Full Text of HB4219 103rd 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 | | 27-13.2 as follows: | 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/27-13.2) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-13.2) | 7 | | Sec. 27-13.2. Required instruction. | 8 | | (a) In every public school there shall be instruction, | 9 | | study, and discussion of effective methods by which pupils may | 10 | | recognize the danger of and avoid abduction, and in every | 11 | | public school maintaining any of grades kindergarten through | 12 | | 8, there shall be, for such grades, instruction, study, and | 13 | | discussion of effective methods for the prevention and | 14 | | avoidance of drugs and the dangers of opioid and substance | 15 | | abuse. School boards may include such required instruction, | 16 | | study, and discussion in the courses of study regularly taught | 17 | | in the public schools of their respective districts; provided, | 18 | | however, that such instruction shall be given each year to all | 19 | | pupils in grades kindergarten through 8. The State | 20 | | Superintendent of Education may prepare and make available to | 21 | | all public and non-public schools instructional materials | 22 | | which may be used by such schools as guidelines for | 23 | | development of a program of instruction under this subsection |
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| 1 | | (a); provided, however, that each school board shall itself | 2 | | determine the minimum amount of instruction time which shall | 3 | | qualify as a program of instruction which will satisfy the | 4 | | requirements of this subsection (a). | 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 | | (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this Section, no | 13 | | 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 | | (c) (Blank). Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, in | 25 | | every State-required health course for grades 9 through 12, a | 26 | | school district shall provide instruction, study, and |
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| 1 | | discussion on the dangers of fentanyl. Information for the | 2 | | instruction, study, and discussion of fentanyl shall come from | 3 | | information provided by the National Institutes of Health, the | 4 | | United States Drug Enforcement Administration, or the United | 5 | | States Department of Health and Human Services. This | 6 | | instruction, study, and discussion shall include, at a | 7 | | minimum, all of the following: | 8 | | (1) Information on fentanyl itself, including an | 9 | | explanation of the differences between synthetic and | 10 | | nonsynthetic opioids and illicit drugs, the variations of | 11 | | fentanyl itself, and the differences between the legal and | 12 | | illegal uses of fentanyl. | 13 | | (2) The side effects and the risk factors of using | 14 | | fentanyl, along with information comparing the lethal | 15 | | amounts of fentanyl to other drugs. Information on the | 16 | | risk factors may include, but is not limited to: | 17 | | (A) the lethal dose of fentanyl; | 18 | | (B) how often fentanyl is placed in drugs without | 19 | | a person's knowledge; | 20 | | (C) an explanation of what fentanyl does to a | 21 | | person's body and the severity of fentanyl's addictive | 22 | | properties; and | 23 | | (D) how the consumption of fentanyl can lead to | 24 | | hypoxia, as well as an explanation of what hypoxia | 25 | | precisely does to a person's body. | 26 | | (3) Details about the process of lacing fentanyl in |
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| 1 | | other drugs and why drugs get laced with fentanyl. | 2 | | (4) Details about how to detect fentanyl in drugs and | 3 | | how to save someone from an overdose of fentanyl, which | 4 | | shall include: | 5 | | (A) how to buy and use fentanyl test strips; | 6 | | (B) how to buy and use naloxone, either through a | 7 | | nasal spray or an injection; and | 8 | | (C) how to detect if someone is overdosing on | 9 | | fentanyl. | 10 | | Students shall be assessed on the instruction required | 11 | | under this subsection (c). The assessment may include, but is | 12 | | not limited to: | 13 | | (1) the differences between synthetic and nonsynthetic | 14 | | drugs; | 15 | | (2) hypoxia; | 16 | | (3) the effects of fentanyl on a person's body; | 17 | | (4) the lethal dose of fentanyl; and | 18 | | (5) how to detect and prevent overdoses. | 19 | | The instruction required under this subsection (c) shall | 20 | | be taught by a licensed educator, school nurse, or school | 21 | | counselor. | 22 | | (Source: P.A. 102-195, eff. 7-30-21; 103-365, eff. 1-1-24 .) | 23 | | Section 10. The Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive | 24 | | Health Education Act is amended by changing Section 3 as | 25 | | follows: |
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| 1 | | (105 ILCS 110/3) | 2 | | Sec. 3. Comprehensive Health Education Program. | 3 | | (a) The program established under this Act shall include, | 4 | | but not be limited to, the following major educational areas | 5 | | as a basis for curricula in all elementary and secondary | 6 | | schools in this State: human ecology and health; human growth | 7 | | and development; the emotional, psychological, physiological, | 8 | | hygienic, and social responsibilities of family life, | 9 | | including sexual abstinence until marriage; the prevention and | 10 | | control of disease, including instruction in grades 6 through | 11 | | 12 on the prevention, transmission, and spread of AIDS; | 12 | | age-appropriate sexual abuse and assault awareness and | 13 | | prevention education in grades pre-kindergarten through 12; | 14 | | public and environmental health; consumer health; safety | 15 | | education and disaster preparedness survival ; mental health | 16 | | and illness; personal health habits; alcohol and drug use and | 17 | | abuse, including the use and abuse of fentanyl, and the | 18 | | medical and legal ramifications of alcohol, drug, and tobacco | 19 | | use; abuse during pregnancy; evidence-based and medically | 20 | | accurate information regarding sexual abstinence; tobacco and | 21 | | e-cigarettes and other vapor devices; nutrition; and dental | 22 | | health. The instruction on mental health and illness must | 23 | | evaluate the multiple dimensions of health by reviewing the | 24 | | relationship between physical and mental health so as to | 25 | | enhance student understanding, attitudes, and behaviors that |
