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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    AN ACT concerning education.
  
 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
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    Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections 
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10-22.39 and  34-18.7 as follows:
 


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    (105 ILCS 5/10-22.39)


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    Sec. 10-22.39. In-service training programs. 
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    (a) To conduct in-service training programs for teachers.
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    (b)  In addition to
other topics at in-service training


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

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    (c) School guidance counselors, nurses, teachers and other 
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school personnel
who work with pupils may be trained to have a 
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basic knowledge of matters
relating to acquired 
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immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), including the nature
of the 
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disease, its causes and effects, the means of detecting it and

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preventing its transmission, and the availability of 
 


 






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appropriate sources of
counseling and referral, and any other 
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information that may be appropriate
considering the age and 
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grade level of such pupils.  The School Board shall
supervise 
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such training.  The State Board of Education and the Department

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of Public Health shall jointly develop standards for such 
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training.

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    (d)  In this subsection (d):
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    "Domestic violence" means abuse by a family or household 
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member, as "abuse" and "family or household members" are 
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defined in Section 103 of the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 
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1986.
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    "Sexual violence" means sexual assault, abuse, or stalking 
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of an adult or minor child proscribed in the Criminal Code of 
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1961 in Sections 12-7.3, 12-7.4, 12-7.5, 12-12, 12-13, 12-14, 
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12-14.1, 12-15, and 12-16, including sexual violence committed 
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by perpetrators who are strangers to the victim and sexual 
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violence committed by perpetrators who are known or related by 
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blood or marriage to the victim.
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    At least once every 2 years, an in-service training program 
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for school personnel who work with pupils, including, but not 
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limited to, school and school district administrators, 
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teachers, school guidance counselors, school social workers, 
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school counselors, school psychologists, and school nurses, 
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must be conducted by persons with expertise in domestic and 
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sexual violence and the needs of expectant and parenting youth 
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and shall include training concerning (i) communicating with 
 


 






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and listening to youth victims of domestic or sexual violence 
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and expectant and parenting youth, (ii) connecting youth 
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victims of domestic or sexual violence and expectant and 
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parenting youth to appropriate in-school services and other 
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agencies, programs, and services as needed, and (iii) 
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implementing the school district's policies, procedures, and 
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protocols with regard to such youth, including 
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confidentiality.  At a minimum, school personnel must be trained 
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to understand, provide information and referrals, and address 
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issues pertaining to youth who are parents, expectant parents, 
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or victims of domestic or sexual violence.

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    (e)  At least every 2 years, an in-service training program 
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for school personnel who work with pupils must be conducted by 
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persons with expertise in anaphylactic reactions and 
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management. 

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    (f) (e) At least once every 2 years, a school board shall 
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conduct in-service training on educator ethics, 
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teacher-student conduct, and school employee-student conduct 
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for all personnel. 
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(Source: P.A. 95-558, eff. 8-30-07; 96-349, eff. 8-13-09; 
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96-431, eff. 8-13-09; revised 9-4-09.)

 



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    (105 ILCS 5/34-18.7)  (from Ch. 122, par. 34-18.7)



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    Sec. 34-18.7. Adolescent and teen suicide detection and 
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intervention. 
School guidance counselors, teachers, 
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principals, and other school personnel who work
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grades 7 through 12 shall be trained for at least 2 hours in 
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suicide prevention and to identify the warning
signs of 
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suicidal behavior in adolescents and teens and shall be taught

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various intervention techniques.  Such training shall be 
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provided within
the framework of existing in-service training 
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programs offered by the Board. This education may be 
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accomplished through self-review of suitable suicide 
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prevention materials.

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(Source: P.A. 85-297.)

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