Sen. Pat McGuire
Filed: 5/15/2012
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5114
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5114 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | ||||||
5 | 27-17 as follows:
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6 | (105 ILCS 5/27-17) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-17)
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7 | Sec. 27-17. Safety education. School boards of public | ||||||
8 | schools and all boards in charge of
educational institutions | ||||||
9 | supported wholly or partially by the State may
provide | ||||||
10 | instruction in safety education in all grades and include such
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11 | instruction in the courses of study regularly taught therein.
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12 | In this section "safety education" means and includes | ||||||
13 | instruction in
the following:
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14 | 1. automobile safety, including traffic regulations, | ||||||
15 | highway
safety, and the consequences of alcohol | ||||||
16 | consumption and the operation of a motor vehicle;
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1 | 2. safety in the home;
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2 | 3. safety in connection with recreational activities;
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3 | 4. safety in and around school buildings;
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4 | 5. safety in connection with vocational work or | ||||||
5 | training ; and
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6 | 6. cardio-pulmonary resuscitation for students | ||||||
7 | enrolled in grades 9 through 11 ; and .
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8 | 7. for students enrolled in grades 6 through 8, | ||||||
9 | cardio-pulmonary resuscitation and how to use an automated | ||||||
10 | external defibrillator by watching a training video on | ||||||
11 | those subjects. | ||||||
12 | Such boards may make suitable provisions in the schools and
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13 | institutions under their jurisdiction for instruction in | ||||||
14 | safety
education for not less than 16 hours during each school | ||||||
15 | year.
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16 | The curriculum in all State universities shall contain | ||||||
17 | instruction in safety education for teachers that is | ||||||
18 | appropriate to the grade level of the teaching certificate. | ||||||
19 | This instruction may be by specific courses in safety education | ||||||
20 | or may be incorporated in existing subjects taught in the | ||||||
21 | university.
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22 | (Source: P.A. 95-168, eff. 8-14-07; 95-371, eff. 8-23-07; | ||||||
23 | 95-876, eff. 8-21-08; 96-734, eff. 8-25-09.)
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24 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
25 | becoming law.".
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