Full Text of HB5689 97th General Assembly
HB5689ham001 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Camille Y Lilly Filed: 3/6/2012
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5689
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5689 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section | 5 | | 22-75 as follows: | 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/22-75 new) | 7 | | Sec. 22-75. The Eradicate Domestic Violence Task Force. | 8 | | (a) There is hereby created the Eradicate Domestic Violence | 9 | | Task Force. The Eradicate Domestic Violence Task Force shall | 10 | | develop a statewide effective and feasible prevention course | 11 | | for high school students designed to prevent interpersonal, | 12 | | adolescent violence based on the Step Back Program for boys and | 13 | | girls. The State Board of Education shall provide | 14 | | administrative staff and support to the task force. | 15 | | (b) The Eradicate Domestic Violence Task Force shall do the | 16 | | following: |
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| 1 | | (1) Conduct meetings to evaluate the effectiveness and | 2 | | feasibility of statewide implementation of the curricula | 3 | | of the Step Back Program at Oak Park and River Forest High | 4 | | School, located in Cook County, Illinois, for the | 5 | | prevention of domestic violence. | 6 | | (2) Invite the testimony of and confer with experts on | 7 | | relevant topics as needed. | 8 | | (3) Propose content for integration into school | 9 | | curricula aimed at preventing domestic violence. | 10 | | (4) Propose the curricula content that should be | 11 | | mandatory versus voluntary to best provide the desired | 12 | | result of eradication of domestic violence. | 13 | | (5) Propose a method of training facilitators on the | 14 | | school curricula aimed at preventing domestic violence. | 15 | | (6) Propose partnerships with anti-violence agencies | 16 | | to assist with the facilitator roles and the nature of the | 17 | | partnerships. | 18 | | (7) Evaluate the approximate cost per school or school | 19 | | district to implement and maintain school curricula aimed | 20 | | at preventing domestic violence. | 21 | | (8) Propose a funding source or sources to support | 22 | | school curricula aimed at preventing domestic violence and | 23 | | agencies that provide training to the facilitators, such as | 24 | | a fee to be charged in domestic violence, sexual assault, | 25 | | and related cases to be collected by the clerk of the court | 26 | | for deposit into a special fund in the State treasury and |
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| 1 | | to be used to fund a proposed eradicate domestic violence | 2 | | program in the schools of this State. | 3 | | (9) Propose an evaluation structure to ensure that the | 4 | | school curricula aimed at preventing domestic violence is | 5 | | effectively taught by trained facilitators. | 6 | | (10) Propose a method of evaluation for the purpose of | 7 | | modifying the content of the curriculum over time, | 8 | | including whether studies of the program should be | 9 | | conducted by the University of Illinois' Interpersonal | 10 | | Violence Prevention Information Center. | 11 | | (11) Recommend legislation developed by the task | 12 | | force, such as amending to Sections 27-5 through 27-13.3, | 13 | | 27-23.4, and 27-23.7 of this Code, and legislation to | 14 | | create a fee to be charged in domestic violence, sexual | 15 | | assault, and related cases to be collected by the clerk of | 16 | | court for deposit into a special fund in the State treasury | 17 | | and to be used to fund a proposed eradicate domestic | 18 | | violence program in the schools of this State. | 19 | | (12) Produce a report of the task force's findings on | 20 | | best practices and policies, which shall include a plan | 21 | | with a phased and prioritized implementation timetable for | 22 | | implementation of school curricula aimed at preventing | 23 | | domestic violence in schools. The task force shall submit a | 24 | | report to the General Assembly on or before April 1, 2013 | 25 | | on its findings, recommendations, and implementation plan. | 26 | | Any task force reports must be published on the State Board |
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| 1 | | of Education's Internet website on the date the report is | 2 | | delivered to the General Assembly. | 3 | | (c) The President of the Senate and the Speaker of the | 4 | | House of Representatives shall each appoint one co-chairperson | 5 | | of the Eradicate Domestic Violence Task Force. In addition to | 6 | | the 2 co-chairpersons, the task force shall be comprised of the | 7 | | following members, appointed by the State Board of Education, | 8 | | and shall be representative of the geographic, racial, ethnic, | 9 | | and cultural diversity of this State: | 10 | | (1) Five representatives involved with a program for | 11 | | high school students at a high school that is located in a | 12 | | municipality with a population of 2,000,000 or more and the | 13 | | program is a daily, 6-week to 9-week, 45-session, | 14 | | gender-specific, primary prevention course designed to | 15 | | raise awareness of topics such as dating and domestic | 16 | | violence, bullying and harassment, sexual assault, digital | 17 | | abuse, self-defense, and suicide. | 18 | | (2) A representative of an interpersonal violence | 19 | | prevention program within a State university. | 20 | | (3) A representative of a statewide nonprofit, | 21 | | nongovernmental, domestic violence organization. | 22 | | (4) A representative of a different nonprofit, | 23 | | nongovernmental domestic violence organization that is | 24 | | located in a municipality with a population of 2,000,000 or | 25 | | more. | 26 | | (5) Two representatives of a statewide nonprofit, |
