Bill Amendment: IL HB3071 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly
NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List
Bill Title: SCH CD-SEX ED/FAMILY LIFE
Status: 2021-04-23 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3071 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HB3071-House_Amendment_001.html
Bill Title: SCH CD-SEX ED/FAMILY LIFE
Status: 2021-04-23 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3071 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HB3071-House_Amendment_001.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3071
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3071 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing | ||||||
5 | Sections 2-3.62, 27-9.1, and 27-9.2 as follows:
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6 | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.62) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.62)
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7 | Sec. 2-3.62. Educational service centers.
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8 | (a) A regional network of educational service centers | ||||||
9 | shall be established
by the State Board of Education to | ||||||
10 | coordinate and combine existing services in
a manner which is | ||||||
11 | practical and efficient and to provide new services to
schools | ||||||
12 | as provided in this Section. Services to be made available by | ||||||
13 | such
centers shall include the planning, implementation and | ||||||
14 | evaluation of:
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15 | (1) (blank);
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16 | (2) computer technology education;
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1 | (3) mathematics, science and reading resources for | ||||||
2 | teachers including
continuing education, inservice | ||||||
3 | training and staff development.
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4 | The centers may provide training, technical assistance, | ||||||
5 | coordination and
planning in other program areas such as | ||||||
6 | school improvement, school
accountability, financial planning, | ||||||
7 | consultation, and services, career guidance, early childhood | ||||||
8 | education, alcohol/drug
education and prevention, family life - | ||||||
9 | sexual health sex education, electronic transmission
of data | ||||||
10 | from school districts to the State, alternative education and | ||||||
11 | regional
special education, and telecommunications systems | ||||||
12 | that provide distance
learning. Such telecommunications | ||||||
13 | systems may be obtained through the
Department of Central | ||||||
14 | Management Services pursuant to Section 405-270 of the
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15 | Department of Central Management Services Law (20 ILCS | ||||||
16 | 405/405-270). The programs and services of educational
service | ||||||
17 | centers may be offered to private school teachers and private | ||||||
18 | school
students within each service center area provided | ||||||
19 | public schools have already
been afforded adequate access to | ||||||
20 | such programs and services.
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21 | Upon the abolition of the office, removal from office, | ||||||
22 | disqualification for office, resignation from office, or | ||||||
23 | expiration of the current term of office of the regional | ||||||
24 | superintendent of schools, whichever is earlier, the chief | ||||||
25 | administrative officer of the centers serving that portion of | ||||||
26 | a Class II county school unit outside of a city of 500,000 or |
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1 | more inhabitants shall have and exercise, in and with respect | ||||||
2 | to each educational service region having a population of | ||||||
3 | 2,000,000 or more inhabitants and in and with respect to each | ||||||
4 | school district located in any such educational service | ||||||
5 | region, all of the rights, powers, duties, and | ||||||
6 | responsibilities theretofore vested by law in and exercised | ||||||
7 | and performed by the regional superintendent of schools for | ||||||
8 | that area under the provisions of this Code or any other laws | ||||||
9 | of this State. | ||||||
10 | The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules and | ||||||
11 | regulations necessary
to implement this Section. The rules | ||||||
12 | shall include detailed standards which
delineate the scope and | ||||||
13 | specific content of programs to be provided by each
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14 | Educational Service Center, as well as the specific planning, | ||||||
15 | implementation
and evaluation services to be provided by each | ||||||
16 | Center relative to its programs.
The Board shall also provide | ||||||
17 | the standards by which it will evaluate the
programs provided | ||||||
18 | by each Center.
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19 | (b) Centers serving Class 1 county school units shall be | ||||||
20 | governed by an
11-member board, 3 members of which shall be | ||||||
21 | public school teachers
nominated by the local bargaining | ||||||
22 | representatives to the appropriate regional
superintendent for | ||||||
23 | appointment and no more than 3 members of which shall be
from | ||||||
24 | each of the following categories, including but not limited to
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25 | superintendents, regional superintendents, school board | ||||||
26 | members
and a representative of an institution of higher |
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1 | education. The members of
the board shall be appointed by the | ||||||
2 | regional superintendents whose school
districts are served by | ||||||
3 | the educational service center.
The composition of the board | ||||||
4 | will reflect the revisions of this
amendatory Act of 1989 as | ||||||
5 | the terms of office of current members expire.
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6 | (c) The centers shall be of sufficient size and number to | ||||||
7 | assure delivery
of services to all local school districts in | ||||||
8 | the State.
