HB1478eng 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HB1478 Engrossed LRB097 06661 NHT 46747 b

AN ACT concerning education.

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

Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section 34-18.13 as follows:

(105 ILCS 5/34-18.13) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-18.13)

Sec. 34-18.13. Infectious disease policies and rules. The Board of Education shall develop policies and adopt rules relating to the appropriate manner of managing children with chronic infectious diseases, not inconsistent with guidelines published by the State Board of Education and the Illinois Department of Public Health. Such policies and rules must include evaluation of students with a chronic infectious disease on an individual case-by-case basis, and may include different provisions for different age groups, classes of instruction, types of educational institution, and other reasonable classifications, as the Board may find appropriate. Under these policies and rules, the Board shall require that all students wash their hands with a soap or detergent before consuming any meal at school and shall identify nationally accepted standards from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and provide the facilities, materials, and supervision necessary to implement the handwashing requirement.

(Source: P.A. 86-890; 86-1028.)

Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding Section 8.35 as follows:

(30 ILCS 805/8.35 new)

Sec. 8.35. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly.