Public Act 102-0971
 
HB5193 EnrolledLRB102 25892 CMG 35250 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 Section 
27-17 as follows:
 



    (105 ILCS 5/27-17)  (from Ch. 122, par. 27-17)



    Sec. 27-17. Safety education. School boards of public 
schools and all boards in charge of
educational institutions 
supported wholly or partially by the State may
provide 
instruction in safety education in all grades and include such

instruction in the courses of study regularly taught therein.

    In this section "safety education" means and includes 
instruction in
the following:

        1.  automobile safety, including traffic regulations, 
    highway
safety, and the consequences of alcohol 
    consumption and the operation of a motor vehicle;

        2.  safety in the home, including safe gun storage;

        3.  safety in connection with recreational activities;

        4. safety in and around school buildings; 

        5. safety in connection with vocational work or 
    training;

        6. cardio-pulmonary resuscitation for students 
    enrolled in grades 9 through 11; and

        7. for students enrolled in grades 6 through 8, 
    cardio-pulmonary resuscitation and how to use an automated 
    external defibrillator by watching a training video on 
    those subjects. 
    Such boards may make suitable provisions in the schools 
and
institutions under their jurisdiction for instruction in 
safety
education for not less than 16 hours during each school 
year.

    The curriculum in all educator preparation programs 
approved by the State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board 
shall contain instruction in safety education for teachers 
that is appropriate to the grade level of the educator 
license. This instruction may be by specific courses in safety 
education or may be incorporated in existing subjects taught 
in the educator preparation program.


(Source: P.A. 99-58, eff. 7-16-15.)



Effective Date:  1/1/2023