Full Text of HB3928 101st General Assembly
HB3928 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2019 and 2020 HB3928 Introduced 10/28/2019, by Rep. Joyce Mason SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive Health
Education Act. Adds e-cigarettes and other vapor devices as one of the educational areas the Comprehensive Health Education Program must include. Effective immediately.
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| | FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY | | STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT |
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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 Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive | 5 | | Health
Education Act is amended by changing Section 3 as | 6 | | follows:
| 7 | | (105 ILCS 110/3)
| 8 | | (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 101-305 ) | 9 | | Sec. 3. Comprehensive Health Education Program. The | 10 | | program established
under this Act shall include, but not be | 11 | | limited to, the following major
educational areas as a basis | 12 | | for curricula in all elementary and secondary
schools in this | 13 | | State: human ecology and health ; , human growth and
| 14 | | development ; , the emotional, psychological, physiological, | 15 | | hygienic , and
social responsibilities of family life, | 16 | | including sexual abstinence until
marriage ; the , prevention | 17 | | and control of disease, including instruction in
grades 6 | 18 | | through 12 on the prevention, transmission , and spread of | 19 | | AIDS ; , age-appropriate sexual abuse and assault awareness and | 20 | | prevention education in grades pre-kindergarten through 12 ; , | 21 | | public and environmental health ; , consumer health ; , safety | 22 | | education and
disaster survival ; , mental health and illness ; , | 23 | | personal health habits ; ,
alcohol and , drug use , and abuse , |
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| 1 | | including the medical and legal ramifications
of alcohol, drug, | 2 | | and tobacco use ; , abuse during pregnancy ; , evidence-based and | 3 | | medically accurate information regarding sexual
abstinence ; , | 4 | | tobacco and e-cigarettes and other vapor devices; , nutrition ; , | 5 | | and dental health. The program shall also provide course | 6 | | material and instruction to advise pupils of the Abandoned | 7 | | Newborn Infant Protection Act.
The program shall include | 8 | | information about cancer, including without limitation types | 9 | | of cancer, signs and symptoms, risk factors, the importance of | 10 | | early prevention and detection, and information on where to go | 11 | | for help. Notwithstanding the above educational areas, the | 12 | | following areas may also
be included as a basis for curricula | 13 | | in all elementary and secondary
schools in this State: basic | 14 | | first aid (including, but not limited to,
cardiopulmonary | 15 | | resuscitation and the Heimlich maneuver), heart disease, | 16 | | diabetes, stroke, the
prevention of child abuse, neglect, and | 17 | | suicide, and teen dating violence in grades 7 through 12. | 18 | | Beginning with the 2014-2015 school year, training on how to | 19 | | properly administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation (which | 20 | | training must be in accordance with standards of the American | 21 | | Red Cross, the American Heart Association, or another | 22 | | nationally recognized certifying organization) and how to use | 23 | | an automated external defibrillator shall be included as a | 24 | | basis for curricula in all secondary schools in this State. | 25 | | The school board of each
public elementary and secondary | 26 | | school in the State
shall encourage all teachers and other |
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| 1 | | school personnel to acquire,
develop, and maintain the | 2 | | knowledge and skills necessary to properly
administer | 3 | | life-saving techniques, including without limitation the
| 4 | | Heimlich maneuver and rescue breathing.
The training shall be | 5 | | in
accordance with standards of the
American Red Cross, the | 6 | | American Heart Association, or another nationally
recognized | 7 | | certifying organization.
