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1    AN ACT concerning education.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The School Code is amended  by changing Section 
52-3.166 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/2-3.166)
7    Sec. 2-3.166. Youth suicide awareness and prevention.
8    (a) This Section may be referred to as Ann Marie's Law.
9    (b) The State Board of Education shall do both of the 
10following:
11        (1) In consultation with a youth suicide prevention

12    organization operating in this State and organizations 
13    representing school boards and school personnel, develop a 
14    model
youth suicide awareness and prevention policy that 
15    is consistent with subsection (c) of this Section.
16        (2) Compile, develop, and post on its publicly 
17    accessible
Internet website both of the following, which 
18    may include materials
already publicly available:
19            (A) Recommended guidelines and educational 
20        materials for
training and professional development.
21            (B) Recommended resources and age-appropriate 
22        educational
materials on youth suicide awareness and 
23        prevention.
 
 
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1    (c) The model policy developed by the State Board of 
2Education under
subsection (b) of this Section and any policy 
3adopted by a school board
under subsection (d) of this Section 
4shall include all of the following:
5        (1) A statement on youth suicide awareness and 
6    prevention.
7        (2) Protocols for administering youth suicide 
8    awareness and
prevention education to staff and students.
9        (3) Methods of prevention, including procedures for 
10    early
identification and referral of students at risk of 
11    suicide.
12        (4) Methods of intervention, including procedures that

13    address an emotional or mental health safety plan for 
14    students
identified as being at increased risk of suicide, 
15    including those students who: .
16            (A) suffer from a mental health disorder;
17            (B) suffer from a substance abuse disorder;
18            (C) engage in self-harm or have previously 
19        attempted suicide;
20            (D) reside in an out-of-home placement;
21            (E) are experiencing homelessness;
22            (F) are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or 
23        questioning (LGBTQ);
24            (G) are bereaved by suicide; or
25            (H) have a medical condition or certain types of 
26        disabilities.
 
 
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1        (5) Methods of responding to a student or staff 
2    suicide or
suicide attempt.
3        (6) Reporting procedures.
4        (7) Recommended resources on youth suicide awareness 
5    and
prevention programs, including current contact 
6    information for
such programs.
7    (d) Beginning with the 2015-2016 school year, each school 
8board shall review and update its current suicide awareness 
9and prevention policy to be consistent with subsection (c) of 
10this Section or adopt an age-appropriate youth suicide 
11awareness and
prevention policy consistent with subsection (c) 
12of this Section, inform each
school district employee and the 
13parent or legal guardian of each
student enrolled in the 
14school district of such policy, and post
such policy on the 
15school district's publicly accessible Internet
website. The 
16policy adopted by a school board under this
subsection (d) may 
17be based upon the model policy developed by the
State Board of 
18Education under subsection (b) of this Section.

19(Source: P.A. 99-443, eff. 8-21-15; 99-642, eff. 7-28-16.)
  
 
20    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 
212022.