96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB5175


 
Introduced 2/1/2010, by Rep. Mary E. Flowers
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		








  



105 ILCS 5/34-18.13
  from Ch. 122, par. 34-18.13



30 ILCS 805/8.34 new










    Amends the Chicago School District Article of the School Code. Provides that under the Chicago Board of Education's policies and rules concerning infectious disease, the Board shall require that all students wash their hands with a soap or detergent before consuming any meal at school and shall identify nationally accepted standards  from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and provide the facilities, materials, and supervision necessary to implement the handwashing requirement. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. 
















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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY


STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT
















 


 


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    AN ACT concerning education.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:


 
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    Section 5. The School Code is amended  by changing Section 
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34-18.13 as follows:
 



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    (105 ILCS 5/34-18.13)  (from Ch. 122, par. 34-18.13)


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    Sec. 34-18.13. Infectious disease policies and rules. The 
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Board of
Education shall develop policies and adopt rules 
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relating to the
appropriate manner of managing children with 
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chronic infectious diseases,
not inconsistent with guidelines 
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published by the State Board of Education
and the Illinois 
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Department of Public Health.  Such policies and rules must

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include evaluation of students with a chronic infectious 
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disease on an
individual case-by-case basis, and may include 
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different provisions for
different age groups, classes of 
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instruction, types of educational
institution, and other 
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reasonable classifications, as the Board may find
appropriate. 
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Under these policies and rules, the Board shall require that 
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all students wash their hands with a soap or detergent before 
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consuming any meal at school and shall identify nationally 
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accepted standards  from the Centers for Disease Control and 
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Prevention and provide the facilities, materials, and 
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supervision necessary to implement the handwashing 
 


 






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requirement.


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(Source: P.A. 86-890; 86-1028.)



 
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    Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding 
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Section 8.34 as follows:
 
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    (30 ILCS 805/8.34 new)
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    Sec. 8.34. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 
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of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the 
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implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of 
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the 96th General Assembly.