Full Text of HB0250 94th General Assembly
HB0250 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006 HB0250
Introduced 1/14/2005, by Rep. Mary E. Flowers SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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105 ILCS 125/3.5 new |
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105 ILCS 110/3 |
from Ch. 122, par. 863 |
30 ILCS 805/8.29 new |
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Amends the School Breakfast and Lunch Program Act. Requires a school board (including the board of a private school) that (1) completes a nutritional analysis of traditional or enhanced food-based menu plans as part of the State review process, (2) provides its meals under a nutrient-based menu plan, or (3) utilizes software that calculates the nutritional content of foods or menus to publish the school lunch menu and the nutrition content, including calories, of each meal item. Provides that all other school boards are strongly encouraged to publish the school lunch menu and the nutrition content, including calories, of each meal item. Provides that a school board may determine the frequency and manner of publication. Amends the Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive Health Education Act. Requires a comprehensive health education program to include instruction in secondary schools on clinical depression and suicide prevention. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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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 Breakfast and Lunch Program Act is | 5 |
| amended by adding Section 3.5 as follows: | 6 |
| (105 ILCS 125/3.5 new) | 7 |
| Sec. 3.5. Publication of lunch menu. A school board that | 8 |
| does any one of the following must publish the school lunch | 9 |
| menu and the nutrition content, including calories, of each | 10 |
| meal item: | 11 |
| (1) Completes a nutritional analysis of traditional or | 12 |
| enhanced food-based menu plans as part of the State review | 13 |
| process. | 14 |
| (2) Provides its meals under a nutrient-based menu | 15 |
| plan. | 16 |
| (3) Utilizes software that calculates the nutritional | 17 |
| content of foods or menus. | 18 |
| All other school boards are strongly encouraged to publish the | 19 |
| school lunch menu and the nutrition content, including | 20 |
| calories, of each meal item. | 21 |
| A school board may determine the frequency and manner of | 22 |
| publication. | 23 |
| Section 10. The Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive | 24 |
| Health
Education Act is amended by changing Section 3 as | 25 |
| follows:
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| (105 ILCS 110/3) (from Ch. 122, par. 863)
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| Sec. 3. Comprehensive Health Education Program. The | 28 |
| program established
under this Act shall include, but not be | 29 |
| limited to, the following major
educational areas as a basis | 30 |
| for curricula in all elementary and secondary
schools in this |
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| State: human ecology and health, human growth and
development, | 2 |
| the emotional, psychological, physiological, hygienic and
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| social responsibilities of family life, including sexual | 4 |
| abstinence until
marriage, prevention and control of disease, | 5 |
| including instruction in
grades 6 through 12 on the prevention, | 6 |
| transmission and spread of AIDS,
public and environmental | 7 |
| health, consumer health, safety education and
disaster | 8 |
| survival, mental health and illness (including instruction in
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| secondary schools on clinical depression and suicide | 10 |
| prevention) , personal
health habits,
alcohol, drug use, and | 11 |
| abuse including the medical and legal ramifications
of alcohol, | 12 |
| drug, and tobacco use, abuse during pregnancy, sexual
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| abstinence until marriage, tobacco, nutrition, and dental | 14 |
| health.
Notwithstanding the above educational areas, the | 15 |
| following areas may also
be included as a basis for curricula | 16 |
| in all elementary and secondary
schools in this State: basic | 17 |
| first aid (including, but not limited to,
cardiopulmonary | 18 |
| resuscitation and the Heimlich maneuver), early prevention
and | 19 |
| detection of cancer, heart disease, diabetes, stroke, and the
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| prevention of child abuse, neglect, and suicide.
The school | 21 |
| board of each
public elementary and secondary school in the | 22 |
| State
shall encourage all teachers and other school personnel | 23 |
| to acquire,
develop, and maintain the knowledge and skills | 24 |
| necessary to properly
administer life-saving techniques, | 25 |
| including without limitation the
Heimlich maneuver and rescue | 26 |
| breathing.
The training shall be in
accordance with standards | 27 |
| of the
American Red Cross, the American Heart Association, or | 28 |
| another nationally
recognized certifying organization.
A | 29 |
| school board may use the
services of non-governmental entities | 30 |
| whose personnel have expertise in
life-saving techniques to | 31 |
| instruct teachers and other school personnel in
these | 32 |
| techniques. Each school board
is encouraged to have in
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| employ, or on its volunteer staff, at least one person who is | 34 |
| certified, by
the American Red Cross or by another qualified | 35 |
| certifying agency,
as qualified to administer first aid and
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| cardiopulmonary resuscitation. In addition, each school board |
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| is authorized to
allocate appropriate portions of its institute | 2 |
| or inservice days to conduct
training programs for teachers and | 3 |
| other school personnel who have expressed an
interest in | 4 |
| becoming qualified to administer emergency first aid or
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| cardiopulmonary resuscitation. School boards are urged to
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| encourage their teachers and other school personnel who coach | 7 |
| school athletic
programs and other extracurricular school | 8 |
| activities to acquire, develop, and
maintain the knowledge and | 9 |
| skills necessary to properly administer first aid
and | 10 |
| cardiopulmonary resuscitation in accordance with standards and | 11 |
| requirements
established by the American Red Cross or another | 12 |
| qualified certifying agency.
No pupil shall be
required to take | 13 |
| or participate in any class or course on AIDS or family
life | 14 |
| instruction if his parent or guardian submits written objection
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| thereto, and refusal to take or participate in the course or | 16 |
| program shall
not be reason for suspension or expulsion of the | 17 |
| pupil.
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| Curricula developed under programs established in | 19 |
| accordance with this
Act in the major educational area of | 20 |
| alcohol and drug use and abuse shall
include classroom | 21 |
| instruction in grades 5 through 12. The instruction,
which | 22 |
| shall include matters relating to both the physical and legal | 23 |
| effects
and ramifications of drug and substance abuse, shall be | 24 |
| integrated into
existing curricula; and the State Board of | 25 |
| Education shall develop and make
available to all elementary | 26 |
| and secondary schools in this State
instructional materials and | 27 |
| guidelines which will assist the schools in
incorporating the | 28 |
| instruction into their existing curricula. In
addition, school | 29 |
| districts may offer, as part of existing curricula during
the | 30 |
| school day or as part of an after school program, support | 31 |
| services and
instruction for pupils or pupils whose parent, | 32 |
| parents, or guardians are
chemically dependent.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-23, eff. 7-1-01.)
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| Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding | 35 |
| Section 8.29 as
follows:
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| (30 ILCS 805/8.29 new)
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| Sec. 8.29. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 | 3 |
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Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the | 4 |
| implementation of
any mandate created by this amendatory Act of | 5 |
| the 94th General Assembly.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 7 |
| becoming law.
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