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| 1 | AN ACT concerning education.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section | ||||||
| 5 | 27-23.7 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (105 ILCS 5/27-23.7) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 27-23.7. Bullying prevention education; gang | ||||||
| 8 | resistance education and training. | ||||||
| 9 | (a) The General Assembly finds that bullying has a negative | ||||||
| 10 | effect on the social environment of schools, creates a climate | ||||||
| 11 | of fear among students, inhibits their ability to learn, and | ||||||
| 12 | leads to other antisocial behavior. Bullying behavior has been | ||||||
| 13 | linked to other forms of antisocial behavior, such as | ||||||
| 14 | vandalism, shoplifting, skipping and dropping out of school, | ||||||
| 15 | fighting, using drugs and alcohol, sexual harassment, and | ||||||
| 16 | sexual violence. | ||||||
| 17 | The General Assembly further finds that the instance of | ||||||
| 18 | youth delinquent gangs continues to rise on a statewide basis. | ||||||
| 19 | Given the higher rates of criminal offending among gang | ||||||
| 20 | members, as well as the availability of increasingly lethal | ||||||
| 21 | weapons, the level of criminal activity by gang members has | ||||||
| 22 | taken on new importance for law enforcement agencies, schools, | ||||||
| 23 | the community, and prevention efforts.
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| 1 | (b) In this Section: ,
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| 2 | "Bullying
bullying prevention" means and includes | ||||||
| 3 | instruction in all of the following: | ||||||
| 4 | (1) Intimidation. | ||||||
| 5 | (2) Student victimization. | ||||||
| 6 | (3) Sexual harassment. | ||||||
| 7 | (4) Sexual violence. | ||||||
| 8 | (5) Strategies for student-centered problem solving | ||||||
| 9 | regarding bullying. | ||||||
| 10 | "Gang resistance education and training" means and | ||||||
| 11 | includes instruction in, without limitation, each of the | ||||||
| 12 | following subject matters when accompanied by a stated | ||||||
| 13 | objective of reducing gang activity and educating children in | ||||||
| 14 | grades K through 12 about the consequences of gang involvement: | ||||||
| 15 | (1) Conflict resolution. | ||||||
| 16 | (2) Cultural sensitivity. | ||||||
| 17 | (3) Personal goal setting. | ||||||
| 18 | (4) Resisting peer pressure.
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| 19 | (c) Each school district may make suitable provisions for | ||||||
| 20 | instruction in bullying prevention and gang resistance | ||||||
| 21 | education and training in all grades and include such | ||||||
| 22 | instruction in the courses of study regularly taught therein. A | ||||||
| 23 | school board may collaborate with a community-based agency | ||||||
| 24 | providing specialized curricula in bullying prevention whose | ||||||
| 25 | ultimate outcome is to prevent sexual violence. For the | ||||||
| 26 | purposes of gang resistance education and training, a school | ||||||
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| 1 | board must collaborate with State and local law enforcement | ||||||
| 2 | agencies. The State Board of Education may assist in the | ||||||
| 3 | development of instructional materials and teacher training in | ||||||
| 4 | relation to bullying prevention and gang resistance education | ||||||
| 5 | and training.
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| 6 | (Source: P.A. 94-937, eff. 6-26-06.)
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