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Rep. Charles E. Jefferson
Filed: 3/27/2007
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3491
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3491 by replacing |
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| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive |
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Education Act is amended by changing Section 3 as |
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| follows:
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| (105 ILCS 110/3) (from Ch. 122, par. 863)
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| Sec. 3. Comprehensive Health Education Program. The |
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| program established
under this Act shall include, but not be |
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| limited to, the following major
educational areas as a basis |
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| for curricula in all elementary and secondary
schools in this |
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| State: human ecology and health, human growth and
development, |
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| the emotional, psychological, physiological, hygienic and
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| social responsibilities of family life, including sexual |
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| abstinence until
marriage, prevention and control of disease, |
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| including instruction in
grades 6 through 12 on the prevention, |
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| transmission and spread of AIDS,
public and environmental |
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| health, consumer health, safety education and
disaster |
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| survival, mental health and illness, personal health habits,
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| alcohol, drug use, and abuse including the medical and legal |
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| ramifications
of alcohol, drug, and tobacco use, abuse during |
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| pregnancy, sexual
abstinence until marriage, tobacco, |
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| nutrition, and dental health. The program shall also provide |
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| course material and instruction to advise pupils of the |
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| Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act.
Notwithstanding the |
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| above educational areas, the following areas may also
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| included as a basis for curricula in all elementary and |
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| secondary
schools in this State: basic first aid (including, |
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| but not limited to,
cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the |
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| Heimlich maneuver), early prevention
and detection of cancer, |
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| heart disease, diabetes, stroke, and the
prevention of child |
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| abuse, neglect, and suicide.
The school board of each
public |
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| elementary and secondary school in the State
shall encourage |
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| all teachers and other school personnel to acquire,
develop, |
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| and maintain the knowledge and skills necessary to properly
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| administer life-saving techniques, including without |
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| limitation the
Heimlich maneuver and rescue breathing , except |
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| that the school board shall require all teachers and other |
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| school personnel hired on or after the effective date of this |
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| amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly to acquire, |
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| develop, and maintain the knowledge and skills necessary to |
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| properly administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation .
The |
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| training shall be in
accordance with standards of the
American |
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| Red Cross, the American Heart Association, or another |
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| nationally
recognized certifying organization.
A school board |
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| may use the
services of non-governmental entities whose |
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| personnel have expertise in
life-saving techniques to instruct |
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| teachers and other school personnel in
these techniques. Each |
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| school board
is encouraged to have in
its employ, or on its |
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| volunteer staff, at least one person who is certified, by
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| American Red Cross or by another qualified certifying agency,
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| as qualified to administer first aid and
cardiopulmonary |
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| resuscitation. In addition, each school board is authorized to
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| allocate appropriate portions of its institute or inservice |
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| days to conduct
training programs for teachers and other school |
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| personnel who have expressed an
interest in becoming qualified |
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| to administer emergency first aid or who have expressed an |
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| interest in becoming or who are required to become qualified to |
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| administer
cardiopulmonary resuscitation. School boards are |
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| urged to
encourage their teachers and other school personnel |
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| who coach school athletic
programs and other extracurricular |
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| school activities to acquire, develop, and
maintain the |
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| knowledge and skills necessary to properly administer first aid
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| and cardiopulmonary resuscitation in accordance with standards |
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| and requirements
established by the American Red Cross or |
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| another qualified certifying agency.
No pupil shall be
required |
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| to take or participate in any class or course on AIDS or family
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| life instruction if his parent or guardian submits written |
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| objection
thereto, and refusal to take or participate in the |
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| course or program shall
not be reason for suspension or |
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| expulsion of the pupil.
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| Curricula developed under programs established in |
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| accordance with this
Act in the major educational area of |
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| alcohol and drug use and abuse shall
include classroom |
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| instruction in grades 5 through 12. The instruction,
which |
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| shall include matters relating to both the physical and legal |
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| effects
and ramifications of drug and substance abuse, shall be |
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| integrated into
existing curricula; and the State Board of |
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| Education shall develop and make
available to all elementary |
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| and secondary schools in this State
instructional materials and |
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| guidelines which will assist the schools in
incorporating the |
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| instruction into their existing curricula. In
addition, school |
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| districts may offer, as part of existing curricula during
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| school day or as part of an after school program, support |
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| services and
instruction for pupils or pupils whose parent, |
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| parents, or guardians are
chemically dependent.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-933, eff. 6-26-06.)".
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