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1 | AN ACT concerning education, which may be referred to as | ||||||
2 | the Brandon Ballard Law.
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3 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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4 | represented in the General Assembly:
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5 | Section 5. The Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive | ||||||
6 | Health
Education Act is amended by changing Section 3 as | ||||||
7 | follows:
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8 | (105 ILCS 110/3) (from Ch. 122, par. 863)
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9 | Sec. 3. Comprehensive Health Education Program. The | ||||||
10 | program established
under this Act shall include, but not be | ||||||
11 | limited to, the following major
educational areas as a basis | ||||||
12 | for curricula in all elementary and secondary
schools in this | ||||||
13 | State: human ecology and health, human growth and
development, | ||||||
14 | the emotional, psychological, physiological, hygienic and
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15 | social responsibilities of family life, including sexual | ||||||
16 | abstinence until
marriage, prevention and control of disease, | ||||||
17 | including instruction in
grades 6 through 12 on the prevention, | ||||||
18 | transmission and spread of AIDS,
sexual assault awareness in | ||||||
19 | secondary schools, public and environmental health, consumer | ||||||
20 | health, safety education and
disaster survival, mental health | ||||||
21 | and illness, personal health habits,
alcohol, drug use, and | ||||||
22 | abuse including the medical and legal ramifications
of alcohol, | ||||||
23 | drug, and tobacco use, abuse during pregnancy, sexual
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1 | abstinence until marriage, tobacco, nutrition, and dental | ||||||
2 | health. The program shall also provide course material and | ||||||
3 | instruction to advise pupils of the Abandoned Newborn Infant | ||||||
4 | Protection Act. The program shall include information about | ||||||
5 | cancer, including without limitation types of cancer, signs and | ||||||
6 | symptoms, risk factors, the importance of early prevention and | ||||||
7 | detection, and information on where to go for help.
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8 | Notwithstanding the above educational areas, the following | ||||||
9 | areas may also
be included as a basis for curricula in all | ||||||
10 | elementary and secondary
schools in this State: basic first aid | ||||||
11 | (including, but not limited to,
cardiopulmonary resuscitation | ||||||
12 | and the Heimlich maneuver), early prevention
and detection of | ||||||
13 | cancer, heart disease, diabetes, stroke, and the
prevention of | ||||||
14 | child abuse, neglect, and suicide.
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15 | The school board of each
public elementary and secondary | ||||||
16 | school in the State
shall encourage all teachers and other | ||||||
17 | school personnel to acquire,
develop, and maintain the | ||||||
18 | knowledge and skills necessary to properly
administer | ||||||
19 | life-saving techniques, including without limitation the
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20 | Heimlich maneuver and rescue breathing.
The training shall be | ||||||
21 | in
accordance with standards of the
American Red Cross, the | ||||||
22 | American Heart Association, or another nationally
recognized | ||||||
23 | certifying organization.
A school board may use the
services of | ||||||
24 | non-governmental entities whose personnel have expertise in
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25 | life-saving techniques to instruct teachers and other school | ||||||
26 | personnel in
these techniques. Each school board
is encouraged |
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1 | to have in
its employ, or on its volunteer staff, at least one | ||||||
2 | person who is certified, by
the American Red Cross or by | ||||||
3 | another qualified certifying agency,
as qualified to | ||||||
4 | administer first aid and
cardiopulmonary resuscitation. In | ||||||
5 | addition, each school board is authorized to
allocate | ||||||
6 | appropriate portions of its institute or inservice days to | ||||||
7 | conduct
training programs for teachers and other school | ||||||
8 | personnel who have expressed an
interest in becoming qualified | ||||||
9 | to administer emergency first aid or
cardiopulmonary | ||||||
10 | resuscitation. School boards are urged to
encourage their | ||||||
11 | teachers and other school personnel who coach school athletic
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12 | programs and other extracurricular school activities to | ||||||
13 | acquire, develop, and
maintain the knowledge and skills | ||||||
14 | necessary to properly administer first aid
and cardiopulmonary | ||||||
15 | resuscitation in accordance with standards and requirements
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16 | established by the American Red Cross or another qualified | ||||||
17 | certifying agency. Subject to appropriation, the State Board of | ||||||
18 | Education shall establish and administer a matching grant | ||||||
19 | program to pay for half of the cost that a school district | ||||||
20 | incurs in training those teachers and other school personnel | ||||||
21 | who express an interest in becoming qualified to administer | ||||||
22 | cardiopulmonary resuscitation (which training must be in
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23 | accordance with standards of the
American Red Cross, the | ||||||
24 | American Heart Association, or another nationally
recognized | ||||||
25 | certifying organization) or in learning how to use an automated | ||||||
26 | external defibrillator. A school district that applies for a |
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1 | grant must demonstrate that it has funds to pay half of the | ||||||
2 | cost of the training for which matching grant money is sought. | ||||||
3 | The State Board of Education shall award the grants on a | ||||||
4 | first-come, first-serve basis.
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5 | No pupil shall be
required to take or participate in any | ||||||
6 | class or course on AIDS or family
life instruction if his | ||||||
7 | parent or guardian submits written objection
thereto, and | ||||||
8 | refusal to take or participate in the course or program shall
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9 | not be reason for suspension or expulsion of the pupil.
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10 | Curricula developed under programs established in | ||||||
11 | accordance with this
Act in the major educational area of | ||||||
12 | alcohol and drug use and abuse shall
include classroom | ||||||
13 | instruction in grades 5 through 12. The instruction,
which | ||||||
14 | shall include matters relating to both the physical and legal | ||||||
15 | effects
and ramifications of drug and substance abuse, shall be | ||||||
16 | integrated into
existing curricula; and the State Board of | ||||||
17 | Education shall develop and make
available to all elementary | ||||||
18 | and secondary schools in this State
instructional materials and | ||||||
19 | guidelines which will assist the schools in
incorporating the | ||||||
20 | instruction into their existing curricula. In
addition, school | ||||||
21 | districts may offer, as part of existing curricula during
the | ||||||
22 | school day or as part of an after school program, support | ||||||
23 | services and
instruction for pupils or pupils whose parent, | ||||||
24 | parents, or guardians are
chemically dependent.
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25 | (Source: P.A. 94-933, eff. 6-26-06; 95-43, eff. 1-1-08; 95-764, | ||||||
26 | eff. 1-1-09; revised 9-5-08.)
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1 | Section 10. The Interscholastic Athletic Organization Act | ||||||
2 | is amended by adding Section 1.5 as follows: | ||||||
3 | (105 ILCS 25/1.5 new)
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4 | Sec. 1.5. Cancer screening. An association or other entity | ||||||
5 | that has as one of its purposes promoting, sponsoring, | ||||||
6 | regulating, or in any manner providing for interscholastic | ||||||
7 | athletics or any form of athletic competition among schools and | ||||||
8 | students within this State shall include a question asking | ||||||
9 | whether a student has a family history of cancer on any | ||||||
10 | pre-participation examination form given to students | ||||||
11 | participating or seeking to participate in interscholastic | ||||||
12 | athletics. The association or entity may require that a | ||||||
13 | testicular examination be conducted as a part of any physical | ||||||
14 | required for a male student's participation in interscholastic | ||||||
15 | athletics.
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