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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, | ||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | ||||||
| 5 | 27-13.2 as follows:
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| 6 | (105 ILCS 5/27-13.2) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-13.2)
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| 7 | Sec. 27-13.2. Required instruction. In every public school | ||||||
| 8 | there
shall be instruction, study, and discussion of effective | ||||||
| 9 | methods by which
pupils may recognize the danger of and avoid | ||||||
| 10 | abduction, and in every
public school maintaining any of | ||||||
| 11 | grades kindergarten through 8 there shall
be, for such grades, | ||||||
| 12 | instruction, study, and discussion of effective
methods for | ||||||
| 13 | the prevention and avoidance of drugs and the dangers of | ||||||
| 14 | opioid drug and substance abuse.
School boards may
include | ||||||
| 15 | such required instruction, study and discussion in the courses | ||||||
| 16 | of
study regularly taught in the public schools of their | ||||||
| 17 | respective districts;
provided, however, that such instruction | ||||||
| 18 | shall be given each year to all
pupils in grades kindergarten | ||||||
| 19 | through 8. The State Superintendent of
Education may prepare | ||||||
| 20 | and make available to all public and non-public
schools | ||||||
| 21 | instructional materials which may be used by such schools
as | ||||||
| 22 | guidelines for development of a program of instruction
under | ||||||
| 23 | this Section; provided, however, that each school board shall
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| 1 | itself determine the minimum amount of instruction time which | ||||||
| 2 | shall qualify
as a program of instruction
which will
satisfy | ||||||
| 3 | the requirements of this Section.
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| 4 | The State Superintendent of Education, in cooperation with | ||||||
| 5 | the
Department of Children and Family Services, shall prepare | ||||||
| 6 | and disseminate
to all public schools and non-public schools, | ||||||
| 7 | information on instructional
materials and programs about | ||||||
| 8 | child sexual abuse which may be used by such
schools for their | ||||||
| 9 | own or community programs. Such information may also be
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| 10 | disseminated by such schools to parents.
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| 11 | Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section, | ||||||
| 12 | no pupil in
any of grades kindergarten through 8 shall be | ||||||
| 13 | required to take or
participate in any class or course | ||||||
| 14 | providing instruction in recognizing and
avoiding sexual abuse | ||||||
| 15 | if the parent or guardian of the pupil submits
written | ||||||
| 16 | objection thereto; and refusal to take or participate in such | ||||||
| 17 | class
or course after such written objection is made shall not | ||||||
| 18 | be reason for
failing, suspending or expelling such pupil. | ||||||
| 19 | Each school board intending
to offer any such class or course | ||||||
| 20 | to pupils in any of grades kindergarten
through 8 shall give | ||||||
| 21 | not less than 5 days written notice to the parents or
guardians | ||||||
| 22 | of such pupils before commencing the class or course.
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| 23 | (Source: P.A. 86-788.)
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| 24 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 25 | becoming law.
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