Full Text of HB5601 100th General Assembly
HB5601 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
| | 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018 HB5601 Introduced , by Rep. Melissa Conyears-Ervin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 105 ILCS 5/10-22.39 | | 105 ILCS 5/34-18.8a new | |
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Amends the School Code. Provides that, at least once every 2 years, a school board shall conduct an in-service training program for all school personnel on the identification of special needs in students and shall be taught appropriate referral techniques. Effective immediately.
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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 | | 10-22.39 and by adding Section 34-18.8a as follows:
| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/10-22.39)
| 7 | | Sec. 10-22.39. In-service training programs. | 8 | | (a) To conduct in-service training programs for teachers. | 9 | | (b) In addition to
other topics at in-service training
| 10 | | programs, school guidance counselors, teachers, school social | 11 | | workers, and
other school personnel who work with pupils in | 12 | | grades 7 through 12 shall be
trained to identify the warning | 13 | | signs of mental illness and suicidal behavior in adolescents
| 14 | | and teens and shall be taught appropriate intervention and | 15 | | referral techniques.
| 16 | | (c) School guidance counselors, nurses, teachers and other | 17 | | school personnel
who work with pupils may be trained to have a | 18 | | basic knowledge of matters
relating to acquired | 19 | | immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), including the nature
of the | 20 | | disease, its causes and effects, the means of detecting it and
| 21 | | preventing its transmission, and the availability of | 22 | | appropriate sources of
counseling and referral, and any other | 23 | | information that may be appropriate
considering the age and |
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| 1 | | grade level of such pupils. The School Board shall
supervise | 2 | | such training. The State Board of Education and the Department
| 3 | | of Public Health shall jointly develop standards for such | 4 | | training.
| 5 | | (d) In this subsection (d): | 6 | | "Domestic violence" means abuse by a family or household | 7 | | member, as "abuse" and "family or household members" are | 8 | | defined in Section 103 of the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of | 9 | | 1986. | 10 | | "Sexual violence" means sexual assault, abuse, or stalking | 11 | | of an adult or minor child proscribed in the Criminal Code of | 12 | | 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012 in Sections 11-1.20, 11-1.30, | 13 | | 11-1.40, 11-1.50, 11-1.60, 12-7.3, 12-7.4, 12-7.5, 12-12, | 14 | | 12-13, 12-14, 12-14.1, 12-15, and 12-16, including sexual | 15 | | violence committed by perpetrators who are strangers to the | 16 | | victim and sexual violence committed by perpetrators who are | 17 | | known or related by blood or marriage to the victim. | 18 | | At least once every 2 years, an in-service training program | 19 | | for school personnel who work with pupils, including, but not | 20 | | limited to, school and school district administrators, | 21 | | teachers, school guidance counselors, school social workers, | 22 | | school counselors, school psychologists, and school nurses, | 23 | | must be conducted by persons with expertise in domestic and | 24 | | sexual violence and the needs of expectant and parenting youth | 25 | | and shall include training concerning (i) communicating with | 26 | | and listening to youth victims of domestic or sexual violence |
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| 1 | | and expectant and parenting youth, (ii) connecting youth | 2 | | victims of domestic or sexual violence and expectant and | 3 | | parenting youth to appropriate in-school services and other | 4 | | agencies, programs, and services as needed, and (iii) | 5 | | implementing the school district's policies, procedures, and | 6 | | protocols with regard to such youth, including | 7 | | confidentiality. At a minimum, school personnel must be trained | 8 | | to understand, provide information and referrals, and address | 9 | | issues pertaining to youth who are parents, expectant parents, | 10 | | or victims of domestic or sexual violence.
| 11 | | (e) At least every 2 years, an in-service training program | 12 | | for school personnel who work with pupils must be conducted by | 13 | | persons with expertise in anaphylactic reactions and | 14 | | management.
| 15 | | (f) At least once every 2 years, a school board shall | 16 | | conduct in-service training on educator ethics, | 17 | | teacher-student conduct, and school employee-student conduct | 18 | | for all personnel. | 19 | | (g) At least once every 2 years, a school board shall | 20 | | conduct an in-service training program for all school personnel | 21 | | on the identification of special needs in students and shall be | 22 | | taught appropriate referral techniques. | 23 | | (Source: P.A. 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13; 98-471, eff. 1-1-14.)
| 24 | | (105 ILCS 5/34-18.8a new) | 25 | | Sec. 34-18.8a. In-service training program; special needs. |
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| 1 | | The board shall conduct an in-service training program as | 2 | | provided in subsection (g) of Section 10-22.39 of this Code at | 3 | | least once every 2 years.
| 4 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 5 | | becoming law.
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