Rep. Maura Hirschauer
Filed: 3/2/2022
 
 

 

 

 
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1
AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5193 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5193 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
4    "Section 5. The School Code is amended  by changing Section 
527-17 as follows:
 



6    (105 ILCS 5/27-17)  (from Ch. 122, par. 27-17)



7    Sec. 27-17. Safety education. School boards of public 
8schools and all boards in charge of
educational institutions 
9supported wholly or partially by the State may
provide 
10instruction in safety education in all grades and include such

11instruction in the courses of study regularly taught therein.

12    In this section "safety education" means and includes 
13instruction in
the following:

14        1.  automobile safety, including traffic regulations, 
15    highway
safety, and the consequences of alcohol 
16    consumption and the operation of a motor vehicle;

 
 
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1        2.  safety in the home, including safe gun storage;

2        3.  safety in connection with recreational activities;

3        4. safety in and around school buildings; 

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

6        6. cardio-pulmonary resuscitation for students 
7    enrolled in grades 9 through 11; and

8        7. for students enrolled in grades 6 through 8, 
9    cardio-pulmonary resuscitation and how to use an automated 
10    external defibrillator by watching a training video on 
11    those subjects. 
12    Such boards may make suitable provisions in the schools 
13and
institutions under their jurisdiction for instruction in 
14safety
education for not less than 16 hours during each school 
15year.

16    The curriculum in all educator preparation programs 
17approved by the State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board 
18shall contain instruction in safety education for teachers 
19that is appropriate to the grade level of the educator 
20license. This instruction may be by specific courses in safety 
21education or may be incorporated in existing subjects taught 
22in the educator preparation program.


23(Source: P.A. 99-58, eff. 7-16-15.)".