Full Text of HB4219 103rd General Assembly
HB4219ham001 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Janet Yang Rohr Filed: 3/27/2024 | | 10300HB4219ham001 | | LRB103 34629 RJT 71177 a |
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4219
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4219 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following: | 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 |
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| 1 | | in the public schools of their respective districts; provided, | 2 | | however, that such instruction shall be given each year to all | 3 | | pupils in grades kindergarten through 8. The State | 4 | | Superintendent of Education may prepare and make available to | 5 | | all public and non-public schools instructional materials | 6 | | which may be used by such schools as guidelines for | 7 | | development of a program of instruction under this subsection | 8 | | (a); provided, however, that each school board shall itself | 9 | | determine the minimum amount of instruction time which shall | 10 | | qualify as a program of instruction which will satisfy the | 11 | | requirements of this subsection (a). | 12 | | The State Superintendent of Education, in cooperation with | 13 | | the Department of Children and Family Services, shall prepare | 14 | | and disseminate to all public schools and non-public schools, | 15 | | information on instructional materials and programs about | 16 | | child sexual abuse which may be used by such schools for their | 17 | | own or community programs. Such information may also be | 18 | | disseminated by such schools to parents. | 19 | | (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this Section, no | 20 | | pupil in any of grades kindergarten through 8 shall be | 21 | | required to take or participate in any class or course | 22 | | providing instruction in recognizing and avoiding sexual abuse | 23 | | if the parent or guardian of the pupil submits written | 24 | | objection thereto; and refusal to take or participate in such | 25 | | class or course after such written objection is made shall not | 26 | | be reason for failing, suspending or expelling such pupil. |
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| 1 | | Each school board intending to offer any such class or course | 2 | | to pupils in any of grades kindergarten through 8 shall give | 3 | | not less than 5 days written notice to the parents or guardians | 4 | | of such pupils before commencing the class or course. | 5 | | (c) Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, in every | 6 | | State-required health course for grades 9 through 12 and, | 7 | | beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, in at least one unit | 8 | | in the State-required health courses for grades 6 through 8 , a | 9 | | school district shall provide instruction, study, and | 10 | | discussion on the dangers of fentanyl. Information for the | 11 | | instruction, study, and discussion of fentanyl shall be age | 12 | | and developmentally appropriate and may include the | 13 | | information contained in the Substance Use Prevention and | 14 | | Recovery Instruction Resource Guide developed by the State | 15 | | Board of Education under Section 22-81, as applicable shall | 16 | | come from information provided by the National Institutes of | 17 | | Health, the United States Drug Enforcement Administration, or | 18 | | the United States Department of Health and Human Services . | 19 | | This instruction, study, and discussion shall include, at a | 20 | | minimum, all of the following for grades 9 through 12 and may | 21 | | include the following for grades 6 through 8 : | 22 | | (1) Information on fentanyl itself, including an | 23 | | explanation of the differences between synthetic and | 24 | | nonsynthetic opioids and illicit drugs, the variations of | 25 | | fentanyl itself, and the differences between the legal and | 26 | | illegal uses of fentanyl. |
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| 1 | | (2) The side effects and the risk factors of using | 2 | | fentanyl, along with information comparing the lethal | 3 | | amounts of fentanyl to other drugs. Information on the | 4 | | risk factors may include, but is not limited to: | 5 | | (A) the lethal dose of fentanyl; | 6 | | (B) how often fentanyl is placed in drugs without | 7 | | a person's knowledge; | 8 | | (C) an explanation of what fentanyl does to a | 9 | | person's body and the severity of fentanyl's addictive | 10 | | properties; and | 11 | | (D) how the consumption of fentanyl can lead to | 12 | | hypoxia, as well as an explanation of what hypoxia | 13 | | precisely does to a person's body. | 14 | | (3) Details about the process of lacing fentanyl in | 15 | | other drugs and why drugs get laced with fentanyl. | 16 | | (4) Details about how to detect fentanyl in drugs and | 17 | | how to save someone from an overdose of fentanyl, which | 18 | | shall include: | 19 | | (A) how to buy and use fentanyl test strips; | 20 | | (B) how to buy and use naloxone, either through a | 21 | | nasal spray or an injection; and | 22 | | (C) how to detect if someone is overdosing on | 23 | | fentanyl. | 24 | | Students in grades 9 through 12 shall be assessed on the | 25 | | instruction required under this subsection (c). The assessment | 26 | | may include, but is not limited to: |
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| 1 | | (1) the differences between synthetic and nonsynthetic | 2 | | drugs; | 3 | | (2) hypoxia; | 4 | | (3) the effects of fentanyl on a person's body; | 5 | | (4) the lethal dose of fentanyl; and | 6 | | (5) how to detect and prevent overdoses. | 7 | | The instruction required under this subsection (c) may | 8 | | shall be taught by a licensed educator, school nurse, or | 9 | | school counselor. | 10 | | (Source: P.A. 102-195, eff. 7-30-21; 103-365, eff. 1-1-24 .)". |
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