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Public Act 096-0349
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| HB0281 Enrolled |
LRB096 03885 NHT 13920 b |
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AN ACT concerning education.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section |
2-3.148 and changing Section 10-22.39 as follows:
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(105 ILCS 5/2-3.148 new) |
Sec. 2-3.148. Food allergy guidelines. |
(a) Not later than July 1, 2010, the State Board of |
Education, in conjunction with the Department of Public Health, |
shall develop and make available to each school board |
guidelines for the management of students with |
life-threatening food allergies. The State Board of Education |
and the Department of Public Health shall establish an ad hoc |
committee to develop the guidelines. The committee shall |
include experts in the field of food allergens, representatives |
on behalf of students with food allergies, representatives from |
the several public school management organizations, which |
shall include school administrators, principals, and school |
board members, and representatives from 2 statewide |
professional teachers' organizations. The guidelines shall |
include, but need not be limited to, the following: |
(1) education and training for school personnel who |
interact with students with life-threatening food |
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allergies, such as school and school district |
administrators, teachers, school advisors and counselors, |
school health personnel, and school nurses, on the |
management of students with life-threatening food |
allergies, including training related to the |
administration of medication with an auto-injector; |
(2) procedures for responding to life-threatening |
allergic reactions to food; |
(3) a process for the implementation of individualized |
health care and food allergy action plans for every student |
with a life-threatening food allergy; and |
(4) protocols to prevent exposure to food allergens. |
(b) Not later than January 1, 2011, each school board shall |
implement a policy based on the guidelines developed pursuant |
to subsection (a) of this Section for the management of |
students with life-threatening food allergies enrolled in the |
schools under its jurisdiction. Nothing in this subsection (b) |
is intended to invalidate school district policies that were |
implemented before the development of guidelines pursuant to |
subsection (a) of this Section as long as such policies are |
consistent with the guidelines developed pursuant to |
subsection (a) of this Section.
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(105 ILCS 5/10-22.39) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.39)
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Sec. 10-22.39. In-service training programs. |
(a) To conduct in-service training programs for teachers. |
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(b) In addition to
other topics at in-service training
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programs, school guidance counselors, teachers and
other |
school personnel who work with pupils in grades 7 through 12 |
shall be
trained to identify the warning signs of suicidal |
behavior in adolescents
and teens and shall be taught |
appropriate intervention and referral techniques.
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(c) School guidance counselors, nurses, teachers and other |
school personnel
who work with pupils may be trained to have a |
basic knowledge of matters
relating to acquired |
immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), including the nature
of the |
disease, its causes and effects, the means of detecting it and
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preventing its transmission, and the availability of |
appropriate sources of
counseling and referral, and any other |
information that may be appropriate
considering the age and |
grade level of such pupils. The School Board shall
supervise |
such training. The State Board of Education and the Department
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of Public Health shall jointly develop standards for such |
training.
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(d) In this subsection (d): |
"Domestic violence" means abuse by a family or household |
member, as "abuse" and "family or household members" are |
defined in Section 103 of the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of |
1986. |
"Sexual violence" means sexual assault, abuse, or stalking |
of an adult or minor child proscribed in the Criminal Code of |
1961 in Sections 12-7.3, 12-7.4, 12-7.5, 12-12, 12-13, 12-14, |
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12-14.1, 12-15, and 12-16, including sexual violence committed |
by perpetrators who are strangers to the victim and sexual |
violence committed by perpetrators who are known or related by |
blood or marriage to the victim. |
At least once every 2 years, an in-service training program |
for school personnel who work with pupils, including, but not |
limited to, school and school district administrators, |
teachers, school guidance counselors, school social workers, |
school counselors, school psychologists, and school nurses, |
must be conducted by persons with expertise in domestic and |
sexual violence and the needs of expectant and parenting youth |
and shall include training concerning (i) communicating with |
and listening to youth victims of domestic or sexual violence |
and expectant and parenting youth, (ii) connecting youth |
victims of domestic or sexual violence and expectant and |
parenting youth to appropriate in-school services and other |
agencies, programs, and services as needed, and (iii) |
implementing the school district's policies, procedures, and |
protocols with regard to such youth, including |
confidentiality. At a minimum, school personnel must be trained |
to understand, provide information and referrals, and address |
issues pertaining to youth who are parents, expectant parents, |
or victims of domestic or sexual violence.
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(e) At least every 2 years, an in-service training program |
for school personnel who work with pupils must be conducted by |
persons with expertise in anaphylactic reactions and |