Full Text of HB0973 96th General Assembly
HB0973eng 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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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 Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive | 5 |
| Health
Education Act is amended by changing Section 3 as | 6 |
| 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 | 9 |
| program established
under this Act shall include, but not be | 10 |
| limited to, the following major
educational areas as a basis | 11 |
| for curricula in all elementary and secondary
schools in this | 12 |
| State: human ecology and health, human growth and
development, | 13 |
| the emotional, psychological, physiological, hygienic and
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| social responsibilities of family life, including sexual | 15 |
| abstinence until
marriage, prevention and control of disease, | 16 |
| including instruction in
grades 6 through 12 on the prevention, | 17 |
| transmission and spread of AIDS,
sexual assault awareness in | 18 |
| secondary schools, public and environmental health, consumer | 19 |
| health, safety education and
disaster survival, mental health | 20 |
| and illness, personal health habits,
alcohol, drug use, and | 21 |
| abuse including the medical and legal ramifications
of alcohol, | 22 |
| drug, and tobacco use, abuse during pregnancy, sexual
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| abstinence until marriage, tobacco, nutrition, and dental |
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| health. The program shall also provide course material and | 2 |
| instruction to advise pupils of the Abandoned Newborn Infant | 3 |
| Protection Act.
Notwithstanding the above educational areas, | 4 |
| the following areas may also
be included as a basis for | 5 |
| curricula in all elementary and secondary
schools in this | 6 |
| State: basic first aid (including, but not limited to,
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| cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the Heimlich maneuver), | 8 |
| early prevention
and detection of cancer, heart disease, | 9 |
| diabetes, stroke, and the
prevention of child abuse, neglect, | 10 |
| and suicide , and teen dating violence in grades 8 through 12 .
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| The school board of each
public elementary and secondary | 12 |
| school in the State
shall encourage all teachers and other | 13 |
| school personnel to acquire,
develop, and maintain the | 14 |
| knowledge and skills necessary to properly
administer | 15 |
| life-saving techniques, including without limitation the
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| Heimlich maneuver and rescue breathing.
The training shall be | 17 |
| in
accordance with standards of the
American Red Cross, the | 18 |
| American Heart Association, or another nationally
recognized | 19 |
| certifying organization.
A school board may use the
services of | 20 |
| non-governmental entities whose personnel have expertise in
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| life-saving techniques to instruct teachers and other school | 22 |
| personnel in
these techniques. Each school board
is encouraged | 23 |
| to have in
its employ, or on its volunteer staff, at least one | 24 |
| person who is certified, by
the American Red Cross or by | 25 |
| another qualified certifying agency,
as qualified to | 26 |
| administer first aid and
cardiopulmonary resuscitation. In |
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| addition, each school board is authorized to
allocate | 2 |
| appropriate portions of its institute or inservice days to | 3 |
| conduct
training programs for teachers and other school | 4 |
| personnel who have expressed an
interest in becoming qualified | 5 |
| to administer emergency first aid or
cardiopulmonary | 6 |
| resuscitation. School boards are urged to
encourage their | 7 |
| teachers and other school personnel who coach school athletic
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| programs and other extracurricular school activities to | 9 |
| acquire, develop, and
maintain the knowledge and skills | 10 |
| necessary to properly administer first aid
and cardiopulmonary | 11 |
| resuscitation in accordance with standards and requirements
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| established by the American Red Cross or another qualified | 13 |
| certifying agency. Subject to appropriation, the State Board of | 14 |
| Education shall establish and administer a matching grant | 15 |
| program to pay for half of the cost that a school district | 16 |
| incurs in training those teachers and other school personnel | 17 |
| who express an interest in becoming qualified to administer | 18 |
| cardiopulmonary resuscitation (which training must be in
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| accordance with standards of the
American Red Cross, the | 20 |
| American Heart Association, or another nationally
recognized | 21 |
| certifying organization) or in learning how to use an automated | 22 |
| external defibrillator. A school district that applies for a | 23 |
| grant must demonstrate that it has funds to pay half of the | 24 |
| cost of the training for which matching grant money is sought. | 25 |
| The State Board of Education shall award the grants on a | 26 |
| first-come, first-serve basis.
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| No pupil shall be
required to take or participate in any | 2 |
| class or course on AIDS or family
life instruction if his | 3 |
| parent or guardian submits written objection
thereto, and | 4 |
| refusal to take or participate in the course or program shall
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| not be reason for suspension or expulsion of the pupil.
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| Curricula developed under programs established in | 7 |
| accordance with this
Act in the major educational area of | 8 |
| alcohol and drug use and abuse shall
include classroom | 9 |
| instruction in grades 5 through 12. The instruction,
which | 10 |
| shall include matters relating to both the physical and legal | 11 |
| effects
and ramifications of drug and substance abuse, shall be | 12 |
| integrated into
existing curricula; and the State Board of | 13 |
| Education shall develop and make
available to all elementary | 14 |
| and secondary schools in this State
instructional materials and | 15 |
| guidelines which will assist the schools in
incorporating the | 16 |
| instruction into their existing curricula. In
addition, school | 17 |
| districts may offer, as part of existing curricula during
the | 18 |
| school day or as part of an after school program, support | 19 |
| services and
instruction for pupils or pupils whose parent, | 20 |
| parents, or guardians are
chemically dependent.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-933, eff. 6-26-06; 95-43, eff. 1-1-08; 95-764, | 22 |
| eff. 1-1-09; revised 9-5-08.)
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