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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 | 27-9.1 as follows:
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6 | (105 ILCS 5/27-9.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-9.1)
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7 | Sec. 27-9.1. Sex Education.
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8 | (a) No pupil shall be required to take or participate in | ||||||
9 | any class or course
in comprehensive sex education if his | ||||||
10 | parent or guardian submits written
objection thereto, and | ||||||
11 | refusal to take or participate in such course or
program shall | ||||||
12 | not be reason for suspension or expulsion of such pupil.
Each | ||||||
13 | class or course in comprehensive sex education offered in any | ||||||
14 | of
grades 6 through 12 shall include instruction on the | ||||||
15 | prevention,
transmission and spread of AIDS.
Nothing in this | ||||||
16 | Section prohibits instruction in sanitation, hygiene or
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17 | traditional courses in biology.
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18 | (b) All public elementary, junior high, and senior high | ||||||
19 | school
classes that teach sex education and discuss sexual | ||||||
20 | intercourse shall
emphasize that abstinence is the expected | ||||||
21 | norm in that abstinence from
sexual intercourse is the only
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22 | protection that is 100% effective against unwanted teenage | ||||||
23 | pregnancy,
sexually transmitted diseases, and acquired immune | ||||||
24 | deficiency syndrome
(AIDS) when transmitted sexually.
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25 | (c) All sex education courses that discuss sexual | ||||||
26 | intercourse shall
satisfy the following criteria:
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27 | (1) Course material and instruction shall be age | ||||||
28 | appropriate.
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29 | (2) Course material and instruction shall teach honor | ||||||
30 | and respect for
monogamous heterosexual marriage.
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31 | (3) Course material and instruction shall stress that | ||||||
32 | pupils should
abstain from sexual intercourse until they |
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1 | are ready for marriage.
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2 | (4) Course material and instruction shall include a | ||||||
3 | discussion of the
possible emotional and psychological | ||||||
4 | consequences of preadolescent and
adolescent sexual | ||||||
5 | intercourse outside of marriage and the consequences of
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6 | unwanted adolescent pregnancy.
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7 | (5) Course material and instruction shall stress that | ||||||
8 | sexually
transmitted diseases are serious possible hazards | ||||||
9 | of sexual intercourse.
Pupils shall be provided with | ||||||
10 | statistics based on the latest medical
information citing | ||||||
11 | the failure and success rates of condoms in preventing
AIDS | ||||||
12 | and other sexually transmitted diseases.
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13 | (6) Course material and instruction shall advise | ||||||
14 | pupils of the laws
pertaining to their financial | ||||||
15 | responsibility to children born in and out of
wedlock.
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16 | (7) Course material and instruction shall advise | ||||||
17 | pupils of the
circumstances under which it is unlawful for | ||||||
18 | males to have sexual relations
with females under the
age | ||||||
19 | of 18 to whom they are not married pursuant to Article 12 | ||||||
20 | of the
Criminal Code of 1961, as now or hereafter amended.
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21 | (8) Course material and instruction shall teach pupils | ||||||
22 | to not make
unwanted physical and verbal sexual advances | ||||||
23 | and how to say no to unwanted
sexual advances. Pupils shall | ||||||
24 | be taught that it is wrong to take advantage
of or to | ||||||
25 | exploit another person. The material and instruction shall | ||||||
26 | also
encourage youth to resist negative peer pressure.
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27 | (9) (Blank).
Course material and instruction shall | ||||||
28 | advise pupils of the
provisions of the Abandoned Newborn | ||||||
29 | Infant Protection Act (325 ILCS 2/)
as well as provide | ||||||
30 | information about
responsible parenting and the | ||||||
31 | availability of confidential adoption
services.
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32 | (d) An opportunity shall be afforded to parents or | ||||||
33 | guardians to examine
the instructional materials to be used in | ||||||
34 | such class or course.
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35 | (Source: P.A. 93-88, eff. 7-2-03.)
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1 | Section 10. The Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive | ||||||
2 | Health
Education Act is amended by changing Section 3 as | ||||||
3 | follows:
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4 | (105 ILCS 110/3) (from Ch. 122, par. 863)
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5 | Sec. 3. Comprehensive Health Education Program. The | ||||||
6 | program established
under this Act shall include, but not be | ||||||
7 | limited to, the following major
educational areas as a basis | ||||||
8 | for curricula in all elementary and secondary
schools in this | ||||||
9 | State: human ecology and health, human growth and
development, | ||||||
10 | the emotional, psychological, physiological, hygienic and
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11 | social responsibilities of family life, including sexual | ||||||
12 | abstinence until
marriage, prevention and control of disease, | ||||||
13 | including instruction in
grades 6 through 12 on the prevention, | ||||||
14 | transmission and spread of AIDS,
public and environmental | ||||||
15 | health, consumer health, safety education and
disaster | ||||||
16 | survival, mental health and illness, personal health habits,
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17 | alcohol, drug use, and abuse including the medical and legal | ||||||
18 | ramifications
of alcohol, drug, and tobacco use, abuse during | ||||||
19 | pregnancy, sexual
abstinence until marriage, tobacco, | ||||||
20 | nutrition, and dental health. The program shall also provide | ||||||
21 | course material and instruction to advise pupils of the | ||||||
22 | Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act.
