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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3744
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 3744 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
4 "Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Sections
5 10-20.35 and 34-18.23 as follows:
6 (105 ILCS 5/10-20.35 new)
7 Sec. 10-20.35. Refusal to administer psychotropic drug
8 to child; no disciplinary action. Each school board must
9 adopt and implement a policy that prohibits school
10 administrators, teachers, and other school personnel from
11 threatening or carrying out disciplinary or punitive action,
12 including without limitation expulsion, suspension,
13 detention, in-school suspension, exclusion from
14 school-sponsored events, lowering grades, changing
15 educational placement, or other adverse action, against a
16 student or the student's sibling solely because the student's
17 parent or guardian has refused to administer or consent to
18 the administration of a psychotropic drug to the student.
19 The policy must require that, at least once every 2
20 years, the in-service training of school personnel and
21 administrators include training on current best practices
22 regarding the identification and treatment of attention
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1 deficit disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity
2 disorder, the application of non-aversive behavioral
3 interventions in the school environment, and the use of
4 psychotropic drugs for school-age children.
5 This Section does not prohibit school medical staff or an
6 individualized educational program team from recommending
7 that a student be evaluated by an appropriate medical
8 practitioner or prohibit school personnel from consulting
9 with the practitioner with the consent of the student's
10 parents or guardian.
11 (105 ILCS 5/34-18.23 new)
12 Sec. 34-18.23. Refusal to administer psychotropic drug
13 to child; no disciplinary action. The board must adopt and
14 implement a policy that prohibits school administrators,
15 teachers, and other school personnel from threatening or
16 carrying out disciplinary or punitive action, including
17 without limitation expulsion, suspension, detention,
18 in-school suspension, exclusion from school-sponsored events,
19 lowering grades, changing educational placement, or other
20 adverse action, against a student or the student's sibling
21 solely because the student's parent or guardian has refused
22 to administer or consent to the administration of a
23 psychotropic drug to the student.
24 The policy must require that, at least once every 2
25 years, the in-service training of school personnel and
26 administrators include training on current best practices
27 regarding the identification and treatment of attention
28 deficit disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity
29 disorder, the application of non-aversive behavioral
30 interventions in the school environment, and the use of
31 psychotropic drugs for school-age children.
32 This Section does not prohibit school medical staff or an
33 individualized educational program team from recommending
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1 that a student be evaluated by an appropriate medical
2 practitioner or prohibit school personnel from consulting
3 with the practitioner with the consent of the student's
4 parents or guardian.".