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105 ILCS 5/27-23.4

(105 ILCS 5/27-23.4)

Sec. 27-23.4. Violence prevention and conflict resolution education.


School districts shall provide instruction in violence prevention and conflict
resolution education for grades kindergarten through 12 and may include such instruction
in
the courses of study regularly taught therein.  School districts may give
regular school credit for satisfactory completion by the student of such
courses.

As used in this Section, "violence prevention and conflict resolution
education" means and includes instruction in the following:

(1) The consequences of violent behavior.

(2) The causes of violent reactions to conflict.

(3) Nonviolent conflict resolution techniques.

(4) The relationship between drugs, alcohol and

violence.

The State Board of Education shall prepare and make available to all school
boards instructional materials that may be used as guidelines for development
of a violence
prevention program under this Section, provided that each school board
shall determine the appropriate curriculum for satisfying the requirements of
this Section.  The State
Board of Education shall assist in training teachers to provide effective
instruction in the violence prevention curriculum.

The State Board of Education and local school boards shall not be required
to implement the provisions of this Section unless grants of funds are made
available and are received after July 1, 1993 from private sources or from the
federal government in amounts sufficient to enable the State Board and local
school boards to meet the requirements of this Section.  Any funds received
by the State or a local educational agency pursuant to the federal Safe and
Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act of 1994 shall first be applied or
appropriated to meet the requirements and implement the provisions of this
Section.

(Source: P.A. 97-87, eff. 7-8-11.)