Full Text of HB4219 103rd General Assembly
HB4219 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY | | | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024 HB4219 Introduced 11/7/2023, by Rep. Janet Yang Rohr SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: | | 105 ILCS 5/27-13.2 | from Ch. 122, par. 27-13.2 |
| Amends the School Code. In provisions concerning fentanyl education, beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, provides that in at least one unit in the State-required health courses for grades 6 through 8 a school district shall provide instruction, study, and discussion on the dangers of fentanyl. |
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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 | | 27-13.2 as follows: | 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/27-13.2) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-13.2) | 7 | | (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 103-365 ) | 8 | | Sec. 27-13.2. Required instruction. In every public school | 9 | | there shall be instruction, study, and discussion of effective | 10 | | methods by which pupils may recognize the danger of and avoid | 11 | | abduction, and in every public school maintaining any of | 12 | | grades kindergarten through 8 there shall be, for such grades, | 13 | | instruction, study, and discussion of effective methods for | 14 | | the prevention and avoidance of drugs and the dangers of | 15 | | opioid and substance abuse. School boards may include such | 16 | | required instruction, study and discussion in the courses of | 17 | | study regularly taught in the public schools of their | 18 | | respective districts; provided, however, that such instruction | 19 | | shall be given each year to all pupils in grades kindergarten | 20 | | through 8. The State Superintendent of Education may prepare | 21 | | and make available to all public and non-public schools | 22 | | instructional materials which may be used by such schools as | 23 | | guidelines for development of a program of instruction under |
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| 1 | | this Section; provided, however, that each school board shall | 2 | | itself determine the minimum amount of instruction time which | 3 | | shall qualify as a program of instruction which will satisfy | 4 | | the requirements of this Section. | 5 | | The State Superintendent of Education, in cooperation with | 6 | | the Department of Children and Family Services, shall prepare | 7 | | and disseminate to all public schools and non-public schools, | 8 | | information on instructional materials and programs about | 9 | | child sexual abuse which may be used by such schools for their | 10 | | own or community programs. Such information may also be | 11 | | disseminated by such schools to parents. | 12 | | Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section, | 13 | | no pupil in any of grades kindergarten through 8 shall be | 14 | | required to take or participate in any class or course | 15 | | providing instruction in recognizing and avoiding sexual abuse | 16 | | if the parent or guardian of the pupil submits written | 17 | | objection thereto; and refusal to take or participate in such | 18 | | class or course after such written objection is made shall not | 19 | | be reason for failing, suspending or expelling such pupil. | 20 | | Each school board intending to offer any such class or course | 21 | | to pupils in any of grades kindergarten through 8 shall give | 22 | | not less than 5 days written notice to the parents or guardians | 23 | | of such pupils before commencing the class or course. | 24 | | (Source: P.A. 102-195, eff. 7-30-21.) | 25 | | (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 103-365 ) |
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| 1 | | Sec. 27-13.2. Required instruction. | 2 | | (a) In every public school there shall be instruction, | 3 | | study, and discussion of effective methods by which pupils may | 4 | | recognize the danger of and avoid abduction, and in every | 5 | | public school maintaining any of grades kindergarten through | 6 | | 8, there shall be, for such grades, instruction, study, and | 7 | | discussion of effective methods for the prevention and | 8 | | avoidance of drugs and the dangers of opioid and substance | 9 | | abuse. School boards may include such required instruction, | 10 | | study, and discussion in the courses of study regularly taught | 11 | | in the public schools of their respective districts; provided, | 12 | | however, that such instruction shall be given each year to all | 13 | | pupils in grades kindergarten through 8. The State | 14 | | Superintendent of Education may prepare and make available to | 15 | | all public and non-public schools instructional materials | 16 | | which may be used by such schools as guidelines for | 17 | | development of a program of instruction under this subsection | 18 | | (a); provided, however, that each school board shall itself | 19 | | determine the minimum amount of instruction time which shall | 20 | | qualify as a program of instruction which will satisfy the | 21 | | requirements of this subsection (a). | 22 | | The State Superintendent of Education, in cooperation with | 23 | | the Department of Children and Family Services, shall prepare | 24 | | and disseminate to all public schools and non-public schools, | 25 | | information on instructional materials and programs about | 26 | | child sexual abuse which may be used by such schools for their |
