102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
SB1914
 
Introduced 2/26/2021, by Sen. Julie A. Morrison
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 



405 ILCS 49/15

     Amends the Children's Mental Health Act of 2003. In a provision requiring every Illinois school district to develop a policy for incorporating social and emotional development into the district's educational program, provides that the policy may include school personnel development training to promote trauma-informed responses utilizing the CDC-Kaiser Permanente Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study and other appropriate training tools.
  


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A BILL FOR
 

  
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1    AN ACT concerning mental health.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Children's Mental Health Act of 2003 is 
5amended  by changing Section 15 as follows:
 



6    (405 ILCS 49/15)



7    Sec. 15. Mental health and schools. 

8    (a) The Illinois State Board of Education shall develop 
9and implement a plan
to
incorporate social and emotional 
10development standards as part of the Illinois
Learning 
11Standards for the purpose of enhancing and measuring 
12children's school
readiness and ability to achieve academic 
13success.
The plan shall be submitted to the Governor, the 
14General Assembly, and the
Partnership by December 31, 2004.

15    (b) Every Illinois school district shall develop a policy 
16for incorporating
social and emotional development into the 
17district's educational program.
The policy shall address 
18teaching and assessing social and emotional
skills and 
19protocols for responding to children with social, emotional, 
20or
mental health problems, or a combination of such problems, 
21that impact
learning ability. The policy may include school 
22personnel development training to promote trauma-informed 
23responses utilizing the CDC-Kaiser Permanente Adverse 
 
 
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1Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study and other appropriate 
2training tools. School social workers may implement a 
3continuum of social and emotional education programs and 
4services in accordance with students' needs. Each district 
5must submit this policy to the Illinois State
Board of 
6Education by August 31, 2004.

7(Source: P.A. 98-338, eff. 8-13-13.)