Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
Filed: 2/26/2009
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 281
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 281, AS AMENDED, by | ||||||
3 | replacing everything after the enacting clause with the | ||||||
4 | following:
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5 | "Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section | ||||||
6 | 2-3.148 and changing 10-22.39 as follows: | ||||||
7 | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.148 new) | ||||||
8 | Sec. 2-3.148. Food allergy guidelines. | ||||||
9 | (a) Not later than July 1, 2010, the State Board of | ||||||
10 | Education, in conjunction with the Department of Public Health, | ||||||
11 | shall develop and make available to each school board | ||||||
12 | guidelines for the management of students with | ||||||
13 | life-threatening food allergies. The State Board of Education | ||||||
14 | and the Department of Public Health shall establish an ad hoc | ||||||
15 | committee to develop the guidelines. The committee shall | ||||||
16 | include experts in the field of food allergens, representatives |
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1 | on behalf of students with food allergies, representatives from | ||||||
2 | the several public school management organizations, which | ||||||
3 | shall include school administrators, principals, and school | ||||||
4 | board members, and representatives from 2 statewide | ||||||
5 | professional teachers' organizations. The guidelines shall | ||||||
6 | include, but need not be limited to, the following: | ||||||
7 | (1) education and training for school personnel who | ||||||
8 | interact with students with life-threatening food | ||||||
9 | allergies, such as school and school district | ||||||
10 | administrators, teachers, school advisors and counselors, | ||||||
11 | school health personnel, and school nurses, on the | ||||||
12 | management of students with life-threatening food | ||||||
13 | allergies, including training related to the | ||||||
14 | administration of medication with an auto-injector; | ||||||
15 | (2) procedures for responding to life-threatening | ||||||
16 | allergic reactions to food; | ||||||
17 | (3) a process for the implementation of individualized | ||||||
18 | health care and food allergy action plans for every student | ||||||
19 | with a life-threatening food allergy; and | ||||||
20 | (4) protocols to prevent exposure to food allergens. | ||||||
21 | (b) Not later than January 1, 2011, each school board shall | ||||||
22 | implement a policy based on the guidelines developed pursuant | ||||||
23 | to subsection (a) of this Section for the management of | ||||||
24 | students with life-threatening food allergies enrolled in the | ||||||
25 | schools under its jurisdiction. Nothing in this subsection (b) | ||||||
26 | is intended to invalidate school district policies that were |
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1 | implemented before the development of guidelines pursuant to | ||||||
2 | subsection (a) of this Section as long as such policies are | ||||||
3 | consistent with the guidelines developed pursuant to | ||||||
4 | subsection (a) of this Section.
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5 | (105 ILCS 5/10-22.39) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.39)
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6 | Sec. 10-22.39. In-service training programs. | ||||||
7 | (a) To conduct in-service training programs for teachers. | ||||||
8 | (b) In addition to
other topics at in-service training
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9 | programs, school guidance counselors, teachers and
other | ||||||
10 | school personnel who work with pupils in grades 7 through 12 | ||||||
11 | shall be
trained to identify the warning signs of suicidal | ||||||
12 | behavior in adolescents
and teens and shall be taught | ||||||
13 | appropriate intervention and referral techniques.
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14 | (c) School guidance counselors, nurses, teachers and other | ||||||
15 | school personnel
who work with pupils may be trained to have a | ||||||
16 | basic knowledge of matters
relating to acquired | ||||||
17 | immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), including the nature
of the | ||||||
18 | disease, its causes and effects, the means of detecting it and
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19 | preventing its transmission, and the availability of | ||||||
20 | appropriate sources of
counseling and referral, and any other | ||||||
21 | information that may be appropriate
considering the age and | ||||||
22 | grade level of such pupils. The School Board shall
supervise | ||||||
23 | such training. The State Board of Education and the Department
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24 | of Public Health shall jointly develop standards for such | ||||||
25 | training.
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1 | (d) In this subsection (d): | ||||||
2 | "Domestic violence" means abuse by a family or household | ||||||
3 | member, as "abuse" and "family or household members" are | ||||||
4 | defined in Section 103 of the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of | ||||||
5 | 1986. | ||||||
6 | "Sexual violence" means sexual assault, abuse, or stalking | ||||||
7 | of an adult or minor child proscribed in the Criminal Code of | ||||||
8 | 1961 in Sections 12-7.3, 12-7.4, 12-7.5, 12-12, 12-13, 12-14, | ||||||
9 | 12-14.1, 12-15, and 12-16, including sexual violence committed | ||||||
10 | by perpetrators who are strangers to the victim and sexual | ||||||
11 | violence committed by perpetrators who are known or related by | ||||||
12 | blood or marriage to the victim. | ||||||
13 | At least once every 2 years, an in-service training program | ||||||
14 | for school personnel who work with pupils, including, but not | ||||||
15 | limited to, school and school district administrators, | ||||||
16 | teachers, school guidance counselors, school social workers, | ||||||
17 | school counselors, school psychologists, and school nurses, | ||||||
18 | must be conducted by persons with expertise in domestic and | ||||||
19 | sexual violence and the needs of expectant and parenting youth | ||||||
20 | and shall include training concerning (i) communicating with | ||||||
21 | and listening to youth victims of domestic or sexual violence | ||||||
22 | and expectant and parenting youth, (ii) connecting youth | ||||||
23 | victims of domestic or sexual violence and expectant and | ||||||
24 | parenting youth to appropriate in-school services and other | ||||||
25 | agencies, programs, and services as needed, and (iii) | ||||||
26 | implementing the school district's policies, procedures, and |
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1 | protocols with regard to such youth, including | ||||||
2 | confidentiality. At a minimum, school personnel must be trained | ||||||
3 | to understand, provide information and referrals, and address | ||||||
4 | issues pertaining to youth who are parents, expectant parents, | ||||||
5 | or victims of domestic or sexual violence.
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6 | (e) At least every 2 years, an in-service training program | ||||||
7 | for school personnel who work with pupils must be conducted by | ||||||
8 | persons with expertise in anaphylactic reactions and | ||||||
9 | management. | ||||||
10 | (Source: P.A. 95-558, eff. 8-30-07.)
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11 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
12 | becoming law.".
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