Full Text of SB2109 102nd 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 Sections | 5 | | 10-16a and 10-22.39 as follows: | 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/10-16a) | 7 | | Sec. 10-16a. School board member's leadership training. | 8 | | (a) This Section applies to all school board members | 9 | | serving pursuant to Section 10-10 of this Code who have been | 10 | | elected after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the | 11 | | 97th General Assembly or appointed to fill a vacancy of at | 12 | | least one year's duration after the effective date of this | 13 | | amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly. | 14 | | (b) Every voting member of a school board of a school | 15 | | district elected or appointed for a term beginning after the | 16 | | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General | 17 | | Assembly, within a year after the effective date of this | 18 | | amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly or the first year | 19 | | of his or her first term, shall complete a minimum of 4 hours | 20 | | of professional development leadership training covering | 21 | | topics in education and labor law, financial oversight and | 22 | | accountability, and fiduciary responsibilities of a school | 23 | | board member , and, beginning with the 2023-2024
school year, |
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| 1 | | trauma-informed practices for students and staff . The school | 2 | | district shall maintain on its Internet website, if any, the | 3 | | names of all voting members of the school board who have | 4 | | successfully completed the training. | 5 | | (b-5) The training regarding trauma-informed practices for | 6 | | students and staff required by this
Section must include | 7 | | information that is relevant to and within the scope of the | 8 | | duties of a school board
member. Such information may include, | 9 | | but is not limited to: | 10 | | (1) the recognition of and care for
trauma in students | 11 | | and staff; | 12 | | (2) the relationship between staff wellness and | 13 | | student learning; | 14 | | (3) the
effect of trauma on student behavior and | 15 | | learning; | 16 | | (4) the prevalence of trauma among students,
including | 17 | | the prevalence of trauma among student populations at | 18 | | higher risk of experiencing
trauma; | 19 | | (5) the effects of implicit or explicit bias on | 20 | | recognizing trauma among various student groups in | 21 | | connection with race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual | 22 | | orientation, socio-economic status, and other relevant | 23 | | factors; and | 24 | | (6)
effective district and school practices that are | 25 | | shown to: | 26 | | (A) prevent and mitigate the negative effect of |
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| 1 | | trauma on
student behavior and learning; and | 2 | | (B) support the emotional wellness of staff. | 3 | | (c) The training on financial oversight, accountability, | 4 | | and fiduciary responsibilities , and, beginning with the | 5 | | 2023-24 school year, trauma-informed
practices for students | 6 | | and staff may be provided by an association established under | 7 | | this Code for the purpose of training school board members or | 8 | | by other qualified providers approved by the State Board of | 9 | | Education, in consultation with an association so established.
| 10 | | (d) The State Board of Education may adopt rules that are | 11 | | necessary for the administration
of the provisions of this | 12 | | Section. | 13 | | (Source: P.A. 97-8, eff. 6-13-11.)
| 14 | | (105 ILCS 5/10-22.39)
| 15 | | Sec. 10-22.39. In-service training programs. | 16 | | (a) To conduct in-service training programs for teachers. | 17 | | (b) In addition to
other topics at in-service training
| 18 | | programs, at least once every 2 years, licensed school | 19 | | personnel and administrators who work with pupils in | 20 | | kindergarten through grade 12 shall be
trained to identify the | 21 | | warning signs of mental illness , trauma, and suicidal behavior | 22 | | in youth and shall be taught appropriate intervention and | 23 | | referral techniques. A school district may utilize the | 24 | | Illinois Mental Health First Aid training program, established | 25 | | under the Illinois Mental Health First Aid Training Act and |
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| 1 | | administered by certified instructors trained by a national | 2 | | association recognized as an authority in behavioral health, | 3 | | to provide the training and meet the requirements under this | 4 | | subsection. If licensed school personnel or an administrator | 5 | | obtains mental health first aid training outside of an | 6 | | in-service training program, he or she may present a | 7 | | certificate of successful completion of the training to the | 8 | | school district to satisfy the requirements of this | 9 | | subsection.