Notwithstanding the | ||||||
23 | above educational areas, the following areas may also
be | ||||||
24 | included as a basis for curricula in all elementary and | ||||||
25 | secondary
schools in this State: basic first aid (including, | ||||||
26 | but not limited to,
cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the | ||||||
27 | Heimlich maneuver), early prevention
and detection of cancer, | ||||||
28 | heart disease, diabetes, stroke, and the
prevention of child | ||||||
29 | abuse, neglect, and suicide.
The school board of each
public | ||||||
30 | elementary and secondary school in the State
shall encourage | ||||||
31 | all teachers and other school personnel to acquire,
develop, | ||||||
32 | and maintain the knowledge and skills necessary to properly
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33 | administer life-saving techniques, including without | ||||||
34 | limitation the
Heimlich maneuver and rescue breathing.
The | ||||||
35 | training shall be in
accordance with standards of the
American |
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1 | Red Cross, the American Heart Association, or another | ||||||
2 | nationally
recognized certifying organization.
A school board | ||||||
3 | may use the
services of non-governmental entities whose | ||||||
4 | personnel have expertise in
life-saving techniques to instruct | ||||||
5 | teachers and other school personnel in
these techniques. Each | ||||||
6 | school board
is encouraged to have in
its employ, or on its | ||||||
7 | volunteer staff, at least one person who is certified, by
the | ||||||
8 | American Red Cross or by another qualified certifying agency,
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9 | as qualified to administer first aid and
cardiopulmonary | ||||||
10 | resuscitation. In addition, each school board is authorized to
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11 | allocate appropriate portions of its institute or inservice | ||||||
12 | days to conduct
training programs for teachers and other school | ||||||
13 | personnel who have expressed an
interest in becoming qualified | ||||||
14 | to administer emergency first aid or
cardiopulmonary | ||||||
15 | resuscitation. School boards are urged to
encourage their | ||||||
16 | teachers and other school personnel who coach school athletic
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17 | programs and other extracurricular school activities to | ||||||
18 | acquire, develop, and
maintain the knowledge and skills | ||||||
19 | necessary to properly administer first aid
and cardiopulmonary | ||||||
20 | resuscitation in accordance with standards and requirements
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21 | established by the American Red Cross or another qualified | ||||||
22 | certifying agency.
No pupil shall be
required to take or | ||||||
23 | participate in any class or course on AIDS or family
life | ||||||
24 | instruction if his parent or guardian submits written objection
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25 | thereto, and refusal to take or participate in the course or | ||||||
26 | program shall
not be reason for suspension or expulsion of the | ||||||
27 | pupil.
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28 | Curricula developed under programs established in | ||||||
29 | accordance with this
Act in the major educational area of | ||||||
30 | alcohol and drug use and abuse shall
include classroom | ||||||
31 | instruction in grades 5 through 12. The instruction,
which | ||||||
32 | shall include matters relating to both the physical and legal | ||||||
33 | effects
and ramifications of drug and substance abuse, shall be | ||||||
34 | integrated into
existing curricula; and the State Board of | ||||||
35 | Education shall develop and make
available to all elementary | ||||||
36 | and secondary schools in this State
instructional materials and |
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1 | guidelines which will assist the schools in
incorporating the | ||||||
2 | instruction into their existing curricula. In
addition, school | ||||||
3 | districts may offer, as part of existing curricula during
the | ||||||
4 | school day or as part of an after school program, support | ||||||
5 | services and
instruction for pupils or pupils whose parent, | ||||||
6 | parents, or guardians are
chemically dependent.
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7 | (Source: P.A. 92-23, eff. 7-1-01.)
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8 | Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding | ||||||
9 | Section 8.30 as
follows:
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10 | (30 ILCS 805/8.30 new)
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11 | Sec. 8.30. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 | ||||||
12 | of this
Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the | ||||||
13 | implementation of
any mandate created by this amendatory Act of | ||||||
14 | the 94th General Assembly.
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15 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
16 | becoming law.
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