Full Text of SB2109 102nd General Assembly
SB2109sam001 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Karina Villa Filed: 4/16/2021
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2109
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2109 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing | 5 | | Sections 10-16a and 10-22.39 and by adding Section 10-20.75 as | 6 | | follows: | 7 | | (105 ILCS 5/10-16a) | 8 | | Sec. 10-16a. School board member's leadership training. | 9 | | (a) This Section applies to all school board members | 10 | | serving pursuant to Section 10-10 of this Code who have been | 11 | | elected after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the | 12 | | 97th General Assembly or appointed to fill a vacancy of at | 13 | | least one year's duration after the effective date of this | 14 | | amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly. | 15 | | (b) Every voting member of a school board of a school | 16 | | district elected or appointed for a term beginning after the |
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| 1 | | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General | 2 | | Assembly, within a year after the effective date of this | 3 | | amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly or the first year | 4 | | of his or her first term, shall complete a minimum of 4 hours | 5 | | of professional development leadership training covering | 6 | | topics in education and labor law, financial oversight and | 7 | | accountability, trauma-informed practices for students and | 8 | | staff, and fiduciary responsibilities of a school board | 9 | | member. The school district shall maintain on its Internet | 10 | | website, if any, the names of all voting members of the school | 11 | | board who have successfully completed the training. | 12 | | (c) The training on financial oversight, accountability, | 13 | | trauma-informed practices for students and staff, and | 14 | | fiduciary responsibilities may be provided by an association | 15 | | established under this Code for the purpose of training school | 16 | | board members or by other qualified providers approved by the | 17 | | State Board of Education, in consultation with an association | 18 | | so established.
| 19 | | (Source: P.A. 97-8, eff. 6-13-11.) | 20 | | (105 ILCS 5/10-20.75 new) | 21 | | Sec. 10-20.75. Training for a trauma-informed school | 22 | | standard. | 23 | | (a) Each member of a school board and the district | 24 | | superintendent must complete a course of instruction approved | 25 | | by the State Board of Education regarding the adoption and |
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| 1 | | administration of a trauma-informed school standard. A course | 2 | | required under this Section must be completed on an annual | 3 | | basis. | 4 | | (b) A course of instruction as described in subsection (a) | 5 | | must provide information that is relevant to and within the | 6 | | scope of the duties of a school board member and district | 7 | | superintendent regarding all of the following: | 8 | | (1) The recognition of and care for trauma in students | 9 | | and educators. | 10 | | (2) The relationship between educator wellness and | 11 | | student learning. | 12 | | (3) The effect of trauma on student behavior and | 13 | | learning. | 14 | | (4) The prevalence of trauma among students, including | 15 | | the prevalence of trauma among student populations at | 16 | | higher risk of experiencing trauma. | 17 | | (5) The effects of implicit or explicit bias on | 18 | | recognizing trauma among various racial or ethnic groups | 19 | | of students. | 20 | | (6) Effective district and school policies and | 21 | | practices that are shown to: | 22 | | (A) prevent and mitigate the negative effect of | 23 | | trauma on student behavior and learning; and | 24 | | (B) support the emotional wellness of educators. | 25 | | (c) A school board shall submit for approval any course of | 26 | | instruction identified by the district as satisfying the |
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| 1 | | requirements of subsection (b) to the State Board of | 2 | | Education. | 3 | | (d) The State Board of Education may approve both | 4 | | in-person and online courses of instruction to satisfy the | 5 | | requirements of this Section, including courses provided by | 6 | | community-based nonprofit organizations with expertise | 7 | | concerning trauma-informed school standards. | 8 | | (e) By no later than December 1, 2021, the State Board of | 9 | | Education shall approve one or more courses of instruction | 10 | | that satisfy the training requirements in accordance with this | 11 | | Section.
