(105 ILCS 5/27-9.1b) Sec. 27-9.1b. Consent education. (a) In this Section: "Age and developmentally appropriate" has the meaning ascribed to that term in Section 27-9.1a. "Consent" has the meaning ascribed to that term in Section 27-9.1a. (b) A school district may provide age and developmentally appropriate consent education in kindergarten through the 12th grade. (1) In kindergarten through the 5th grade, |
| instruction and materials shall include age and developmentally appropriate instruction on consent and how to give and receive consent, including a discussion that includes, but is not limited to, all of the following:
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(A) Setting appropriate physical boundaries with
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(B) Respecting the physical boundaries of others.
(C) The right to refuse to engage in behaviors or
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(D) Dealing with unwanted physical contact.
(E) Helping a peer deal with unwanted physical
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(2) In the 6th through 12th grades, instruction and
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| materials shall include age and developmentally appropriate instruction on consent and how to give and receive consent, including a discussion that includes, but is not limited to, all of the following:
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(A) That consent is a freely given agreement to
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(B) That consent to one particular sexual
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(C) That a person's lack of verbal or physical
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| resistance or submission resulting from the use or threat of force does not constitute consent.
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(D) That a person's manner of dress does not
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(E) That a person's consent to past sexual
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| activity does not constitute consent to future sexual activity.
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(F) That a person's consent to engage in sexual
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| activity with one person does not constitute consent to engage in sexual activity with another person.
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(G) That a person can withdraw consent at any
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(H) That a person cannot consent to sexual
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| activity if that person is unable to understand the nature of the activity or give knowing consent due to certain circumstances that include, but are not limited to:
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(i) the person is incapacitated due to the
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(ii) the person is asleep or unconscious;
(iii) the person is a minor; or
(iv) the person is incapacitated due to a
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(I) The legal age of consent in this State.
(Source: P.A. 102-522, eff. 8-20-21.)
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