Public Act 0371 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SB0395 Enrolled LRB095 04939 RAS 25005 b

Public Act 095-0371

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 27-17 as follows:

(105 ILCS 5/27-17) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-17)

Sec. 27-17. Safety education. School boards of public schools and all boards in charge of educational institutions supported wholly or partially by the State may provide instruction in safety education in all grades and include such instruction in the courses of study regularly taught therein.

In this section "safety education" means and includes instruction in the following:

1. automobile safety, including traffic regulations and highway safety;

2. safety in the home;

3. safety in connection with recreational activities;

4. safety in and around school buildings;

5. safety in connection with vocational work or training; and

6. cardio-pulmonary resuscitation for pupils enrolled in grades 9 through 11.

Such boards may make suitable provisions in the schools and institutions under their jurisdiction for instruction in safety education for not less than 16 hours during each school year.

The curriculum in all State universities shall contain an elective course of instruction in safety education for teachers that is appropriate to the grade level of the teaching certificate , comprising at least 48 fifty-minute periods or the equivalent thereof. This instruction may be by specific courses in safety education or may be incorporated in existing subjects taught in the university.

(Source: P.A. 80-1283.)

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