96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB4672

 

Introduced , by Rep. Greg Harris

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
105 ILCS 5/10-22.39
105 ILCS 5/34-18.7   from Ch. 122, par. 34-18.7

    Amends the School Code. Provides that in addition to other topics at in-service training programs, school guidance counselors, teachers, principals, and other school personnel who work with pupils in grades 7 through 12 shall be trained for at least 2 hours in suicide prevention and to identify the warning signs of suicidal behavior in adolescents and teens and shall be taught appropriate intervention and referral techniques. Provides that the education may be accomplished through self-review of suitable suicide prevention materials. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning education.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections
5 10-22.39 and 34-18.7 as follows:
 
6     (105 ILCS 5/10-22.39)
7     Sec. 10-22.39. In-service training programs.
8     (a) To conduct in-service training programs for teachers.
9     (b) In addition to other topics at in-service training
10 programs, school guidance counselors, teachers, principals,
11 and other school personnel who work with pupils in grades 7
12 through 12 shall be trained for at least 2 hours in suicide
13 prevention and to identify the warning signs of suicidal
14 behavior in adolescents and teens and shall be taught
15 appropriate intervention and referral techniques. This
16 education may be accomplished through self-review of suitable
17 suicide prevention materials.
18     (c) School guidance counselors, nurses, teachers and other
19 school personnel who work with pupils may be trained to have a
20 basic knowledge of matters relating to acquired
21 immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), including the nature of the
22 disease, its causes and effects, the means of detecting it and
23 preventing its transmission, and the availability of

 

 

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1 appropriate sources of counseling and referral, and any other
2 information that may be appropriate considering the age and
3 grade level of such pupils. The School Board shall supervise
4 such training. The State Board of Education and the Department
5 of Public Health shall jointly develop standards for such
6 training.
7     (d) In this subsection (d):
8     "Domestic violence" means abuse by a family or household
9 member, as "abuse" and "family or household members" are
10 defined in Section 103 of the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of
11 1986.
12     "Sexual violence" means sexual assault, abuse, or stalking
13 of an adult or minor child proscribed in the Criminal Code of
14 1961 in Sections 12-7.3, 12-7.4, 12-7.5, 12-12, 12-13, 12-14,
15 12-14.1, 12-15, and 12-16, including sexual violence committed
16 by perpetrators who are strangers to the victim and sexual
17 violence committed by perpetrators who are known or related by
18 blood or marriage to the victim.
19     At least once every 2 years, an in-service training program
20 for school personnel who work with pupils, including, but not
21 limited to, school and school district administrators,
22 teachers, school guidance counselors, school social workers,
23 school counselors, school psychologists, and school nurses,
24 must be conducted by persons with expertise in domestic and
25 sexual violence and the needs of expectant and parenting youth
26 and shall include training concerning (i) communicating with

 

 

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1 and listening to youth victims of domestic or sexual violence
2 and expectant and parenting youth, (ii) connecting youth
3 victims of domestic or sexual violence and expectant and
4 parenting youth to appropriate in-school services and other
5 agencies, programs, and services as needed, and (iii)
6 implementing the school district's policies, procedures, and
7 protocols with regard to such youth, including
8 confidentiality. At a minimum, school personnel must be trained
9 to understand, provide information and referrals, and address
10 issues pertaining to youth who are parents, expectant parents,
11 or victims of domestic or sexual violence.
12     (e) At least every 2 years, an in-service training program
13 for school personnel who work with pupils must be conducted by
14 persons with expertise in anaphylactic reactions and
15 management.
16     (f) (e) At least once every 2 years, a school board shall
17 conduct in-service training on educator ethics,
18 teacher-student conduct, and school employee-student conduct
19 for all personnel.
20 (Source: P.A. 95-558, eff. 8-30-07; 96-349, eff. 8-13-09;
21 96-431, eff. 8-13-09; revised 9-4-09.)
 
22     (105 ILCS 5/34-18.7)  (from Ch. 122, par. 34-18.7)
23     Sec. 34-18.7. Adolescent and teen suicide detection and
24 intervention. School guidance counselors, teachers,
25 principals, and other school personnel who work with pupils in

 

 

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1 grades 7 through 12 shall be trained for at least 2 hours in
2 suicide prevention and to identify the warning signs of
3 suicidal behavior in adolescents and teens and shall be taught
4 various intervention techniques. Such training shall be
5 provided within the framework of existing in-service training
6 programs offered by the Board. This education may be
7 accomplished through self-review of suitable suicide
8 prevention materials.
9 (Source: P.A. 85-297.)
 
10     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
11 becoming law.