Elementary & Secondary Education Committee
Filed: 2/19/2009
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 281




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 281 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 adding Section 
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2-3.148 as follows:
 
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    (105 ILCS 5/2-3.148  new)
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    Sec. 2-3.148. Food allergy guidelines.
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    (a) Not later than July 1, 2010, the State Board of 
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Education, in conjunction with the Department of Public Health, 
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shall develop and make available to each school board 
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guidelines for the management of students with 
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life-threatening food allergies. The guidelines shall include, 
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but need not be limited to, the following:
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        (1) education and training for school personnel who 
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    interact with students with life-threatening food 
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    allergies, such as school and school district 
 


 






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    administrators, teachers, school advisors and counselors, 
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    school social workers, school psychologists, school health 
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    personnel, and school nurses, on the management of students 
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    with life-threatening food allergies, including training 
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    related to the administration of medication with an 
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    auto-injector;
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        (2) procedures for responding to life-threatening 
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    allergic reactions to food;
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        (3) a process for the implementation of individualized 
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    health care and food allergy action plans for every student 
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    with a life-threatening food allergy; and
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        (4) protocols to prevent exposure to food allergens.
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    (b) Not later than January 1, 2011, each school board shall 
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implement a policy based on the guidelines developed pursuant 
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to subsection (a) of this Section for the management of 
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students with life-threatening food allergies enrolled in the 
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schools under its jurisdiction. Nothing in this subsection (b) 
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is intended to invalidate school district policies that were 
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implemented before the development of guidelines pursuant to 
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subsection (a) of this Section as long as such policies are 
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consistent with the guidelines developed pursuant to 
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subsection (a) of this Section.
 

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