Bill Amendment: IL SB3261 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly
NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List
Bill Title: SCH CD-TRAFFICKING TRAINING
Status: 2024-03-15 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB3261 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SB3261-Senate_Amendment_001.html
Bill Title: SCH CD-TRAFFICKING TRAINING
Status: 2024-03-15 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB3261 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SB3261-Senate_Amendment_001.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3261 | ||||||
2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3261 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 Section | ||||||
5 | 10-22.39 and by adding Section 34-18.85 as follows:
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6 | (105 ILCS 5/10-22.39) | ||||||
7 | (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 103-41 and P.A. | ||||||
8 | 103-542 ) | ||||||
9 | Sec. 10-22.39. In-service training programs. | ||||||
10 | (a) To conduct in-service training programs for teachers. | ||||||
11 | (b) In addition to other topics at in-service training | ||||||
12 | programs, at least once every 2 years, licensed school | ||||||
13 | personnel and administrators who work with pupils in | ||||||
14 | kindergarten through grade 12 shall be trained to identify the | ||||||
15 | warning signs of mental illness, trauma, and suicidal behavior | ||||||
16 | in youth and shall be taught appropriate intervention and |
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1 | referral techniques. A school district may utilize the | ||||||
2 | Illinois Mental Health First Aid training program, established | ||||||
3 | under the Illinois Mental Health First Aid Training Act and | ||||||
4 | administered by certified instructors trained by a national | ||||||
5 | association recognized as an authority in behavioral health, | ||||||
6 | to provide the training and meet the requirements under this | ||||||
7 | subsection. If licensed school personnel or an administrator | ||||||
8 | obtains mental health first aid training outside of an | ||||||
9 | in-service training program, he or she may present a | ||||||
10 | certificate of successful completion of the training to the | ||||||
11 | school district to satisfy the requirements of this | ||||||
12 | subsection. | ||||||
13 | Training regarding the implementation of trauma-informed | ||||||
14 | practices satisfies the requirements of this subsection (b). | ||||||
15 | A course of instruction as described in this subsection | ||||||
16 | (b) must include the definitions of trauma, trauma-responsive | ||||||
17 | learning environments, and whole child set forth in subsection | ||||||
18 | (b) of Section 3-11 of this Code and may provide information | ||||||
19 | that is relevant to and within the scope of the duties of | ||||||
20 | licensed school personnel or school administrators. Such | ||||||
21 | information may include, but is not limited to: | ||||||
22 | (1) the recognition of and care for trauma in students | ||||||
23 | and staff; | ||||||
24 | (2) the relationship between educator wellness and | ||||||
25 | student learning; | ||||||
26 | (3) the effect of trauma on student behavior and |
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1 | learning; | ||||||
2 | (4) the prevalence of trauma among students, including | ||||||
3 | the prevalence of trauma among student populations at | ||||||
4 | higher risk of experiencing trauma; | ||||||
5 | (5) the effects of implicit or explicit bias on | ||||||
6 | recognizing trauma among various student groups in | ||||||
7 | connection with race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual | ||||||
8 | orientation, socio-economic status, and other relevant | ||||||
9 | factors; and | ||||||
10 | (6) effective district practices that are shown to: | ||||||
11 | (A) prevent and mitigate the negative effect of | ||||||
12 | trauma on student behavior and learning; and | ||||||
13 | (B) support the emotional wellness of staff. | ||||||
14 | (c) School counselors, nurses, teachers and other school | ||||||
15 | personnel who work with pupils may be trained to have a basic | ||||||
16 | knowledge of matters relating to acquired immunodeficiency | ||||||
17 | syndrome (AIDS), including the nature of the disease, its | ||||||
18 | causes and effects, the means of detecting it and preventing | ||||||