| 10 | | Training regarding the implementation of trauma-informed | 11 | | practices satisfies the requirements
of this subsection (b). | 12 | | A course of instruction as described in this subsection | 13 | | (b) may provide information that is relevant to
and within the | 14 | | scope of the duties of licensed school personnel or school | 15 | | administrators. Such information may include,
but is not | 16 | | limited to: | 17 | | (1) the recognition of and care for trauma in students | 18 | | and staff; | 19 | | (2) the relationship between educator wellness and | 20 | | student learning; | 21 | | (3) the effect of trauma on student behavior and | 22 | | learning; | 23 | | (4) the prevalence of trauma among students, including | 24 | | the prevalence of trauma among student
populations at | 25 | | higher risk of experiencing trauma; | 26 | | (5) the effects of implicit or explicit bias on |
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| 1 | | recognizing trauma among various student groups in | 2 | | connection with race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual | 3 | | orientation, socio-economic status, and other relevant | 4 | | factors; and | 5 | | (6) effective district practices that are shown to: | 6 | | (A) prevent and mitigate the negative effect of | 7 | | trauma on student behavior and learning; and | 8 | | (B) support the emotional wellness of staff. | 9 | | (c) School guidance counselors, nurses, teachers and other | 10 | | school personnel
who work with pupils may be trained to have a | 11 | | basic knowledge of matters
relating to acquired | 12 | | immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), including the nature
of the | 13 | | disease, its causes and effects, the means of detecting it and
| 14 | | preventing its transmission, and the availability of | 15 | | appropriate sources of
counseling and referral, and any other | 16 | | information that may be appropriate
considering the age and | 17 | | grade level of such pupils. The School Board shall
supervise | 18 | | such training. The State Board of Education and the Department
| 19 | | of Public Health shall jointly develop standards for such | 20 | | training.
| 21 | | (d) In this subsection (d): | 22 | | "Domestic violence" means abuse by a family or household | 23 | | member, as "abuse" and "family or household members" are | 24 | | defined in Section 103 of the Illinois Domestic Violence Act | 25 | | of 1986. | 26 | | "Sexual violence" means sexual assault, abuse, or stalking |
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| 1 | | of an adult or minor child proscribed in the Criminal Code of | 2 | | 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012 in Sections 11-1.20, | 3 | | 11-1.30, 11-1.40, 11-1.50, 11-1.60, 12-7.3, 12-7.4, 12-7.5, | 4 | | 12-12, 12-13, 12-14, 12-14.1, 12-15, and 12-16, including | 5 | | sexual violence committed by perpetrators who are strangers to | 6 | | the victim and sexual violence committed by perpetrators who | 7 | | are known or related by blood or marriage to the victim. | 8 | | At least once every 2 years, an in-service training | 9 | | program for school personnel who work with pupils, including, | 10 | | but not limited to, school and school district administrators, | 11 | | teachers, school guidance counselors, school social workers, | 12 | | school counselors, school psychologists, and school nurses, | 13 | | must be conducted by persons with expertise in domestic and | 14 | | sexual violence and the needs of expectant and parenting youth | 15 | | and shall include training concerning (i) communicating with | 16 | | and listening to youth victims of domestic or sexual violence | 17 | | and expectant and parenting youth, (ii) connecting youth | 18 | | victims of domestic or sexual violence and expectant and | 19 | | parenting youth to appropriate in-school services and other | 20 | | agencies, programs, and services as needed, and (iii) | 21 | | implementing the school district's policies, procedures, and | 22 | | protocols with regard to such youth, including | 23 | | confidentiality. At a minimum, school personnel must be | 24 | | trained to understand, provide information and referrals, and | 25 | | address issues pertaining to youth who are parents, expectant | 26 | | parents, or victims of domestic or sexual violence.
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| 1 | | (e) At least every 2 years, an in-service training program | 2 | | for school personnel who work with pupils must be conducted by | 3 | | persons with expertise in anaphylactic reactions and | 4 | | management.
| 5 | | (f) At least once every 2 years, a school board shall | 6 | | conduct in-service training on educator ethics, | 7 | | teacher-student conduct, and school employee-student conduct | 8 | | for all personnel. | 9 | | (Source: P.A. 100-903, eff. 1-1-19; 101-350, eff. 1-1-20 .)
| 10 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | 11 | | 1, 2023. |
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