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 1        AN ACT with regard to 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 adding  Section
 5    27-23.6 as follows:

 6        (105 ILCS 5/27-23.6 new)
 7        Sec. 27-23.6.  Anti-bias education.
 8        (a)  The   General   Assembly   finds  that  there  is  a
 9    significant increase in violence in the schools and that much
10    of that violence is the result of intergroup  tensions.   The
11    General  Assembly  further finds that anti-bias education and
12    intergroup conflict  resolution  are  effective  methods  for
13    preventing violence and lessening tensions in the schools and
14    that   these   methods  are  most  effective  when  they  are
15    respectful of individuals and their divergent viewpoints  and
16    religious beliefs, which are protected by the First Amendment
17    to the Constitution of the United States.
18        (b)  Beginning  with  the  2002-2003  school year, public
19    elementary and secondary schools may  incorporate  activities
20    to  address  intergroup  conflict,  with  the  objectives  of
21    improving  intergroup  relations  on  and  beyond  the school
22    campus, defusing intergroup tensions, and promoting  peaceful
23    resolution  of conflict. The activities must be respectful of
24    individuals and  their  divergent  viewpoints  and  religious
25    beliefs,  which  are  protected by the First Amendment to the
26    Constitution  of  the  United  States.  Such  activities  may
27    include, but not  be  limited  to,  instruction  and  teacher
28    training programs.
29        (c)  A  school  board that adopts a policy to incorporate
30    activities to address intergroup conflict as authorized under
31    subsection  (b)  of  this  Section  shall  make   information
 
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 1    available  to  the  public that describes the manner in which
 2    the board has implemented the authority granted to it in this
 3    Section.  The means for disseminating  this  information  (i)
 4    shall   include   posting   the  information  on  the  school
 5    district's  Internet  web  site,  if  any,  and  making   the
 6    information available, upon request, in district offices, and
 7    (ii)   may   include  without  limitation  incorporating  the
 8    information  in  a  student  handbook   and   including   the
 9    information in a district newsletter.

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

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