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9 | (d) From monies appropriated for this program the State | ||||||
10 | Board of
Education shall provide grants paid from the Personal | ||||||
11 | Property Tax Replacement Fund to qualifying Educational | ||||||
12 | Service Centers
applying for such grants in accordance with | ||||||
13 | rules and regulations
promulgated by the State Board of | ||||||
14 | Education to implement this Section.
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15 | (e) The governing authority of each of the 18 regional | ||||||
16 | educational service
centers shall appoint a family life - | ||||||
17 | sexual health sex education advisory board
consisting of 2 | ||||||
18 | parents, 2 teachers, 2 school administrators, 2 school
board | ||||||
19 | members, 2 health care professionals, one library system
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20 | representative, and the director of the regional educational | ||||||
21 | service center
who shall serve as chairperson of the advisory | ||||||
22 | board so appointed. Members
of the family life - sexual health | ||||||
23 | sex education advisory boards shall serve without
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24 | compensation. Each of the advisory boards appointed pursuant | ||||||
25 | to this
subsection shall develop a plan for regional | ||||||
26 | teacher-parent family life - sexual health sex
education |
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1 | training sessions and shall file a written report of such plan
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2 | with the governing board of their regional educational service | ||||||
3 | center. The
directors of each of the regional educational | ||||||
4 | service
centers shall thereupon meet, review each of the | ||||||
5 | reports submitted by the
advisory boards and combine those | ||||||
6 | reports into a single written report which
they shall file | ||||||
7 | with the Citizens Council on School Problems prior to the
end | ||||||
8 | of the regular school term of the 1987-1988 school year.
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9 | (f) The 14 educational service centers serving Class I | ||||||
10 | county school units
shall be disbanded on the first Monday of | ||||||
11 | August, 1995, and their statutory
responsibilities and | ||||||
12 | programs shall be assumed by the regional offices of
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13 | education, subject to rules and regulations developed by
the
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14 | State Board of Education. The regional superintendents of | ||||||
15 | schools elected by
the voters residing in all Class I counties | ||||||
16 | shall serve as the chief
administrators for these programs and | ||||||
17 | services.
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18 | (Source: P.A. 98-24, eff. 6-19-13; 98-647, eff. 6-13-14; | ||||||
19 | 99-30, eff. 7-10-15.)
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20 | (105 ILCS 5/27-9.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-9.1)
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21 | Sec. 27-9.1. Sexual health Sex education.
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22 | (a) In this Section: | ||||||
23 | "Abstinence" means not engaging in oral, vaginal, or anal | ||||||
24 | intercourse or genital skin-to-skin contact. | ||||||
25 | "Adapt" means to modify an evidence-based or |
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1 | evidence-informed program model
for use with a particular | ||||||
2 | demographic, ethnic, linguistic, or
cultural group. | ||||||
3 | "Age appropriate" means suitable to particular ages or age
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4 | groups of children and adolescents, based on the developing
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5 | cognitive, emotional, and behavioral capacity typical for the
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6 | age or age group. | ||||||
7 | "Anatomy and physiology" means that information that | ||||||
8 | provides a foundation for understanding basic human | ||||||
9 | functioning. | ||||||
10 | "Characteristics of effective programs" means the aspects | ||||||
11 | of evidence-based programs, including the development, | ||||||
12 | content, and implementation of such programs, that (i) have | ||||||
13 | been shown to be effective in terms of increasing knowledge, | ||||||
14 | clarifying values and attitudes, increasing skills, and | ||||||
15 | impacting behavior and (ii) are widely recognized by leading | ||||||
16 | medical and public health agencies to be effective in changing | ||||||
17 | sexual behaviors that lead to sexually transmitted infections, | ||||||
18 | including HIV, unintended pregnancy, and dating violence and | ||||||
19 | sexual assault among young people. | ||||||
20 | "Comprehensive" means essential information in the | ||||||
21 | National Sex Education Standards topic strands that includes, | ||||||
22 | but is not limited to, content related to anatomy and | ||||||
23 | physiology; healthy relationships; identity; personal safety; | ||||||
24 | pregnancy and reproduction; puberty, growth, and adolescent | ||||||
25 | development; and sexually transmitted infections, including | ||||||
26 | HIV. |
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1 | "Consent" means an affirmative, knowing, conscious, | ||||||
2 | ongoing, and voluntary agreement to engage in interpersonal, | ||||||
3 | physical, or sexual activity, which can be revoked at any | ||||||
4 | point, including during the course of interpersonal, physical, | ||||||
5 | or sexual activity. | ||||||
