, eff. 8-16-13.)
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