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| 1 | | promote health, well-being, and human dignity and must include | 2 | | how and where to find mental health resources and specialized | 3 | | treatment in the State. The program shall also provide course | 4 | | material and instruction to advise pupils of the Abandoned | 5 | | Newborn Infant Protection Act. The program shall include | 6 | | information about cancer, including, without limitation, types | 7 | | of cancer, signs and symptoms, risk factors, the importance of | 8 | | early prevention and detection, and information on where to go | 9 | | for help. Notwithstanding the above educational areas, the | 10 | | following areas may also be included as a basis for curricula | 11 | | in all elementary and secondary schools in this State: basic | 12 | | first aid (including, but not limited to, cardiopulmonary | 13 | | resuscitation and the Heimlich maneuver), heart disease, | 14 | | diabetes, stroke, the prevention of child abuse, neglect, and | 15 | | suicide, and teen dating violence in grades 7 through 12. | 16 | | Beginning with the 2014-2015 school year, training on how to | 17 | | properly administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation (which | 18 | | training must be in accordance with standards of the American | 19 | | Red Cross, the American Heart Association, or another | 20 | | nationally recognized certifying organization) and how to use | 21 | | an automated external defibrillator shall be included as a | 22 | | basis for curricula in all secondary schools in this State. | 23 | | (b) Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year in grades 9 | 24 | | through 12, the program shall include instruction, study, and | 25 | | discussion on the dangers of allergies. Information for the | 26 | | instruction, study, and discussion shall come from information |
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| 1 | | provided by the Department of Public Health and the federal | 2 | | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This instruction, | 3 | | study, and discussion shall include, at a minimum: | 4 | | (1) recognizing the signs and symptoms of an allergic | 5 | | reaction, including anaphylaxis; | 6 | | (2) the steps to take to prevent exposure to | 7 | | allergens; and | 8 | | (3) safe emergency epinephrine administration. | 9 | | (c) The school board of each public elementary and | 10 | | secondary school in the State shall encourage all teachers and | 11 | | other school personnel to acquire, develop, and maintain the | 12 | | knowledge and skills necessary to properly administer | 13 | | life-saving techniques, including, without limitation, the | 14 | | Heimlich maneuver and rescue breathing. The training shall be | 15 | | in accordance with standards of the American Red Cross, the | 16 | | American Heart Association, or another nationally recognized | 17 | | certifying organization. A school board may use the services | 18 | | of non-governmental entities whose personnel have expertise in | 19 | | life-saving techniques to instruct teachers and other school | 20 | | personnel in these techniques. Each school board is encouraged | 21 | | to have in its employ, or on its volunteer staff, at least one | 22 | | person who is certified, by the American Red Cross or by | 23 | | another qualified certifying agency, as qualified to | 24 | | administer first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation. In | 25 | | addition, each school board is authorized to allocate | 26 | | appropriate portions of its institute or inservice days to |
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| 1 | | conduct training programs for teachers and other school | 2 | | personnel who have expressed an interest in becoming qualified | 3 | | to administer emergency first aid or cardiopulmonary | 4 | | resuscitation. School boards are urged to encourage their | 5 | | teachers and other school personnel who coach school athletic | 6 | | programs and other extracurricular school activities to | 7 | | acquire, develop, and maintain the knowledge and skills | 8 | | necessary to properly administer first aid and cardiopulmonary | 9 | | resuscitation in accordance with standards and requirements | 10 | | established by the American Red Cross or another qualified | 11 | | certifying agency. Subject to appropriation, the State Board | 12 | | of Education shall establish and administer a matching grant | 13 | | program to pay for half of the cost that a school district | 14 | | incurs in training those teachers and other school personnel | 15 | | who express an interest in becoming qualified to administer | 16 | | cardiopulmonary resuscitation (which training must be in | 17 | | accordance with standards of the American Red Cross, the | 18 | | American Heart Association, or another nationally recognized | 19 | | certifying organization) or in learning how to use an | 20 | | automated external defibrillator. A school district that | 21 | | applies for a grant must demonstrate that it has funds to pay | 22 | | half of the cost of the training for which matching grant money | 23 | | is sought. The State Board of Education shall award the grants | 24 | | on a first-come, first-serve basis. | 25 | | (d) No pupil shall be required to take or participate in | 26 | | any class or course on AIDS or family life instruction or to |
