Rep. Tom Cross
Filed: 3/26/2007
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3327




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3327 by replacing 
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everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
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    "Section 5. The School Code is amended  by changing Section 
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27-17 as follows:
 



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



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

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instruction in the courses of study regularly taught therein.

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

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    1.  automobile safety, including traffic regulations,
and

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highway
safety, and the consequences of alcohol consumption and 
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the operation of a motor vehicle;

 


 






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    2.  safety in the home;

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    3.  safety in connection with recreational activities;

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    4. safety in and around school buildings;

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

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    6. cardio-pulmonary resuscitation for pupils enrolled in 
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grades 9 through 11.

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    Such boards may make suitable provisions in the schools and

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institutions under their jurisdiction for instruction in 
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safety
education for not less than 16 hours during each school 
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year.

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    The curriculum in all State universities shall contain an 
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elective
course of instruction in safety education for 
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teachers, comprising at
least 48 fifty-minute periods or the 
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equivalent thereof.

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(Source: P.A. 80-1283.)

 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.".