6 | "Culturally appropriate" means affirming culturally | ||||||
7 | diverse individuals, families, and communities in an | ||||||
8 | inclusive, respectful, and effective manner, including | ||||||
9 | materials and instruction that are inclusive of race, | ||||||
10 | ethnicity, language, cultural background, religion, gender, | ||||||
11 | gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, sexual | ||||||
12 | behavior, and different abilities. | ||||||
13 | "Evidence-based program" means a program for which
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14 | systematic, empirical research or evaluation has provided
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15 | evidence of effectiveness. | ||||||
16 | "Evidence-informed program" means a program that uses the | ||||||
17 | best available research and practice knowledge to guide | ||||||
18 | program design and implementation. | ||||||
19 | "Healthy relationships" means that information that helps | ||||||
20 | pupils learn how to identify healthy and unhealthy | ||||||
21 | relationship behaviors and helps pupils develop the skills to | ||||||
22 | navigate changing relationships among family, peers, and | ||||||
23 | partners free from shame and stigma. | ||||||
24 | "Identity" means that information that addresses several | ||||||
25 | fundamental aspects of people's understanding of how they | ||||||
26 | identify their sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, or |
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1 | gender expression without stereotypes, shame, or stigma. | ||||||
2 | "Personal safety" means that information that helps pupils | ||||||
3 | develop an awareness about and the skills and confidence to | ||||||
4 | respond to discrimination, bullying, harassment, including | ||||||
5 | sexual harassment, sexual abuse, sexual assault, intimate | ||||||
6 | partner violence, incest, rape, and sex trafficking and the | ||||||
7 | role that schools play in creating learning environments that | ||||||
8 | promote personal safety. | ||||||
9 | "Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)" means medications | ||||||
10 | approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration and | ||||||
11 | recommended by the United States Public Health Service or the | ||||||
12 | federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for HIV | ||||||
13 | pre-exposure prophylaxis and related pre-exposure prophylaxis | ||||||
14 | services, including, but not limited to, HIV and sexually | ||||||
15 | transmitted infection screening, treatment for sexually | ||||||
16 | transmitted infections, medical monitoring, laboratory | ||||||
17 | services, and sexual health counseling, to reduce the | ||||||
18 | likelihood of HIV infection for individuals who are not living | ||||||
19 | with HIV but are vulnerable to HIV exposure. | ||||||
20 | "Pregnancy and reproduction" means that information that | ||||||
21 | addresses how pregnancy happens, informed decision-making to | ||||||
22 | avoid unintended pregnancy through abstinence and | ||||||
23 | contraception, prenatal practices and resources that support a | ||||||
24 | healthy pregnancy; and information that helps pupils | ||||||
25 | understand resources and laws related to pregnancy, adoption, | ||||||
26 | abortion, and parenting. |
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1 | "Post-exposure Prophylaxis (PeP)" means the medications | ||||||
2 | that are recommended by the federal Centers for Disease | ||||||
3 | Control and Prevention and other public health authorities to | ||||||
4 | help prevent HIV infection after potential occupational or | ||||||
5 | non-occupational HIV exposure. | ||||||
6 | Puberty, growth, and adolescent development" means that | ||||||
7 | information that addresses a pivotal milestone for every | ||||||
8 | person that has an impact on cognitive, emotional, physical, | ||||||
9 | sexual and social development. | ||||||
10 | "Sexually transmitted infections, including HIV" means | ||||||
11 | that information that provides both content and skills for | ||||||
12 | understanding scientifically accepted methods of how to | ||||||
13 | prevent and avoid exposure to sexually transmitted infections | ||||||
14 | (STIs), including HIV, through abstinence, condoms, | ||||||
15 | vaccination, Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP), and | ||||||
16 | Post-exposure Prophylaxis (PEP), including how they are | ||||||
17 | transmitted, their signs, symptoms, and options for screening, | ||||||
18 | testing, and treatment, and other medical care. | ||||||
19 | "Medically accurate" means verified or supported by the
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20 | weight of research conducted in compliance with accepted
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21 | scientific methods and published in peer-reviewed journals,
if | ||||||
22 | applicable, or comprising information recognized as accurate, | ||||||
23 | objective, and complete. | ||||||
24 | "Unintended pregnancy" means a pregnancy that is unplanned | ||||||
25 | or unwanted (that is, the pregnancy occurred when no children | ||||||
26 | or no more children were desired or the pregnancy occurred |
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1 | earlier than desired). | ||||||
2 | (a-5) No pupil shall be required to take or participate in | ||||||
3 | any class or course
in comprehensive sexual health sex | ||||||
4 | education if that pupil's his parent or guardian submits | ||||||
5 | written
objection thereto, and refusal to take or participate | ||||||
6 | in such course or
program shall not be reason for suspension or | ||||||
7 | expulsion of such pupil.
