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Full Text of HB0115 99th General Assembly

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HB0115eng 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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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 Sections
5 10-21.11 and 34-18.13 as follows:

6     (105 ILCS 5/10-21.11)  (from Ch. 122, par. 10-21.11)
7     Sec. 10-21.11. Infectious disease policies and rules. To
8 develop policies and adopt rules relating to the appropriate
9 manner of managing children with chronic infectious diseases,
10 not inconsistent with guidelines published by the State Board
11 of Education and the Illinois Department of Public Health. Such
12 policies and rules must include evaluation of students with a
13 chronic infectious disease on an individual case-by-case
14 basis, and may include different provisions for different age
15 groups, classes of instruction, types of educational
16 institution, and other reasonable classifications, as the
17 school board may find appropriate. School boards are urged,
18 under these policies and rules, to allow students to wash their
19 hands with a soap or detergent if they wish to do so.
20     This requirement applies to all school districts and public
21 schools of this State, including special charter districts,
22 Department of Corrections school districts, laboratory schools
23 operated by the governing board of a public university, and

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1 alternative schools operated by a regional superintendent of
2 schools.
3 (Source: P.A. 86-890; 86-1028.)

4     (105 ILCS 5/34-18.13)  (from Ch. 122, par. 34-18.13)
5     Sec. 34-18.13. Infectious disease policies and rules. The
6 Board of Education shall develop policies and adopt rules
7 relating to the appropriate manner of managing children with
8 chronic infectious diseases, not inconsistent with guidelines
9 published by the State Board of Education and the Illinois
10 Department of Public Health. Such policies and rules must
11 include evaluation of students with a chronic infectious
12 disease on an individual case-by-case basis, and may include
13 different provisions for different age groups, classes of
14 instruction, types of educational institution, and other
15 reasonable classifications, as the Board may find appropriate.
16 The Board is urged, under these policies and rules, to allow
17 students to wash their hands with a soap or detergent if they
18 wish to do so.
19 (Source: P.A. 86-890; 86-1028.)

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