Sen. Emil Jones, III
Filed: 5/11/2011
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1204 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1204 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:





 
 
4    "Section 5. The School Code is amended  by changing Section 
527-23.4 as follows:
 



6    (105 ILCS 5/27-23.4)



7    Sec. 27-23.4. Violence prevention and conflict resolution 
8education. 
School districts shall provide instruction in 
9violence prevention and conflict
resolution education for 
10grades 4 through 12 and may include such instruction
in
the 
11courses of study regularly taught therein.  School districts are 
12strongly encouraged to provide appropriate instruction in 
13violence prevention and conflict resolution education in 
14grades kindergarten through 3. School districts may give

15regular school credit for satisfactory completion by the 
16student of such
courses.

 
 
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1    As used in this Section, "violence prevention and conflict 
2resolution
education" means and includes instruction in the 
3following:


4        (1) The consequences of violent behavior.


5        (2) The causes of violent reactions to conflict.


6        (3) Nonviolent conflict resolution techniques.


7        (4) The relationship between drugs, alcohol and 
8    violence.

9    The State Board of Education shall prepare and make 
10available to all school
boards instructional materials that may 
11be used as guidelines for development
of a violence
prevention 
12program under this Section, ; provided however that each school 
13board
shall determine the appropriate curriculum for 
14satisfying the requirements of
this Section.  The State
Board of 
15Education shall assist in training teachers to provide 
16effective
instruction in the violence prevention curriculum.

17    The State Board of Education and local school boards shall 
18not be required
to implement the provisions of this Section 
19unless grants of funds are made
available and are received 
20after July 1, 1993 from private sources or from the
federal 
21government in amounts sufficient to enable the State Board and 
22local
school boards to meet the requirements of this Section.  
23Any funds received
by the State or a local educational agency 
24pursuant to the federal Safe and
Drug-Free Schools and 
25Communities Act of 1994 shall first be applied or
appropriated 
26to meet the requirements and implement the provisions of this

 
 
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1Section.

2(Source: P.A. 88-248; 89-146, eff. 7-14-95.)

 
 
3    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
4becoming law.".