Each class or course in comprehensive | ||||||
8 | sex education offered in any of
grades 6 through 12 shall | ||||||
9 | include instruction on both abstinence and contraception for | ||||||
10 | the prevention of pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases, | ||||||
11 | including HIV/AIDS.
Nothing in this Section prohibits | ||||||
12 | instruction in sanitation, hygiene or
traditional courses in | ||||||
13 | biology.
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14 | (b) (Blank). All public school
classes that teach sex | ||||||
15 | education and discuss sexual intercourse in grades 6 through | ||||||
16 | 12 shall
emphasize that abstinence from
sexual intercourse is | ||||||
17 | a responsible and positive decision and is the only
protection | ||||||
18 | that is 100% effective against unwanted teenage pregnancy,
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19 | sexually transmitted diseases, and acquired immune deficiency | ||||||
20 | syndrome
(AIDS) when transmitted sexually.
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21 | (c) All classes that teach sexual health sex education and | ||||||
22 | discuss sexual intercourse in grades 6 through 12 shall
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23 | satisfy the following criteria:
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24 | (1) Course material and instruction shall be | ||||||
25 | culturally, developmentally , and age appropriate, | ||||||
26 | medically accurate, and comprehensive complete .
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1 | (1.5) Course material and instruction shall replicate | ||||||
2 | evidence-based or evidence-informed programs or | ||||||
3 | substantially incorporate elements of evidence-based | ||||||
4 | programs or evidence-informed programs or characteristics | ||||||
5 | of effective programs . | ||||||
6 | (1.10) On or before August 1, 2022, the State Board of | ||||||
7 | Education, in consultation with youth, parents, sexual | ||||||
8 | health and interpersonal violence prevention experts, | ||||||
9 | health care providers, and advocates and education | ||||||
10 | practitioners, including, but not limited to, | ||||||
11 | administrators, regional superintendents of schools, | ||||||
12 | teachers, and school support personnel, shall develop and | ||||||
13 | adopt rigorous learning standards in the area of sexual | ||||||
14 | health education, which, at a minimum, must comply with | ||||||
15 | all of the National Sex Education Standards: Second | ||||||
16 | Edition as authored by the Future of Sex Education. As the | ||||||
17 | National Sex Education Standards are updated, the State | ||||||
18 | Board of Education shall update these learning standards. | ||||||
19 | (2) (Blank). Course material and instruction shall | ||||||
20 | teach honor and respect for
monogamous heterosexual | ||||||
21 | marriage.
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22 | (3) (Blank). Course material and instruction shall | ||||||
23 | place substantial emphasis on both abstinence, including | ||||||
24 | abstinence until marriage, and contraception for the | ||||||
25 | prevention of pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases | ||||||
26 | among youth and shall stress that abstinence is the |
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1 | ensured method of avoiding unintended pregnancy, sexually | ||||||
2 | transmitted diseases, and HIV/AIDS.
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3 | (4) (Blank). Course material and instruction shall | ||||||
4 | include a discussion of the
possible emotional and | ||||||
5 | psychological consequences of preadolescent and
adolescent | ||||||
6 | sexual intercourse and the consequences of
unwanted | ||||||
7 | adolescent pregnancy.
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8 | (5) (Blank). Course material and instruction shall | ||||||
9 | stress that sexually
transmitted diseases are serious | ||||||
10 | possible hazards of sexual intercourse.
Pupils shall be | ||||||
11 | provided with statistics based on the latest medical
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12 | information citing the failure and success rates of | ||||||
13 | condoms in preventing
AIDS and other sexually transmitted | ||||||
14 | diseases.
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15 | (6) (Blank). Course material and instruction shall | ||||||
16 | advise pupils of the laws
pertaining to their financial | ||||||
17 | responsibility to children born in and out of
wedlock.
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18 | (7) (Blank). Course material and instruction shall | ||||||
19 | advise pupils of the
circumstances under which it is | ||||||
20 | unlawful for a person to have sexual relations
with an | ||||||
21 | individual who is under the age of 17 and for a person who | ||||||
22 | is in a position of trust, authority, or supervision to | ||||||
23 | have sexual relations with an individual who is under the | ||||||
24 | age of 18 pursuant to Article 11 of the
Criminal Code of | ||||||
25 | 2012.
