90th General Assembly
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Senate Sponsors:
CRONIN-PARKER-O'MALLEY AND BOWLES.

House Sponsors:
GASH-CLAYTON-COWLISHAW-SCHOENBERG

Short description: 
DISSECTION ALTERNATIVES ACT                                                

Synopsis of Bill as introduced:
        Creates the Dissection Alternatives Act  and  amends  the  School      
   Code.   Provides  that a public or nonpublic elementary, secondary, or      
   undergraduate  student  who  objects  to   performing   or   observing      
   dissection  has  the  right to perform an alternative project instead,      
   and may not be penalized for making that choice.  Also  provides  that      
   teachers  of elementary, secondary, and undergraduate students may not      
   be compelled to include dissection in their courses.  Requires  notice      
   to  students  and to the parents of elementary and secondary students.      
   Directs the State Board of Education to adopt guidelines and supervise      
   the implementation  of  the  Act.   First  applies  to  the  1997-1998      
   academic year.  Effective immediately.                                      
        SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1.                                                
          Deletes reference to:                                                
          New Act                                                              
          105 ILCS 5/27-14                                                     
        Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the School       
   Code. Requires the State Board of Education to make available to            
   school districts information concerning alternatives to the dissection      
   of animals. Effective immediately.                                          
        HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 2.                                                 
          Adds reference to:                                                   
          New Act                                                              
        Creates the Dissection Alternatives Act.   Provides  that  public      
   elementary  and secondary schools may excuse a student from performing      
   or observing dissection and may allow the student to  instead  perform      
   an  alternative  project.  Provides that students may not be penalized      
   for refusing to participate in or  observe  dissection.   Directs  the      
   State  Board  of  Education, the Illinois Community College Board, and      
   the Board of Higher Education  to  provide  guidelines  for  notifying      
   students  and  parents  about  courses that include dissection.  First      
   applies to the 1997-1998 academic year.  Effective immediately.             
          FISCAL NOTE, H-AM 2 (State Board of Education)                       
          SB271 would have minimal fiscal impact. Schools may incur            
          additional expense for materials.                                    
          STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE, H-AM 2 (SBE)                             
          No change from SBE fiscal note, with H-am 1.                         
          STATE DEBT NOTE, ENGROSSED                                           
          SB271, engrossed, would not impact the level of State debt.          
          STATE DEBT NOTE, H-AM 2                                              
          No change from previous State debt note.                             
        CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 1. (Adopted in Senate only)            
        Recommends that the Senate concur in House Amendment No. 2.            
        Recommends that the bill be amended as follows:                        
          Adds reference to:                                                   
          105 ILCS 5/1A-2                 from Ch. 122, par. 1A-2              
          105 ILCS 5/2-3.27a new                                               
          105 ILCS 5/10-20.12b                                                 
          105 ILCS 5/17-2.11b new                                              
          105 ILCS 5/19-1                 from Ch. 122, par. 19-1              
          105 ILCS 5/22-23                from Ch. 122, par. 22-23             
          105 ILCS 5/27-20.6 new                                               
          105 ILCS 5/34-2.4b              from Ch. 122, par. 34-2.4b           
          105 ILCS 5/34-4.5 new                                                
          105 ILCS 10/6                   from Ch. 122, par. 50-6              
          105 ILCS 110/3                  from Ch. 122, par. 863               
        Further  amends  the  bill  by  changing  the  title  and  adding      
   provisions amending the School Code relative to:   qualifications  for      
   membership  on  the  State  Board  of  Education;  the  State Board of      
   Education contracting for an  audit  of  Bloom  Township  High  School      
   District  206  and  making dissection alternatives available to school      
   districts; determining the residency of pupils in the  Chicago  public      
   school  system;  validation of the tax levy of a community unit school      
   district; the  definition  of  school  construction  for  purposes  of      
   determining  when a sprinkler system must be installed as part of that      
   construction; establishing an  Irish  Famine  study  as  part  of  the      
   curriculum  of a public school; Chicago attendance centers which apply      
   for and are designated as a small school by the  board  of  education;      
   and  creation  of the Office of Chronic Truant Adjudication within the      
   Chicago public school  system.  Authorizes  a  community  unit  school      
   district  that  meets  certain  statutory criteria to issue additional      
   bonds,  notwithstanding  its  additional  indebtedness.   Amends   the      
   Illinois  School  Student  Records  Act  to  authorize  the release of      
   student  records  to  a  governmental  or  social  service  agency  in      
   furtherance of an investigation  of  a  student's  school  attendance.      
   Amends the Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive health Education      
   Act  relative  to  the  employment  by  school  districts of personnel      
   certified by an appropriate agency as qualified  to  administer  first      
   aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation.  Effective July 1, 1997.             
 
Last action on Bill: SESSION SINE DIE

   Last action date: 99-01-12

           Location: Senate

 Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE -   1     SENATE -   1


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