A school board may use the
services of | 8 | | non-governmental entities whose personnel have expertise in
| 9 | | life-saving techniques to instruct teachers and other school | 10 | | personnel in
these techniques. Each school board
is encouraged | 11 | | to have in
its employ, or on its volunteer staff, at least one | 12 | | person who is certified, by
the American Red Cross or by | 13 | | another qualified certifying agency,
as qualified to | 14 | | administer first aid and
cardiopulmonary resuscitation. In | 15 | | addition, each school board is authorized to
allocate | 16 | | appropriate portions of its institute or inservice days to | 17 | | conduct
training programs for teachers and other school | 18 | | personnel who have expressed an
interest in becoming qualified | 19 | | to administer emergency first aid or
cardiopulmonary | 20 | | resuscitation. School boards are urged to
encourage their | 21 | | teachers and other school personnel who coach school athletic
| 22 | | programs and other extracurricular school activities to | 23 | | acquire, develop, and
maintain the knowledge and skills | 24 | | necessary to properly administer first aid
and cardiopulmonary | 25 | | resuscitation in accordance with standards and requirements
| 26 | | established by the American Red Cross or another qualified |
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| 1 | | certifying agency. Subject to appropriation, the State Board of | 2 | | Education shall establish and administer a matching grant | 3 | | program to pay for half of the cost that a school district | 4 | | incurs in training those teachers and other school personnel | 5 | | who express an interest in becoming qualified to administer | 6 | | cardiopulmonary resuscitation (which training must be in
| 7 | | accordance with standards of the
American Red Cross, the | 8 | | American Heart Association, or another nationally
recognized | 9 | | certifying organization) or in learning how to use an automated | 10 | | external defibrillator. A school district that applies for a | 11 | | grant must demonstrate that it has funds to pay half of the | 12 | | cost of the training for which matching grant money is sought. | 13 | | The State Board of Education shall award the grants on a | 14 | | first-come, first-serve basis.
| 15 | | No pupil shall be
required to take or participate in any | 16 | | class or course on AIDS or family
life instruction or to | 17 | | receive training on how to properly administer cardiopulmonary | 18 | | resuscitation or how to use an automated external defibrillator | 19 | | if his or her parent or guardian submits written objection
| 20 | | thereto, and refusal to take or participate in the course or | 21 | | program or the training shall
not be reason for suspension or | 22 | | expulsion of the pupil.
| 23 | | Curricula developed under programs established in | 24 | | accordance with this
Act in the major educational area of | 25 | | alcohol and drug use and abuse shall
include classroom | 26 | | instruction in grades 5 through 12. The instruction,
which |
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| 1 | | shall include matters relating to both the physical and legal | 2 | | effects
and ramifications of drug and substance abuse, shall be | 3 | | integrated into
existing curricula; and the State Board of | 4 | | Education shall develop and make
available to all elementary | 5 | | and secondary schools in this State
instructional materials and | 6 | | guidelines which will assist the schools in
incorporating the | 7 | | instruction into their existing curricula. In
addition, school | 8 | | districts may offer, as part of existing curricula during
the | 9 | | school day or as part of an after school program, support | 10 | | services and
instruction for pupils or pupils whose parent, | 11 | | parents, or guardians are
chemically dependent.
| 12 | | (Source: P.A. 97-1147, eff. 1-24-13; 98-190, eff. 8-6-13; | 13 | | 98-441, eff. 1-1-14; 98-632, eff. 7-1-14; 98-756, eff. | 14 | | 7-16-14.)
| 15 | | (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 101-305 ) | 16 | | Sec. 3. Comprehensive Health Education Program. The | 17 | | program established
under this Act shall include, but not be | 18 | | limited to, the following major
educational areas as a basis | 19 | | for curricula in all elementary and secondary
schools in this | 20 | | State: human ecology and health ; , human growth and
| 21 | | development ; , the emotional, psychological, physiological, | 22 | | hygienic , and
social responsibilities of family life, | 23 | | including sexual abstinence until
marriage ; the , prevention | 24 | | and control of disease, including instruction in
grades 6 | 25 | | through 12 on the prevention, transmission , and spread of |
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| 1 | | AIDS ; , age-appropriate sexual abuse and assault awareness and | 2 | | prevention education in grades pre-kindergarten through 12 ; , | 3 | | public and environmental health ; , consumer health ; , safety | 4 | | education and
disaster survival ; , mental health and illness ; , | 5 | | personal health habits ; ,
alcohol and , drug use , and abuse , | 6 | | including the medical and legal ramifications
of alcohol, drug, | 7 | | and tobacco use ; , abuse during pregnancy ; , evidence-based and | 8 | | medically accurate information regarding sexual
abstinence ; , | 9 | | tobacco and e-cigarettes and other vapor devices; , nutrition ; , | 10 | | and dental health. The instruction on mental health and illness | 11 | | must evaluate the multiple dimensions of health by reviewing | 12 | | the relationship between physical and mental health so as to | 13 | | enhance student understanding, attitudes, and behaviors that | 14 | | promote health, well-being, and human dignity. The program | 15 | | shall also provide course material and instruction to advise | 16 | | pupils of the Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act.