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26 | (8) (Blank). Course material and instruction shall |
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1 | teach pupils to not make
unwanted physical and verbal | ||||||
2 | sexual advances and how to say no to unwanted
sexual | ||||||
3 | advances. Pupils shall be taught that it is wrong to take | ||||||
4 | advantage
of or to exploit another person. The material | ||||||
5 | and instruction shall also
encourage youth to resist | ||||||
6 | negative peer pressure. The material and instruction shall | ||||||
7 | include discussion on what may be considered sexual | ||||||
8 | harassment or sexual assault.
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9 | (9) (Blank).
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10 | (10) (Blank). Course material and instruction shall | ||||||
11 | teach pupils about the dangers associated with drug and | ||||||
12 | alcohol consumption during pregnancy. | ||||||
13 | (11) (Blank). Course material and instruction must | ||||||
14 | include an age-appropriate discussion on the meaning of | ||||||
15 | consent that includes discussion on recognizing all of the | ||||||
16 | following: | ||||||
17 | (A) That consent is a freely given agreement to | ||||||
18 | sexual activity. | ||||||
19 | (B) That consent to one particular sexual activity | ||||||
20 | does not constitute consent to other types of sexual | ||||||
21 | activities. | ||||||
22 | (C) That a person's lack of verbal or physical | ||||||
23 | resistance or submission resulting from the use or | ||||||
24 | threat of force does not constitute consent. | ||||||
25 | (D) That a person's manner of dress does not | ||||||
26 | constitute consent. |
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1 | (E) That a person's consent to past sexual | ||||||
2 | activity does not constitute consent to future sexual | ||||||
3 | activity. | ||||||
4 | (F) That a person's consent to engage in sexual | ||||||
5 | activity with one person does not constitute consent | ||||||
6 | to engage in sexual activity with another person. | ||||||
7 | (G) That a person can withdraw consent at any | ||||||
8 | time. | ||||||
9 | (H) That a person cannot consent to sexual | ||||||
10 | activity if that person is unable to understand the | ||||||
11 | nature of the activity or give knowing consent due to | ||||||
12 | certain circumstances that include, but are not | ||||||
13 | limited to, (i) the person is incapacitated due to the | ||||||
14 | use or influence of alcohol or drugs,
(ii) the person | ||||||
15 | is asleep or unconscious,
(iii) the person is a minor, | ||||||
16 | or
(iv) the person is incapacitated due to a mental | ||||||
17 | disability. | ||||||
18 | (12) Course material and instruction shall include | ||||||
19 | information about State laws that apply to minor | ||||||
20 | confidentiality and minor consent, including exceptions. | ||||||
21 | If available, material and instructions shall include | ||||||
22 | local resources that include, but are not limited to, how | ||||||
23 | and where to access local resources; pupils' legal rights | ||||||
24 | to access local resources for sexual and reproductive | ||||||
25 | health care; parenting resources; substance abuse | ||||||
26 | treatment; mental health treatment; emergency medical |
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1 | treatment for sexual assault; and resources for assistance | ||||||
2 | with sexual assault, harassment, intimate partner | ||||||
3 | violence, stalking, sex trafficking and suicide | ||||||
4 | prevention. Local resources must be inclusive of gender | ||||||
5 | identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, and | ||||||
6 | sexual behavior. | ||||||
7 | (13) Course material and instruction shall encourage | ||||||
8 | pupils to communicate with their parents or guardians, | ||||||
9 | faith, health, and social service professionals, and other | ||||||
10 | trusted adults about sexuality and intimate relationships. | ||||||
11 | (14) Course material and instruction may not | ||||||
12 | deliberately withhold health-promoting or life-saving | ||||||
13 | information about sexuality-related topics, including | ||||||
14 | FDA-approved treatment and options. | ||||||
15 | (15) Course material and instruction may not be | ||||||
16 | medically inaccurate or include information that is | ||||||
17 | scientifically shown to be ineffective. | ||||||
18 | (16) Course material and instruction may not reflect | ||||||
19 | or promote bias against any person on the basis of the | ||||||
20 | person's race, ethnicity, language, cultural background, | ||||||
21 | religion, HIV status, gender, gender identity, gender | ||||||
22 | expression, sexual orientation, sexual behavior, or | ||||||
23 | ability. | ||||||
24 | (17) Course material and instruction may not be | ||||||
25 | insensitive and unresponsive to the needs of pupils based | ||||||
26 | on their status as pregnant or parenting, living with |
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1 | STIs, including HIV, sexually active, asexual, or intersex | ||||||
2 | or based on their gender, gender identity, gender | ||||||
3 | expression, sexual orientation, sexual behavior, or | ||||||
4 | ability. | ||||||
5 | (18) Course material and instruction may not be | ||||||
6 | insensitive and unresponsive to the needs of survivors of | ||||||
7 | sexual abuse or assault. | ||||||
8 | (19) Course material and instruction may not be | ||||||
9 | inconsistent with the ethical imperatives of medicine and | ||||||
10 | public health. | ||||||
11 | (20) Course material and instruction shall be | ||||||
12 | sensitive and responsive to the needs of pupils with an | ||||||
13 | intersex variation. | ||||||
14 | (d) An opportunity shall be afforded to individuals, | ||||||
15 | including parents or guardians, to review examine
the scope | ||||||
16 | and sequence of instructional materials to be used in such | ||||||
17 | class or course electronically or in person .