| 12 | | (105 ILCS 5/10-22.39)
| 13 | | Sec. 10-22.39. In-service training programs. | 14 | | (a) To conduct in-service training programs for teachers. | 15 | | (b) In addition to
other topics at in-service training
| 16 | | programs, at least once every 2 years, licensed school | 17 | | personnel and administrators who work with pupils in | 18 | | kindergarten through grade 12 shall be
trained to identify the | 19 | | warning signs of mental illness and suicidal behavior in youth | 20 | | and shall be taught appropriate intervention and referral | 21 | | techniques. A school district may utilize the Illinois Mental | 22 | | Health First Aid training program, established under the | 23 | | Illinois Mental Health First Aid Training Act and administered | 24 | | by certified instructors trained by a national association | 25 | | recognized as an authority in behavioral health, to provide |
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| 1 | | the training and meet the requirements under this subsection. | 2 | | If licensed school personnel or an administrator obtains | 3 | | mental health first aid training outside of an in-service | 4 | | training program, he or she may present a certificate of | 5 | | successful completion of the training to the school district | 6 | | to satisfy the requirements of this subsection. | 7 | | Training regarding the adoption and administration of a | 8 | | trauma-informed school standard satisfies the requirements of | 9 | | this subsection (b). A course of instruction as described in | 10 | | this subsection (b) may provide information that is relevant | 11 | | to and within the scope of the duties of a school administrator | 12 | | regarding all of the following:
| 13 | | (1) The recognition of and care for trauma in students | 14 | | and educators. | 15 | | (2) The relationship between educator wellness and | 16 | | student learning. | 17 | | (3) The effect of trauma on student behavior and | 18 | | learning. | 19 | | (4) The prevalence of trauma among students, including | 20 | | the prevalence of trauma among student populations at | 21 | | higher risk of experiencing trauma. | 22 | | (5) The effects of implicit or explicit bias on | 23 | | recognizing trauma among various racial or ethnic groups | 24 | | of students. | 25 | | (6) Effective district and school policies and | 26 | | practices that are shown to (i) prevent and mitigate the |
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| 1 | | negative effect of trauma on student behavior and learning | 2 | | and (ii) support the emotional wellness of educators. | 3 | | (c) School guidance counselors, nurses, teachers and other | 4 | | school personnel
who work with pupils may be trained to have a | 5 | | basic knowledge of matters
relating to acquired | 6 | | immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), including the nature
of the | 7 | | disease, its causes and effects, the means of detecting it and
| 8 | | preventing its transmission, and the availability of | 9 | | appropriate sources of
counseling and referral, and any other | 10 | | information that may be appropriate
considering the age and | 11 | | grade level of such pupils. The School Board shall
supervise | 12 | | such training. The State Board of Education and the Department
| 13 | | of Public Health shall jointly develop standards for such | 14 | | training.
| 15 | | (d) In this subsection (d): | 16 | | "Domestic violence" means abuse by a family or household | 17 | | member, as "abuse" and "family or household members" are | 18 | | defined in Section 103 of the Illinois Domestic Violence Act | 19 | | of 1986. | 20 | | "Sexual violence" means sexual assault, abuse, or stalking | 21 | | of an adult or minor child proscribed in the Criminal Code of | 22 | | 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012 in Sections 11-1.20, | 23 | | 11-1.30, 11-1.40, 11-1.50, 11-1.60, 12-7.3, 12-7.4, 12-7.5, | 24 | | 12-12, 12-13, 12-14, 12-14.1, 12-15, and 12-16, including | 25 | | sexual violence committed by perpetrators who are strangers to | 26 | | the victim and sexual violence committed by perpetrators who |
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| 1 | | are known or related by blood or marriage to the victim. | 2 | | At least once every 2 years, an in-service training | 3 | | program for school personnel who work with pupils, including, | 4 | | but not limited to, school and school district administrators, | 5 | | teachers, school guidance counselors, school social workers, | 6 | | school counselors, school psychologists, and school nurses, | 7 | | must be conducted by persons with expertise in domestic and | 8 | | sexual violence and the needs of expectant and parenting youth | 9 | | and shall include training concerning (i) communicating with | 10 | | and listening to youth victims of domestic or sexual violence | 11 | | and expectant and parenting youth, (ii) connecting youth | 12 | | victims of domestic or sexual violence and expectant and | 13 | | parenting youth to appropriate in-school services and other | 14 | | agencies, programs, and services as needed, and (iii) | 15 | | implementing the school district's policies, procedures, and | 16 | | protocols with regard to such youth, including | 17 | | confidentiality. At a minimum, school personnel must be | 18 | | trained to understand, provide information and referrals, and | 19 | | address issues pertaining to youth who are parents, expectant | 20 | | parents, or victims of domestic or sexual violence.
| 21 | | (e) At least every 2 years, an in-service training program | 22 | | for school personnel who work with pupils must be conducted by | 23 | | persons with expertise in anaphylactic reactions and | 24 | | management.
| 25 | | (f) At least once every 2 years, a school board shall | 26 | | conduct in-service training on educator ethics, |
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| 1 | | teacher-student conduct, and school employee-student conduct | 2 | | for all personnel. | 3 | | (Source: P.A. 100-903, eff. 1-1-19; 101-350, eff. 1-1-20 .)
| 4 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 5 | | becoming law.".
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