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91_HB2962

 
                                               LRB9109402NTsb

 1        AN ACT  to  amend  the  School  Code  by  adding  Section
 2    27-23.6.

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

 5        Section 5.  The School Code is amended by adding  Section
 6    27-23.6 as follows:

 7        (105 ILCS 5/27-23.6 new)
 8        Sec.  27-23.6.  Instruction  on  clinical  depression and
 9    suicide prevention.  Every public high school  shall  include
10    in  its  curriculum a unit of instruction concerning clinical
11    depression and suicide prevention.  The State  Superintendent
12    of  Education  may  prepare  and make available to the school
13    boards of unit school districts  and  high  school  districts
14    instruction  materials  that  may  be  used as guidelines for
15    development of a unit  of  instruction  under  this  Section,
16    provided  that  each  school board shall itself determine the
17    minimum amount of instruction time that qualifies as  a  unit
18    of instruction satisfying the requirements of this Section.

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