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90_HB0595
105 ILCS 5/27-23.4
Amends the School Code. Replaces provisions that excuse
the State Board of Education and local school boards from
implementing violence prevention and conflict resolution
education unless sufficient private and federal funds are
available with a provision requiring the State Board of
Education and school boards to implement violence prevention
and conflict resolution education using funds from private,
State, and federal sources.
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1 AN ACT to amend the School Code by changing Section
2 27-23.4.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing
6 Section 27-23.4 as follows:
7 (105 ILCS 5/27-23.4)
8 Sec. 27-23.4. Violence prevention and conflict
9 resolution education. School districts shall provide
10 instruction in violence prevention and conflict resolution
11 education for grades 4 through 12 and may include such
12 instruction in the courses of study regularly taught therein.
13 School districts may give regular school credit for
14 satisfactory completion by the student of such courses.
15 As used in this Section, "violence prevention and
16 conflict resolution education" means and includes instruction
17 in the following:
18 (1) The consequences of violent behavior.
19 (2) The causes of violent reactions to conflict.
20 (3) Nonviolent conflict resolution techniques.
21 (4) The relationship between drugs, alcohol and
22 violence.
23 The State Board of Education shall prepare and make
24 available to all school boards instructional materials that
25 may be used as guidelines for development of a violence
26 prevention program under this Section; provided however that
27 each school board shall determine the appropriate curriculum
28 for satisfying the requirements of this Section. The State
29 Board of Education shall assist in training teachers to
30 provide effective instruction in the violence prevention
31 curriculum.
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1 The State Board of Education and local school boards
2 shall not be required to implement the provisions of this
3 Section using funds from private, State, and federal sources
4 unless grants of funds are made available and are received
5 after July 1, 1993 from private sources or from the federal
6 government in amounts sufficient to enable the State Board
7 and local school boards to meet the requirements of this
8 Section. Any funds received by the State or a local
9 educational agency pursuant to the federal Safe and Drug-Free
10 Schools and Communities Act of 1994 shall first be applied or
11 appropriated to meet the requirements and implement the
12 provisions of this Section.
13 (Source: P.A. 88-248; 89-146, eff. 7-14-95.)