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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 changing Section | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | 27-23.4 as follows:
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6 | (105 ILCS 5/27-23.4)
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7 | Sec. 27-23.4. Violence prevention and conflict resolution | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | education.
School districts shall provide for a period of not | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | less than 3 weeks per calendar year on instruction in violence | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | prevention and conflict
resolution education for grades 6 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | through 12 and may include such instruction
in
the social | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | studies courses of study regularly taught therein . School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | districts may give
regular school credit for satisfactory | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | completion by the student of such
courses.
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15 | As used in this Section, "violence prevention and conflict | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | resolution
education" means and includes instruction in the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | following:
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18 | (1) The consequences of violent behavior.
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19 | (2) The causes of violent reactions to conflict.
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20 | (3) Nonviolent conflict resolution techniques.
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21 | (4) The relationship between drugs, alcohol and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | violence.
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23 | The State Board of Education shall prepare and make |
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1 | available to all school
boards instructional materials that may | ||||||
2 | be used as guidelines for development
of a violence
prevention | ||||||
3 | program under this Section; provided however that each school | ||||||
4 | board
shall determine the appropriate curriculum for | ||||||
5 | satisfying the requirements of
this Section. The State
Board of | ||||||
6 | Education shall assist in training teachers to provide | ||||||
7 | effective
instruction in the violence prevention curriculum.
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8 | The State Board of Education and local school boards shall | ||||||
9 | not be required
to implement the provisions of this Section | ||||||
10 | unless grants of funds are made
available and are received | ||||||
11 | after July 1, 1993 from private sources or from the
federal | ||||||
12 | government in amounts sufficient to enable the State Board and | ||||||
13 | local
school boards to meet the requirements of this Section. | ||||||
14 | Any funds received
by the State or a local educational agency | ||||||
15 | pursuant to the federal Safe and
Drug-Free Schools and | ||||||
16 | Communities Act of 1994 shall first be applied or
appropriated | ||||||
17 | to meet the requirements and implement the provisions of this
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18 | Section. | ||||||
19 | School districts must provide in-service instruction for | ||||||
20 | teachers to assist them in implementing this Section. | ||||||
21 | The State Board of Education shall adopt rules necessary | ||||||
22 | for administration of this Section.
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23 | (Source: P.A. 88-248; 89-146, eff. 7-14-95.)
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24 | Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding | ||||||
25 | Section 8.34 as follows: |
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1 | (30 ILCS 805/8.34 new) | ||||||
2 | Sec. 8.34. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 | ||||||
3 | of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the | ||||||
4 | implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of | ||||||
5 | the 96th General Assembly.
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6 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
7 | becoming law.
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