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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 | 2-3.148 and changing Section 10-22.39 as follows: | ||||||
6 | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.148 new) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 2-3.148. Food allergy guidelines. | ||||||
8 | (a) Not later than July 1, 2010, the State Board of | ||||||
9 | Education, in conjunction with the Department of Public Health, | ||||||
10 | shall develop and make available to each school board | ||||||
11 | guidelines for the management of students with | ||||||
12 | life-threatening food allergies. The State Board of Education | ||||||
13 | and the Department of Public Health shall establish an ad hoc | ||||||
14 | committee to develop the guidelines. The committee shall | ||||||
15 | include experts in the field of food allergens, representatives | ||||||
16 | on behalf of students with food allergies, representatives from | ||||||
17 | the several public school management organizations, which | ||||||
18 | shall include school administrators, principals, and school | ||||||
19 | board members, and representatives from 2 statewide | ||||||
20 | professional teachers' organizations. The guidelines shall | ||||||
21 | include, but need not be limited to, the following: | ||||||
22 | (1) education and training for school personnel who | ||||||
23 | interact with students with life-threatening food |
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1 | allergies, such as school and school district | ||||||
2 | administrators, teachers, school advisors and counselors, | ||||||
3 | school health personnel, and school nurses, on the | ||||||
4 | management of students with life-threatening food | ||||||
5 | allergies, including training related to the | ||||||
6 | administration of medication with an auto-injector; | ||||||
7 | (2) procedures for responding to life-threatening | ||||||
8 | allergic reactions to food; | ||||||
9 | (3) a process for the implementation of individualized | ||||||
10 | health care and food allergy action plans for every student | ||||||
11 | with a life-threatening food allergy; and | ||||||
12 | (4) protocols to prevent exposure to food allergens. | ||||||
13 | (b) Not later than January 1, 2011, each school board shall | ||||||
14 | implement a policy based on the guidelines developed pursuant | ||||||
15 | to subsection (a) of this Section for the management of | ||||||
16 | students with life-threatening food allergies enrolled in the | ||||||
17 | schools under its jurisdiction. Nothing in this subsection (b) | ||||||
18 | is intended to invalidate school district policies that were | ||||||
19 | implemented before the development of guidelines pursuant to | ||||||
20 | subsection (a) of this Section as long as such policies are | ||||||
21 | consistent with the guidelines developed pursuant to | ||||||
22 | subsection (a) of this Section.
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23 | (105 ILCS 5/10-22.39) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.39)
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24 | Sec. 10-22.39. In-service training programs. | ||||||
25 | (a) To conduct in-service training programs for teachers. |
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1 | (b) In addition to
other topics at in-service training
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2 | programs, school guidance counselors, teachers and
other | ||||||
3 | school personnel who work with pupils in grades 7 through 12 | ||||||
4 | shall be
trained to identify the warning signs of suicidal | ||||||
5 | behavior in adolescents
and teens and shall be taught | ||||||
6 | appropriate intervention and referral techniques.
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7 | (c) School guidance counselors, nurses, teachers and other | ||||||
8 | school personnel
who work with pupils may be trained to have a | ||||||
9 | basic knowledge of matters
relating to acquired | ||||||
10 | immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), including the nature
of the | ||||||
11 | disease, its causes and effects, the means of detecting it and
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12 | preventing its transmission, and the availability of | ||||||
13 | appropriate sources of
counseling and referral, and any other | ||||||
14 | information that may be appropriate
considering the age and | ||||||
15 | grade level of such pupils. The School Board shall
supervise | ||||||
16 | such training. The State Board of Education and the Department
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17 | of Public Health shall jointly develop standards for such | ||||||
18 | training.
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19 | (d) In this subsection (d): | ||||||
20 | "Domestic violence" means abuse by a family or household | ||||||
21 | member, as "abuse" and "family or household members" are | ||||||
22 | defined in Section 103 of the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of | ||||||
23 | 1986. | ||||||
24 | "Sexual violence" means sexual assault, abuse, or stalking | ||||||
25 | of an adult or minor child proscribed in the Criminal Code of | ||||||
26 | 1961 in Sections 12-7.3, 12-7.4, 12-7.5, 12-12, 12-13, 12-14, |
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1 | 12-14.1, 12-15, and 12-16, including sexual violence committed | ||||||
2 | by perpetrators who are strangers to the victim and sexual | ||||||
3 | violence committed by perpetrators who are known or related by | ||||||
4 | blood or marriage to the victim. | ||||||
5 | At least once every 2 years, an in-service training program | ||||||
6 | for school personnel who work with pupils, including, but not | ||||||
7 | limited to, school and school district administrators, | ||||||
8 | teachers, school guidance counselors, school social workers, | ||||||
9 | school counselors, school psychologists, and school nurses, | ||||||
10 | must be conducted by persons with expertise in domestic and | ||||||
11 | sexual violence and the needs of expectant and parenting youth | ||||||
12 | and shall include training concerning (i) communicating with | ||||||
13 | and listening to youth victims of domestic or sexual violence | ||||||
14 | and expectant and parenting youth, (ii) connecting youth | ||||||
15 | victims of domestic or sexual violence and expectant and | ||||||
16 | parenting youth to appropriate in-school services and other | ||||||
17 | agencies, programs, and services as needed, and (iii) | ||||||
18 | implementing the school district's policies, procedures, and | ||||||
19 | protocols with regard to such youth, including | ||||||
20 | confidentiality. At a minimum, school personnel must be trained | ||||||
21 | to understand, provide information and referrals, and address | ||||||
22 | issues pertaining to youth who are parents, expectant parents, | ||||||
23 | or victims of domestic or sexual violence.
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24 | (e) At least every 2 years, an in-service training program | ||||||
25 | for school personnel who work with pupils must be conducted by | ||||||
26 | persons with expertise in anaphylactic reactions and |
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1 | management. | ||||||
2 | (Source: P.A. 95-558, eff. 8-30-07.)
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3 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
4 | becoming law. |