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18 | (e) The State Board of Education shall make available | ||||||
19 | resource materials developed in consultation with | ||||||
20 | stakeholders , with the cooperation and input of experts that | ||||||
21 | provide comprehensive, culturally appropriate sexual health | ||||||
22 | education and organizations and entities that promote | ||||||
23 | comprehensive, culturally appropriate sexual health education | ||||||
24 | policy. the agency that administers grant programs consistent | ||||||
25 | with criteria (1) and (1.5) of subsection (c) of this Section, | ||||||
26 | for educating children regarding sex education and may take |
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1 | into consideration the curriculum on this subject developed by | ||||||
2 | other states, as well as any other curricular materials | ||||||
3 | suggested by education experts and other groups that work on | ||||||
4 | sex education issues. Materials may include , without | ||||||
5 | limitation , model sexual health sex education resources | ||||||
6 | curriculums and sexual health education programs. The State | ||||||
7 | Board of Education shall make these resource materials | ||||||
8 | available on its Internet website , in a clearly identified and | ||||||
9 | easily accessible place . School districts that do not | ||||||
10 | currently provide sexual health sex education are not required | ||||||
11 | to teach sexual health sex education. If a sex education class | ||||||
12 | or course is offered in any of grades 6 through 12, the school | ||||||
13 | district Schools may choose and adapt the culturally, | ||||||
14 | developmentally , and age-appropriate, medically accurate, | ||||||
15 | evidence-based or evidence-informed , and comprehensive sexual | ||||||
16 | health complete sex education curriculum that meets the | ||||||
17 | specific needs of its community. | ||||||
18 | (f) The State Board of Education shall, through existing | ||||||
19 | reporting mechanisms, if available, direct each school | ||||||
20 | district to identify, if instruction on sexual health | ||||||
21 | education is provided, whether the instruction was provided by | ||||||
22 | a teacher in the school, a consultant, or a community group; | ||||||
23 | the number of pupils receiving instruction; the number of | ||||||
24 | pupils excused from instruction; and the duration of | ||||||
25 | instruction and shall report the results of this inquiry to | ||||||
26 | the General Assembly annually for a period of 5 years |
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1 | beginning one year after the effective date of this amendatory | ||||||
2 | Act of the 102nd General Assembly. | ||||||
3 | (Source: P.A. 100-684, eff. 8-3-18; 101-579, eff. 1-1-20 .)
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4 | (105 ILCS 5/27-9.2) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-9.2)
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5 | Sec. 27-9.2. Family Life. If any school district provides | ||||||
6 | courses of
instruction designed to promote a wholesome and | ||||||
7 | comprehensive understanding
of the emotional, psychological, | ||||||
8 | physiological, hygienic and social responsibility
aspects of | ||||||
9 | family life, then such courses of instruction shall include | ||||||
10 | the
teaching of the alternatives to abortion, appropriate to | ||||||
11 | the various grade
levels; and whenever such courses of | ||||||
12 | instruction are provided in any of
grades 6 through 12, then | ||||||
13 | such courses also shall include instruction on
the prevention, | ||||||
14 | transmission , screening, and treatment spread of HIV/AIDS | ||||||
15 | AIDS . However, no pupil shall be
required to take or | ||||||
16 | participate in any family life
class or course on HIV/AIDS | ||||||
17 | AIDS instruction if the pupil's his parent or guardian submits
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18 | written objection thereto, and refusal to take or participate | ||||||
19 | in such
course or program shall not be reason for suspension or | ||||||
20 | expulsion of such pupil.
