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HB0382 Engrossed |
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LRB095 05285 HLH 25363 b |
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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 |
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| 34-18.13 as follows:
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| (105 ILCS 5/34-18.13) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-18.13)
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| Sec. 34-18.13. Infectious disease policies and rules. The |
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| Board of
Education shall develop policies and adopt rules |
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| relating to the
appropriate manner of managing children with |
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| chronic infectious diseases,
not inconsistent with guidelines |
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| published by the State Board of Education
and the Illinois |
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| Department of Public Health. Such policies and rules must
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| include evaluation of students with a chronic infectious |
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| disease on an
individual case-by-case basis, and may include |
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| different provisions for
different age groups, classes of |
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| instruction, types of educational
institution, and other |
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| reasonable classifications, as the Board may find
appropriate. |
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| Under these policies and rules, the Board shall require that |
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| all students wash their hands with an antiseptic soap or |
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| detergent before consuming any meal at school and shall |
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| establish nationally accepted standards and provide the |
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| facilities, materials, and supervision necessary to implement |
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| the handwashing requirement.
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