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| 1 | | nongovernmental, sexual assault organization. | 2 | | (6) A representative of a different nonprofit, | 3 | | nongovernmental, sexual assault organization based in a | 4 | | county with a population of 3,000,000 or more. | 5 | | (7) The State Superintendent of Education or his or her | 6 | | designee. | 7 | | (8) The Chief Executive Officer of City of Chicago | 8 | | School District 299 or his or her designee or the President | 9 | | of the Chicago Board of Education or his or her designee. | 10 | | (9) A representative of the Department of Human | 11 | | Services. | 12 | | (10) A representative of a statewide, nonprofit | 13 | | professional organization representing law enforcement | 14 | | executives. | 15 | | (11) A representative of the Chicago Police | 16 | | Department, Youth Services Division. | 17 | | (12) The Clerk of the Circuit Court for the First | 18 | | Judicial District or his or her designee. | 19 | | (d) The following underlying purposes should be liberally | 20 | | construed by the task force convened under this Section: | 21 | | (1) Recognize that, according to the Centers for | 22 | | Disease Control and Prevention, National Intimate Partner | 23 | | and Sexual Violence Survey, December 2010 Summary Report, | 24 | | on average 24 people per minute are victims of rape, | 25 | | physical violence, or stalking by an intimate partner in | 26 | | the United States, equaling more than 12 million women and |
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| 1 | | men. | 2 | | (2) Recognize that abused children and children | 3 | | exposed to domestic violence in their homes may have short | 4 | | and long-term physical, emotional, and learning problems, | 5 | | including increased aggression, decreased responsiveness | 6 | | to adults, failure to thrive, posttraumatic stress | 7 | | disorder, depression, anxiety, hyper vigilance and | 8 | | hyperactivity, eating and sleeping problems, and | 9 | | developmental delays, according to the Journal of | 10 | | Interpersonal Violence and the Futures Without Violence | 11 | | organization. | 12 | | (3) Recognize that the Illinois Violence Prevention | 13 | | Authority has found that children exposed to violence in | 14 | | the media may become numb to the horror of violence, may | 15 | | gradually accept violence as a way to solve problems, may | 16 | | imitate the violence they see, and may identify with | 17 | | certain characters, victims, or victimizers. | 18 | | (4) Recognize that crimes and the incarceration of | 19 | | youth are often associated with a history of child abuse | 20 | | and exposure to domestic violence, according to Futures | 21 | | Without Violence. | 22 | | (5) Recognize that the cost of prosecuting crime in | 23 | | this State is unnecessarily high due to a lack of | 24 | | prevention programs designed to eradicate domestic | 25 | | violence. | 26 | | (6) Recognize that sexual violence, stalking, and |
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| 1 | | intimate partner violence are serious and widespread | 2 | | public health problems for children and adults in this | 3 | | State. | 4 | | (7) Recognize that intervention programs aimed at | 5 | | preventing domestic violence may yield better results than | 6 | | programs aimed at treating the victims of domestic | 7 | | violence, because treatment programs may reduce the | 8 | | likelihood that a particular woman will be re-victimized, | 9 | | but might not otherwise reduce the overall amount of | 10 | | domestic violence. | 11 | | (8) Recognize that uniform, effective, feasible, and | 12 | | widespread prevention of sexual violence and intimate | 13 | | partner violence is a high priority in this State. | 14 | | (9) Recognize that the Step Back Program at Oak Park | 15 | | and River Forest High School in Cook County, Illinois, is a | 16 | | daily, 6 to 9 week, 45-session, gender-specific, primary | 17 | | prevention course for high school students designed to | 18 | | raise awareness of topics, including dating and domestic | 19 | | violence, bullying and harassment, sexual assault, digital | 20 | | abuse, self-defense, and suicide. The Step Back Program is | 21 | | co-facilitated by the high school and a nonprofit, | 22 | | nongovernmental domestic violence prevention specialist | 23 | | and service provider. | 24 | | (10) Develop a statewide effective prevention course | 25 | | for high school students based on the Step Back Program for | 26 | | boys and girls designed to prevent interpersonal, |
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| 1 | | adolescent violence. | 2 | | (e) Members of the Eradicate Domestic Violence Task Force | 3 | | shall receive no compensation for their participation, but may | 4 | | be reimbursed by the State Board of Education for expenses in | 5 | | connection with their participation, including travel, if | 6 | | funds are available.
| 7 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 8 | | becoming law.".
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