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Public Act 098-0338
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AN ACT concerning education.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section |
14-1.09.2 as follows:
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(105 ILCS 5/14-1.09.2)
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Sec. 14-1.09.2. School Social Work Services. In the
public |
schools, social work services may be provided by qualified |
specialists
who hold Type 73 School Service Personnel |
Certificates endorsed for school
social work issued by the |
State Teacher Certification Board or who hold a Professional |
Educator License with a school support personnel endorsement in |
the area of school social worker under Section 21B-25 of this |
Code.
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School social work services may include, but are not |
limited to:
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(1) Identifying students in need of special education |
services by
conducting a social-developmental study in a |
case study evaluation;
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(2) Developing and implementing comprehensive |
interventions with students,
parents, and teachers that |
will enhance student adjustment to, and performance
in, the |
school setting;
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(3) Consulting and collaborating with teachers and |
other school personnel
regarding behavior management and |
intervention plans and inclusion in support
of special |
education students in regular classroom settings;
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(4) Counseling with students, parents, and teachers in |
accordance with
the rules and regulations governing |
provision of related services, provided
that parent |
permission must be obtained in writing before a student
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participates in a group counseling session;
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(5) Acting as a liaison between the public schools and |
community
resources;
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(6) Developing and implementing school-based |
prevention programs,
including mediation and violence |
prevention, implementing social and emotional education |
programs and services, and establishing and implementing |
bullying prevention and intervention programs;
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(7) Providing crisis intervention within the school |
setting;
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(8) Supervising school social work interns enrolled in |
school social work
programs that meet the standards |
established by the State Board of Education;
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(9) Providing parent education and counseling as |
appropriate in relation
to the child's educational |
assessment; and
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(10) Assisting in completing a functional behavioral |
assessment, as
well as assisting in the development of |
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nonaversive behavioral intervention
strategies; and .
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(11) Evaluating program effectiveness. |
Nothing in this Section prohibits other certified |
professionals from
providing any of the services listed in this |
Section for which
they are appropriately trained.
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(Source: P.A. 92-362, eff. 8-15-01; 92-651, eff. 7-11-02.)
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Section 10. The Children's Mental Health Act of 2003 is |
amended by changing Section 15 as follows:
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(405 ILCS 49/15)
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Sec. 15. Mental health and schools.
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(a) The Illinois State Board of Education shall develop and |
implement a plan
to
incorporate social and emotional |
development standards as part of the Illinois
Learning |
Standards for the purpose of enhancing and measuring children's |
school
readiness and ability to achieve academic success.
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plan shall be submitted to the Governor, the General Assembly, |
and the
Partnership by December 31, 2004.
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(b) Every Illinois school district shall develop a policy |
for incorporating
social and emotional development into the |
district's educational program.
The policy shall address |
teaching and assessing social and emotional
skills and |
protocols for responding to children with social, emotional, or
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mental health problems, or a combination of such problems, that |
impact
learning ability. School social workers may implement a |