Full Text of HB2322 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | 5 | | 14-1.09.2 as follows:
| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/14-1.09.2)
| 7 | | Sec. 14-1.09.2. School Social Work Services. In the
public | 8 | | schools, social work services may be provided by qualified | 9 | | specialists
who hold Type 73 School Service Personnel | 10 | | Certificates endorsed for school
social work issued by the | 11 | | State Teacher Certification Board or who hold a Professional | 12 | | Educator License with a school support personnel endorsement in | 13 | | the area of school social worker under Section 21B-25 of this | 14 | | Code .
| 15 | | School social work services may include, but are not | 16 | | limited to:
| 17 | | (1) Identifying students in need of special education | 18 | | services by
conducting a social-developmental study in a | 19 | | case study evaluation;
| 20 | | (2) Developing and implementing comprehensive | 21 | | interventions with students,
parents, and teachers that | 22 | | will enhance student adjustment to, and performance
in, the | 23 | | school setting;
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| 1 | | (3) Consulting and collaborating with teachers and | 2 | | other school personnel
regarding behavior management and | 3 | | intervention plans and inclusion in support
of special | 4 | | education students in regular classroom settings;
| 5 | | (4) Counseling with students, parents, and teachers in | 6 | | accordance with
the rules and regulations governing | 7 | | provision of related services, provided
that parent | 8 | | permission must be obtained in writing before a student
| 9 | | participates in a group counseling session;
| 10 | | (5) Acting as a liaison between the public schools and | 11 | | community
resources;
| 12 | | (6) Developing and implementing school-based | 13 | | prevention programs ,
including mediation and violence | 14 | | prevention , implementing social and emotional education | 15 | | programs and services, and establishing and implementing | 16 | | bullying prevention and intervention programs ;
| 17 | | (7) Providing crisis intervention within the school | 18 | | setting;
| 19 | | (8) Supervising school social work interns enrolled in | 20 | | school social work
programs that meet the standards | 21 | | established by the State Board of Education;
| 22 | | (9) Providing parent education and counseling as | 23 | | appropriate in relation
to the child's educational | 24 | | assessment; and
| 25 | | (10) Assisting in completing a functional behavioral | 26 | | assessment, as
well as assisting in the development of |
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| 1 | | nonaversive behavioral intervention
strategies ; and .
| 2 | | (11) Evaluating program effectiveness. | 3 | | Nothing in this Section prohibits other certified | 4 | | professionals from
providing any of the services listed in this | 5 | | Section for which
they are appropriately trained.
| 6 | | (Source: P.A. 92-362, eff. 8-15-01; 92-651, eff. 7-11-02.)
| 7 | | Section 10. The Children's Mental Health Act of 2003 is | 8 | | amended by changing Section 15 as follows:
| 9 | | (405 ILCS 49/15)
| 10 | | Sec. 15. Mental health and schools.
| 11 | | (a) The Illinois State Board of Education shall develop and | 12 | | implement a plan
to
incorporate social and emotional | 13 | | development standards as part of the Illinois
Learning | 14 | | Standards for the purpose of enhancing and measuring children's | 15 | | school
readiness and ability to achieve academic success.
The | 16 | | plan shall be submitted to the Governor, the General Assembly, | 17 | | and the
Partnership by December 31, 2004.
| 18 | | (b) Every Illinois school district shall develop a policy | 19 | | for incorporating
social and emotional development into the | 20 | | district's educational program.
The policy shall address | 21 | | teaching and assessing social and emotional
skills and | 22 | | protocols for responding to children with social, emotional, or
| 23 | | mental health problems, or a combination of such problems, that | 24 | | impact
learning ability. School social workers may implement a |
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| 1 | | continuum of social and emotional education programs and | 2 | | services in accordance with students' needs. Each district must | 3 | | submit this policy to the Illinois State
Board of Education by | 4 | | August 31, 2004.
| 5 | | (Source: P.A. 93-495, eff. 8-8-03.)
| 6 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 7 | | becoming law. |
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