HB3387 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB3387

Introduced 2/24/2011, by Rep. Constance A. Howard

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

105 ILCS 5/27-23.9

Amends the School Code. In a Section concerning the School Bullying Prevention Task Force, requires the State Board of Education to convene the Task Force to continue to monitor bullying in schools and to consider any additional recommendations subsequent to the submission of its report to the Governor and the General Assembly, which recommendations must be submitted in a report to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 30, 2013. Repeals the Section on December 31, 2013 (instead of March 2, 2011). Effective immediately.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning education.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section 27-23.9 as follows:

(105 ILCS 5/27-23.9)

(Section scheduled to be repealed on March 2, 2011)

Sec. 27-23.9. School Bullying Prevention Task Force.

(a) In this Section, "Task Force" means the School Bullying Prevention Task Force.

(b) The Task Force is created and charged with exploring the causes and consequences of bullying in schools in this State, identifying promising practices that reduce incidences of bullying, highlighting training and technical assistance opportunities for schools to effectively address bullying, evaluating the effectiveness of schools' current anti-bullying policies and other bullying prevention programs, and other related issues.

(c) Within 60 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, the State Superintendent of Education shall appoint 15 members to the Task Force. The membership of the Task Force shall include representatives of State agencies whose work includes bullying prevention or intervention; statewide organizations that focus on violence or bullying prevention or intervention; teachers and management personnel from at least 3 school districts; academics who conduct research on bullying, its consequences to students in grades K through 12, or effective strategies for preventing or addressing bullying; a current high school or college student who has experienced bullying; and others at the State Superintendent's discretion. Members of the Task Force shall serve without compensation.

(d) The State Board of Education shall provide technical assistance for the work of the Task Force.

(e) No later than March 1, 2011, the Task Force shall submit a report to the Governor and the General Assembly on any recommendations for preventing and addressing bullying in schools in this State and a proposed timeline for meeting the Task Force's charges identified in this Section. The State Board of Education shall convene the Task Force to continue to monitor bullying in schools and to consider any additional recommendations subsequent to the submission of the report to the Governor and the General Assembly, which recommendations must be submitted in a report to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 30, 2013.

(f) This Section is repealed on December 31, 2013 March 2, 2011.

(Source: P.A. 96-952, eff. 6-28-10.)

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