Public Act 101-0350
 
SB1731 EnrolledLRB101 08962 AXK 54053 b


  
    AN ACT concerning education.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  


 
 
    Section 5. The School Code is amended  by changing Sections 
10-22.39 and 34-18.7 as follows:
 

    (105 ILCS 5/10-22.39)


    Sec. 10-22.39. In-service training programs. 
    (a) To conduct in-service training programs for teachers.
    (b)  In addition to
other topics at in-service training


programs, at least once every 2 years, licensed school 
personnel and administrators who work with pupils in 
kindergarten through grade 12 shall be
trained to identify the 
warning signs of mental illness and suicidal behavior in youth 
and shall be taught appropriate intervention and referral 
techniques. A school district may utilize the Illinois Mental 
Health First Aid training program, established under the 
Illinois Mental Health First Aid Training Act and administered 
by certified instructors trained by a national association 
recognized as an authority in behavioral health, to provide the 
training and meet the requirements under this subsection. If 
licensed school personnel or an administrator obtains mental 
health first aid training outside of an in-service training 
program, he or she may present a certificate of successful 
completion of the training to the school district to satisfy 
the requirements of this subsection. 

    (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

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

of Public Health shall jointly develop standards for such 
training.

    (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 or the Criminal Code of 2012 in Sections 11-1.20, 11-1.30, 
11-1.40, 11-1.50, 11-1.60, 12-7.3, 12-7.4, 12-7.5, 12-12, 
12-13, 12-14, 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.

    (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 
management. 

    (f) At least once every 2 years, a school board shall 
conduct in-service training on educator ethics, 
teacher-student conduct, and school employee-student conduct 
for all personnel. 
(Source: P.A. 100-903, eff. 1-1-19.)

 
    (105 ILCS 5/34-18.7)  (from Ch. 122, par. 34-18.7)
    Sec. 34-18.7. Youth mental illness and suicide detection 
and intervention. At least once every 2 years, licensed school 
personnel and administrators
 who work
with pupils in 
kindergarten through grade 12 shall be trained to identify the 
warning
signs of mental illness and suicidal behavior in youth 
and shall be taught
various intervention techniques. The school 
district may utilize the Illinois Mental Health First Aid 
training program, established under the Illinois Mental Health 
First Aid Training Act and administered by certified 
instructors trained by a national association recognized as an 
authority in behavioral health, to provide the training and 
meet the requirements under this Section. If licensed school 
personnel or an administrator obtains mental health first aid 
training outside of an in-service training program, he or she 
may present a certificate of successful completion of the 
training to the school district to satisfy the requirements of 
this Section. The   Such training shall be provided within
the 
framework of existing in-service training programs offered by 
the Board or as part of the professional development activities 
required under Section 21-14 of this Code.
(Source: P.A. 100-903, eff. 1-1-19.)



Effective Date:  1/1/2020