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| 1 | | own or community programs. Such information may also be | 2 | | disseminated by such schools to parents. | 3 | | (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this Section, no | 4 | | pupil in any of grades kindergarten through 8 shall be | 5 | | required to take or participate in any class or course | 6 | | providing instruction in recognizing and avoiding sexual abuse | 7 | | if the parent or guardian of the pupil submits written | 8 | | objection thereto; and refusal to take or participate in such | 9 | | class or course after such written objection is made shall not | 10 | | be reason for failing, suspending or expelling such pupil. | 11 | | Each school board intending to offer any such class or course | 12 | | to pupils in any of grades kindergarten through 8 shall give | 13 | | not less than 5 days written notice to the parents or guardians | 14 | | of such pupils before commencing the class or course. | 15 | | (c) Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, in every | 16 | | State-required health course for grades 9 through 12, and | 17 | | beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, in at least one unit | 18 | | in the State-required health courses for grades 6 through 8, a | 19 | | school district shall provide instruction, study, and | 20 | | discussion on the dangers of fentanyl. Information for the | 21 | | instruction, study, and discussion of fentanyl shall come from | 22 | | information provided by the National Institutes of Health, the | 23 | | United States Drug Enforcement Administration, or the United | 24 | | States Department of Health and Human Services. This | 25 | | instruction, study, and discussion shall include, at a | 26 | | minimum, all of the following: |
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| 1 | | (1) Information on fentanyl itself, including an | 2 | | explanation of the differences between synthetic and | 3 | | nonsynthetic opioids and illicit drugs, the variations of | 4 | | fentanyl itself, and the differences between the legal and | 5 | | illegal uses of fentanyl. | 6 | | (2) The side effects and the risk factors of using | 7 | | fentanyl, along with information comparing the lethal | 8 | | amounts of fentanyl to other drugs. Information on the | 9 | | risk factors may include, but is not limited to: | 10 | | (A) the lethal dose of fentanyl; | 11 | | (B) how often fentanyl is placed in drugs without | 12 | | a person's knowledge; | 13 | | (C) an explanation of what fentanyl does to a | 14 | | person's body and the severity of fentanyl's addictive | 15 | | properties; and | 16 | | (D) how the consumption of fentanyl can lead to | 17 | | hypoxia, as well as an explanation of what hypoxia | 18 | | precisely does to a person's body. | 19 | | (3) Details about the process of lacing fentanyl in | 20 | | other drugs and why drugs get laced with fentanyl. | 21 | | (4) Details about how to detect fentanyl in drugs and | 22 | | how to save someone from an overdose of fentanyl, which | 23 | | shall include: | 24 | | (A) how to buy and use fentanyl test strips; | 25 | | (B) how to buy and use naloxone, either through a | 26 | | nasal spray or an injection; and |
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| 1 | | (C) how to detect if someone is overdosing on | 2 | | fentanyl. | 3 | | Students shall be assessed on the instruction required | 4 | | under this subsection (c). The assessment may include, but is | 5 | | not limited to: | 6 | | (1) the differences between synthetic and nonsynthetic | 7 | | drugs; | 8 | | (2) hypoxia; | 9 | | (3) the effects of fentanyl on a person's body; | 10 | | (4) the lethal dose of fentanyl; and | 11 | | (5) how to detect and prevent overdoses. | 12 | | The instruction required under this subsection (c) shall | 13 | | be taught by a licensed educator, school nurse, or school | 14 | | counselor. | 15 | | (Source: P.A. 102-195, eff. 7-30-21; 103-365, eff. 1-1-24.) | 16 | | Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes | 17 | | changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text | 18 | | that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section | 19 | | represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does | 20 | | not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes | 21 | | made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other | 22 | | Public Act. |
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