The | 17 | | program shall include information about cancer, including | 18 | | without limitation types of cancer, signs and symptoms, risk | 19 | | factors, the importance of early prevention and detection, and | 20 | | information on where to go for help. Notwithstanding the above | 21 | | educational areas, the following areas may also
be included as | 22 | | a basis for curricula in all elementary and secondary
schools | 23 | | in this State: basic first aid (including, but not limited to,
| 24 | | cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the Heimlich maneuver), | 25 | | heart disease, diabetes, stroke, the
prevention of child abuse, | 26 | | neglect, and suicide, and teen dating violence in grades 7 |
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| 1 | | through 12. Beginning with the 2014-2015 school year, training | 2 | | on how to properly administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation | 3 | | (which training must be in accordance with standards of the | 4 | | American Red Cross, the American Heart Association, or another | 5 | | nationally recognized certifying organization) and how to use | 6 | | an automated external defibrillator shall be included as a | 7 | | basis for curricula in all secondary schools in this State. | 8 | | The school board of each
public elementary and secondary | 9 | | school in the State
shall encourage all teachers and other | 10 | | school personnel to acquire,
develop, and maintain the | 11 | | knowledge and skills necessary to properly
administer | 12 | | life-saving techniques, including without limitation the
| 13 | | Heimlich maneuver and rescue breathing.
The training shall be | 14 | | in
accordance with standards of the
American Red Cross, the | 15 | | American Heart Association, or another nationally
recognized | 16 | | certifying organization.
A school board may use the
services of | 17 | | non-governmental entities whose personnel have expertise in
| 18 | | life-saving techniques to instruct teachers and other school | 19 | | personnel in
these techniques. Each school board
is encouraged | 20 | | to have in
its employ, or on its volunteer staff, at least one | 21 | | person who is certified, by
the American Red Cross or by | 22 | | another qualified certifying agency,
as qualified to | 23 | | administer first aid and
cardiopulmonary resuscitation. In | 24 | | addition, each school board is authorized to
allocate | 25 | | appropriate portions of its institute or inservice days to | 26 | | conduct
training programs for teachers and other school |
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| 1 | | personnel who have expressed an
interest in becoming qualified | 2 | | to administer emergency first aid or
cardiopulmonary | 3 | | resuscitation. School boards are urged to
encourage their | 4 | | teachers and other school personnel who coach school athletic
| 5 | | programs and other extracurricular school activities to | 6 | | acquire, develop, and
maintain the knowledge and skills | 7 | | necessary to properly administer first aid
and cardiopulmonary | 8 | | resuscitation in accordance with standards and requirements
| 9 | | established by the American Red Cross or another qualified | 10 | | certifying agency. Subject to appropriation, the State Board of | 11 | | Education shall establish and administer a matching grant | 12 | | program to pay for half of the cost that a school district | 13 | | incurs in training those teachers and other school personnel | 14 | | who express an interest in becoming qualified to administer | 15 | | cardiopulmonary resuscitation (which training must be in
| 16 | | accordance with standards of the
American Red Cross, the | 17 | | American Heart Association, or another nationally
recognized | 18 | | certifying organization) or in learning how to use an automated | 19 | | external defibrillator. A school district that applies for a | 20 | | grant must demonstrate that it has funds to pay half of the | 21 | | cost of the training for which matching grant money is sought. | 22 | | The State Board of Education shall award the grants on a | 23 | | first-come, first-serve basis.
| 24 | | No pupil shall be
required to take or participate in any | 25 | | class or course on AIDS or family
life instruction or to | 26 | | receive training on how to properly administer cardiopulmonary |
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| 1 | | resuscitation or how to use an automated external defibrillator | 2 | | if his or her parent or guardian submits written objection
| 3 | | thereto, and refusal to take or participate in the course or | 4 | | program or the training shall
not be reason for suspension or | 5 | | expulsion of the pupil.
| 6 | | 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.
| 21 | | (Source: P.A. 101-305, eff. 1-1-20.)
| 22 | | Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes | 23 | | changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text | 24 | | that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section | 25 | | represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does |
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| 1 | | not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes | 2 | | made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other | 3 | | Public Act.
| 4 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 5 | | becoming law.
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