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| 1 | | receive training on how to properly administer cardiopulmonary | 2 | | resuscitation or how to use an automated external | 3 | | defibrillator if his or her parent or guardian submits written | 4 | | objection thereto, and refusal to take or participate in the | 5 | | course or program or the training shall not be reason for | 6 | | suspension or expulsion of the pupil. | 7 | | (e) Curricula developed under programs established in | 8 | | accordance with this Act in the major educational area of | 9 | | alcohol and drug use and abuse shall include classroom | 10 | | instruction in grades 5 through 12 , shall be age and | 11 | | developmentally appropriate, and may include the information | 12 | | contained in the Substance Use Prevention and Recovery | 13 | | Instruction Resource Guide under Section 22-81 of the School | 14 | | Code, as applicable . The instruction, which shall include | 15 | | matters relating to both the physical and legal effects and | 16 | | ramifications of drug and substance abuse, shall be integrated | 17 | | into existing curricula; and the State Board of Education | 18 | | shall determine how to develop and make available to all | 19 | | elementary and secondary schools in this State instructional | 20 | | materials and guidelines that which will assist the schools in | 21 | | incorporating the instruction into their existing curricula. | 22 | | In addition, school districts may offer, as part of existing | 23 | | curricula during the school day or as part of an after-school | 24 | | after school program, support services and instruction for | 25 | | pupils or pupils whose parent, parents, or guardians are | 26 | | chemically dependent. Curricula developed under programs |
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| 1 | | established in accordance with this Act in the major | 2 | | educational area of alcohol and drug use and abuse shall | 3 | | include the instruction, study, and discussion required under | 4 | | subsection (c) of Section 27-13.2 of the School Code. | 5 | | Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, the program | 6 | | shall include instruction, study, and discussion on the | 7 | | dangers of fentanyl in grades 6 through 12. Information for | 8 | | the instruction, study, and discussion on the dangers of | 9 | | fentanyl shall be age and developmentally appropriate and may | 10 | | include information contained in the Substance Use Prevention | 11 | | and Recovery Instruction Resource Guide under Section 22-81 of | 12 | | the School Code, as applicable. The instruction, study, and | 13 | | discussion on the dangers of fentanyl in grades 9 through 12 | 14 | | shall include, at a minimum, all of the following: | 15 | | (1) Information on fentanyl itself, including an | 16 | | explanation of the differences between synthetic and | 17 | | nonsynthetic opioids and illicit drugs, the variations of | 18 | | fentanyl itself, and the differences between the legal and | 19 | | illegal uses of fentanyl. | 20 | | (2) The side effects and the risk factors of using | 21 | | fentanyl, along with information comparing the lethal | 22 | | amounts of fentanyl to other drugs. Information on the | 23 | | risk factors may include, but is not limited to: | 24 | | (A) the lethal dose of fentanyl; | 25 | | (B) how often fentanyl is placed in drugs without | 26 | | a person's knowledge; |
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| 1 | | (C) an explanation of what fentanyl does to a | 2 | | person's body and the severity of fentanyl's addictive | 3 | | properties; and | 4 | | (D) how the consumption of fentanyl can lead to | 5 | | hypoxia, as well as an explanation of what hypoxia | 6 | | precisely does to a person's body. | 7 | | (3) Details about the process of lacing fentanyl in | 8 | | other drugs and why drugs get laced with fentanyl. | 9 | | (4) Details about how to detect fentanyl in drugs and | 10 | | how to save someone from an overdose of fentanyl, which | 11 | | shall include: | 12 | | (A) how to buy and use fentanyl test strips; | 13 | | (B) how to buy and use naloxone, either through a | 14 | | nasal spray or an injection; and | 15 | | (C) how to detect if someone is overdosing on | 16 | | fentanyl. | 17 | | Students in grades 9 through 12 shall be assessed on the | 18 | | instruction, study, and discussion on the dangers of fentanyl. | 19 | | The assessment may include, but is not limited to: | 20 | | (i) the differences between synthetic and nonsynthetic | 21 | | drugs; | 22 | | (ii) hypoxia; | 23 | | (iii) the effects of fentanyl on a person's body; | 24 | | (iv) the lethal dose of fentanyl; and | 25 | | (v) how to detect and prevent overdoses. | 26 | | The instruction, study, and discussion on the dangers of |
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| 1 | | fentanyl may be taught by a licensed educator, school nurse, | 2 | | school social worker, law enforcement officer, or school | 3 | | counselor. | 4 | | (Source: P.A. 102-464, eff. 8-20-21; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21; | 5 | | 102-1034, eff. 1-1-23; 103-212, eff. 1-1-24; 103-365, eff. | 6 | | 1-1-24; revised 12-12-23.) | 7 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 8 | | becoming law. |
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