Bill Status of HB4351  98th General Assembly

Short Description:  MENTAL HLTH-SCHOOL STANDARDS

House Sponsors
Rep. Daniel Didech

Last Action
DateChamber Action
  1/10/2023HouseSession Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
405 ILCS 49/15


Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Children's Mental Health Act of 2003. In a provision requiring the Illinois State Board of Education to develop and implement a plan to incorporate social and emotional development standards for the purpose of enhancing and measuring children's school readiness and ability to achieve academic success, provides that the plan shall be reviewed and revised periodically by the Board of Education at least once every 3 years. Requires the plan to include the teaching of grade-appropriate mental health topics, including, but not limited to, topics on: the types of mental illness, suicide prevention, substance abuse prevention, and other matters. In a provision requiring every Illinois school district to develop a policy for incorporating social and emotional development into the district's educational program, provides that the policy shall be reviewed and revised periodically by the school district to incorporate revised provisions of the Board of Education's social and emotional development standards.

Actions 
DateChamber Action
  1/5/2022HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Daniel Didech
  1/5/2022HouseFirst Reading
  1/5/2022HouseReferred to Rules Committee
  1/10/2023HouseSession Sine Die