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21 | The State Superintendent of Education shall prepare and | ||||||
22 | make available
to local school districts courses of | ||||||
23 | instruction designed to satisfy the
requirements of this | ||||||
24 | Section.
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25 | The State Superintendent of Education shall develop a |
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1 | procedure for
evaluating and measuring the effectiveness of | ||||||
2 | the family life courses of instruction in
each local school | ||||||
3 | district, including the setting of reasonable and equitable | ||||||
4 | goals for improved sexual health outcomes, such as reduced | ||||||
5 | instances and disparities of sexually transmitted infections | ||||||
6 | (STI), including HIV, increased instances of STI screening and | ||||||
7 | treatment, including for HIV, especially in community areas | ||||||
8 | with high STI, including HIV, diagnoses rates, and decreased | ||||||
9 | instances and disparities of sexual assault and unintended | ||||||
10 | pregnancy.
reduced sexual activity, sexually transmitted | ||||||
11 | diseases and
premarital pregnancy. The goals shall be set by | ||||||
12 | the beginning of the 1991-92
school year. The State | ||||||
13 | Superintendent shall
distribute a copy of the
procedure to | ||||||
14 | each local school district. Each local school district may
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15 | develop additional procedures or methods for measuring the | ||||||
16 | effectiveness of the
family life courses of instruction within | ||||||
17 | the district. Before the
beginning of the 1993-94 school year, | ||||||
18 | the State Superintendent shall
collect and evaluate all | ||||||
19 | relevant data to determine whether the goals are
being | ||||||
20 | achieved.
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21 | (Source: P.A. 86-941.)
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22 | Section 10. The Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive | ||||||
23 | Health
Education Act is amended by changing Section 3 as | ||||||
24 | follows:
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1 | (105 ILCS 110/3)
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2 | Sec. 3. Comprehensive Health Education Program. The | ||||||
3 | program established
under this Act shall include, but not be | ||||||
4 | limited to, the following major
educational areas as a basis | ||||||
5 | for curricula in all elementary and secondary
schools in this | ||||||
6 | State: human ecology and health, human growth and
development, | ||||||
7 | the emotional, psychological, physiological, hygienic , and
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8 | social responsibilities of family life, culturally, | ||||||
9 | developmentally, and age-appropriate, medically accurate, and | ||||||
10 | evidence-based or evidence-informed information regarding | ||||||
11 | including sexual abstinence until
marriage, prevention and | ||||||
12 | control of disease, including instruction in
grades 6 through | ||||||
13 | 12 on the prevention, transmission , and treatment of sexually | ||||||
14 | transmitted infections, including HIV/AIDS spread of AIDS , | ||||||
15 | age-appropriate sexual abuse and assault awareness and | ||||||
16 | prevention education in grades pre-kindergarten through 12, | ||||||
17 | public and environmental health, consumer health, safety | ||||||
18 | education and
disaster survival, mental health and illness, | ||||||
19 | personal health habits,
alcohol and , drug use , and abuse , | ||||||
20 | including the medical and legal ramifications
of alcohol, | ||||||
21 | drug, and tobacco use, abuse during pregnancy, evidence-based | ||||||
22 | and medically accurate information regarding sexual
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23 | abstinence, tobacco, nutrition, and dental health. The | ||||||
24 | instruction on mental health and illness must evaluate the | ||||||
25 | multiple dimensions of health by reviewing the relationship | ||||||
26 | between physical and mental health so as to enhance student |
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1 | understanding, attitudes, and behaviors that promote health, | ||||||
2 | well-being, and human dignity. The program shall also provide | ||||||
3 | course material and instruction to advise pupils of the | ||||||
4 | Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act.
The program shall | ||||||
5 | include medically accurate information about cancer, | ||||||
6 | including , without limitation , types of cancer, signs and | ||||||
7 | symptoms, risk factors, the importance of early prevention and | ||||||
8 | detection, and information on where to go for help. | ||||||
9 | Notwithstanding the above educational areas, the following | ||||||
10 | areas may also
be included as a basis for curricula in all | ||||||
11 | elementary and secondary
schools in this State: basic first | ||||||
12 | aid (including, but not limited to,
cardiopulmonary | ||||||
13 | resuscitation and the Heimlich maneuver), heart disease, | ||||||
14 | diabetes, stroke, the
prevention of child abuse, neglect, and | ||||||
15 | suicide, and teen dating violence in grades 7 through 12. | ||||||
16 | Beginning with the 2014-2015 school year, training on how to | ||||||
17 | properly administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation (which | ||||||
18 | training must be in accordance with standards of the American | ||||||
19 | Red Cross, the American Heart Association, or another | ||||||
20 | nationally recognized certifying organization) and how to use | ||||||
21 | an automated external defibrillator shall be included as a | ||||||
22 | basis for curricula in all secondary schools in this State. | ||||||
23 | The school board of each
public elementary and secondary | ||||||
24 | school in the State
shall encourage all teachers and other | ||||||
25 | school personnel to acquire,
develop, and maintain the | ||||||
26 | knowledge and skills necessary to properly
administer |
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1 | life-saving techniques, including , without limitation , the
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2 | Heimlich maneuver and rescue breathing.
