Full Text of HB0058 94th General Assembly
HB0058eng 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| AN ACT regarding education.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 |
| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive | 5 |
| Health
Education Act is amended by changing Section 3 as | 6 |
| follows:
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| (105 ILCS 110/3) (from Ch. 122, par. 863)
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| Sec. 3. Comprehensive Health Education Program. The | 9 |
| program established
under this Act shall include, but not be | 10 |
| limited to, the following major
educational areas as a basis | 11 |
| for curricula in all elementary and secondary
schools in this | 12 |
| State: human ecology and health, human growth and
development, | 13 |
| the emotional, psychological, physiological, hygienic and
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| social responsibilities of family life, including sexual | 15 |
| abstinence until
marriage, prevention and control of disease, | 16 |
| including instruction in
grades 6 through 12 on the prevention, | 17 |
| transmission and spread of HIV/AIDS
AIDS ,
public and | 18 |
| environmental health, consumer health, safety education and
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| disaster and terrorism preparedness
survival , mental health | 20 |
| and illness (including instruction in
secondary schools on | 21 |
| clinical depression and suicide prevention) , personal
health | 22 |
| habits,
alcohol, drug use, and abuse including the medical and | 23 |
| legal ramifications
of alcohol, drug, and tobacco use, abuse | 24 |
| during pregnancy, sexual
abstinence until marriage, tobacco, | 25 |
| nutrition, organ, tissue, and blood donation, and dental | 26 |
| health.
Notwithstanding the above educational areas, the | 27 |
| following areas may also
be included as a basis for curricula | 28 |
| in all elementary and secondary
schools in this State: basic | 29 |
| first aid (including, but not limited to,
cardiopulmonary | 30 |
| resuscitation and the Heimlich maneuver), early prevention
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| detection of cancer, heart disease, diabetes, stroke, and the
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| prevention of child abuse, neglect, and suicide.
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| board of each
public elementary and secondary school in the | 2 |
| State
shall encourage all teachers and other school personnel | 3 |
| to acquire,
develop, and maintain the knowledge and skills | 4 |
| necessary to properly
administer life-saving techniques, | 5 |
| including without limitation the
Heimlich maneuver and rescue | 6 |
| breathing.
The training shall be in
accordance with standards | 7 |
| of the
American Red Cross, the American Heart Association, or | 8 |
| another nationally
recognized certifying organization.
A | 9 |
| school board may use the
services of non-governmental entities | 10 |
| whose personnel have expertise in
life-saving techniques to | 11 |
| instruct teachers and other school personnel in
these | 12 |
| techniques. Each school board
is encouraged to have in
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| employ, or on its volunteer staff, at least one person who is | 14 |
| certified, by
the American Red Cross or by another qualified | 15 |
| certifying agency,
as qualified to administer first aid and
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| cardiopulmonary resuscitation. In addition, each school board | 17 |
| is authorized to
allocate appropriate portions of its institute | 18 |
| or inservice days to conduct
training programs for teachers and | 19 |
| other school personnel who have expressed an
interest in | 20 |
| becoming qualified to administer emergency first aid or
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| cardiopulmonary resuscitation. School boards are urged to
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| encourage their teachers and other school personnel who coach | 23 |
| school athletic
programs and other extracurricular school | 24 |
| activities to acquire, develop, and
maintain the knowledge and | 25 |
| skills necessary to properly administer first aid
and | 26 |
| cardiopulmonary resuscitation in accordance with standards and | 27 |
| requirements
established by the American Red Cross or another | 28 |
| qualified certifying agency.
No pupil shall be
required to take | 29 |
| or participate in any class or course on AIDS or family
life | 30 |
| instruction if his parent or guardian submits written objection
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| thereto, and refusal to take or participate in the course or | 32 |
| program shall
not be reason for suspension or expulsion of the | 33 |
| pupil.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Act, any | 34 |
| provision of the School Code that allows for or requires | 35 |
| parental consent is valid.
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| Curricula developed under programs established in |
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| accordance with this
Act in the major educational area of | 2 |
| alcohol and drug use and abuse shall
include classroom | 3 |
| instruction in grades 5 through 12. The instruction,
which | 4 |
| shall include matters relating to both the physical and legal | 5 |
| effects
and ramifications of drug and substance abuse, shall be | 6 |
| integrated into
existing curricula; and the State Board of | 7 |
| Education shall develop and make
available to all elementary | 8 |
| and secondary schools in this State
instructional materials and | 9 |
| guidelines which will assist the schools in
incorporating the | 10 |
| instruction into their existing curricula. In
addition, school | 11 |
| districts may offer, as part of existing curricula during
the | 12 |
| school day or as part of an after school program, support | 13 |
| services and
instruction for pupils or pupils whose parent, | 14 |
| parents, or guardians are
chemically dependent.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-23, eff. 7-1-01.)
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