The training shall be | ||||||
3 | in
accordance with standards of the
American Red Cross, the | ||||||
4 | American Heart Association, or another nationally
recognized | ||||||
5 | certifying organization.
A school board may use the
services | ||||||
6 | of non-governmental entities whose personnel have expertise in
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7 | life-saving techniques to instruct teachers and other school | ||||||
8 | personnel in
these techniques. Each school board
is encouraged | ||||||
9 | to have in
its employ, or on its volunteer staff, at least one | ||||||
10 | person who is certified, by
the American Red Cross or by | ||||||
11 | another qualified certifying agency,
as qualified to | ||||||
12 | administer first aid and
cardiopulmonary resuscitation. In | ||||||
13 | addition, each school board is authorized to
allocate | ||||||
14 | appropriate portions of its institute or inservice days to | ||||||
15 | conduct
training programs for teachers and other school | ||||||
16 | personnel who have expressed an
interest in becoming qualified | ||||||
17 | to administer emergency first aid or
cardiopulmonary | ||||||
18 | resuscitation. School boards are urged to
encourage their | ||||||
19 | teachers and other school personnel who coach school athletic
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20 | programs and other extracurricular school activities to | ||||||
21 | acquire, develop, and
maintain the knowledge and skills | ||||||
22 | necessary to properly administer first aid
and cardiopulmonary | ||||||
23 | resuscitation in accordance with standards and requirements
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24 | established by the American Red Cross or another qualified | ||||||
25 | certifying agency. Subject to appropriation, the State Board | ||||||
26 | of Education shall establish and administer a matching grant |
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1 | program to pay for half of the cost that a school district | ||||||
2 | incurs in training those teachers and other school personnel | ||||||
3 | who express an interest in becoming qualified to administer | ||||||
4 | cardiopulmonary resuscitation (which training must be in
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5 | accordance with standards of the
American Red Cross, the | ||||||
6 | American Heart Association, or another nationally
recognized | ||||||
7 | certifying organization) or in learning how to use an | ||||||
8 | automated external defibrillator. A school district that | ||||||
9 | applies for a grant must demonstrate that it has funds to pay | ||||||
10 | half of the cost of the training for which matching grant money | ||||||
11 | is sought. The State Board of Education shall award the grants | ||||||
12 | on a first-come, first-serve basis.
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13 | No pupil shall be
required to take or participate in any | ||||||
14 | class or course on HIV/AIDS AIDS or family
life instruction or | ||||||
15 | to receive training on how to properly administer | ||||||
16 | cardiopulmonary resuscitation or how to use an automated | ||||||
17 | external defibrillator if the pupil's his or her parent or | ||||||
18 | guardian submits written objection
thereto, and refusal to | ||||||
19 | take or participate in the course or program or the training | ||||||
20 | shall
not be reason for suspension or expulsion of the pupil.
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21 | Curricula developed under programs established in | ||||||
22 | accordance with this
Act in the major educational area of | ||||||
23 | alcohol and drug use and abuse shall
include classroom | ||||||
24 | instruction in grades 5 through 12. The instruction,
which | ||||||
25 | shall include matters relating to both the physical and legal | ||||||
26 | effects
and ramifications of drug and substance abuse, shall |
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1 | be integrated into
existing curricula; and the State Board of | ||||||
2 | Education shall develop and make
available to all elementary | ||||||
3 | and secondary schools in this State
instructional materials | ||||||
4 | and guidelines which will assist the schools in
incorporating | ||||||
5 | the instruction into their existing curricula. In
addition, | ||||||
6 | school districts may offer, as part of existing curricula | ||||||
7 | during
the school day or as part of an after school program, | ||||||
8 | support services and
instruction for pupils or pupils whose | ||||||
9 | parent, parents, or guardians are
chemically dependent.
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10 | (Source: P.A. 101-305, eff. 1-1-20; revised 8-21-20.)
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11 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
12 | becoming law.".
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