19 | its transmission, and the availability of appropriate sources | ||||||
20 | of counseling and referral, and any other information that may | ||||||
21 | be appropriate considering the age and grade level of such | ||||||
22 | pupils. The School Board shall supervise such training. The | ||||||
23 | State Board of Education and the Department of Public Health | ||||||
24 | shall jointly develop standards for such training. | ||||||
25 | (d) In this subsection (d): | ||||||
26 | "Domestic violence" means abuse by a family or household |
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1 | member, as "abuse" and "family or household members" are | ||||||
2 | defined in Section 103 of the Illinois Domestic Violence Act | ||||||
3 | of 1986. | ||||||
4 | "Sexual violence" means sexual assault, abuse, or stalking | ||||||
5 | of an adult or minor child proscribed in the Criminal Code of | ||||||
6 | 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012 in Sections 11-1.20, | ||||||
7 | 11-1.30, 11-1.40, 11-1.50, 11-1.60, 12-7.3, 12-7.4, 12-7.5, | ||||||
8 | 12-12, 12-13, 12-14, 12-14.1, 12-15, and 12-16, including | ||||||
9 | sexual violence committed by perpetrators who are strangers to | ||||||
10 | the victim and sexual violence committed by perpetrators who | ||||||
11 | are known or related by blood or marriage to the victim. | ||||||
12 | At least once every 2 years, an in-service training | ||||||
13 | program for school personnel who work with pupils, including, | ||||||
14 | but not limited to, school and school district administrators, | ||||||
15 | teachers, school social workers, school counselors, school | ||||||
16 | psychologists, and school nurses, must be conducted by persons | ||||||
17 | with expertise in domestic and sexual violence and the needs | ||||||
18 | of expectant and parenting youth and shall include training | ||||||
19 | concerning (i) communicating with and listening to youth | ||||||
20 | victims of domestic or sexual violence and expectant and | ||||||
21 | parenting youth, (ii) connecting youth victims of domestic or | ||||||
22 | sexual violence and expectant and parenting youth to | ||||||
23 | appropriate in-school services and other agencies, programs, | ||||||
24 | and services as needed, and (iii) implementing the school | ||||||
25 | district's policies, procedures, and protocols with regard to | ||||||
26 | such youth, including confidentiality. At a minimum, school |
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1 | personnel must be trained to understand, provide information | ||||||
2 | and referrals, and address issues pertaining to youth who are | ||||||
3 | parents, expectant parents, or victims of domestic or sexual | ||||||
4 | violence. | ||||||
5 | (e) At least every 2 years, an in-service training program | ||||||
6 | for school personnel who work with pupils must be conducted by | ||||||
7 | persons with expertise in anaphylactic reactions and | ||||||
8 | management. | ||||||
9 | (f) At least once every 2 years, a school board shall | ||||||
10 | conduct in-service training on educator ethics, | ||||||
11 | teacher-student conduct, and school employee-student conduct | ||||||
12 | for all personnel. | ||||||
13 | (g) At least once every 2 years, a school board shall | ||||||
14 | conduct in-service training for all school district employees | ||||||
15 | on the methods to respond to trauma. The training must include | ||||||
16 | instruction on how to respond to an incident involving | ||||||
17 | life-threatening bleeding and, if applicable, how to use a | ||||||
18 | school's trauma kit. A school board may satisfy the training | ||||||
19 | requirements under this subsection by using the training, | ||||||
20 | including online training, available from the American College | ||||||
21 | of Surgeons or any other similar organization. | ||||||
22 | School district employees who are trained to respond to | ||||||
23 | trauma pursuant to this subsection (g) shall be immune from | ||||||
24 | civil liability in the use of a trauma kit unless the action | ||||||
25 | constitutes willful or wanton misconduct. | ||||||
26 | (i) Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, at least |
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1 | once every 3 years, a school board shall conduct in-service | ||||||
2 | training for all school district employees on how to identify | ||||||
3 | trafficking in persons under Section 10-9 of the Criminal Code | ||||||
4 | of 2012. | ||||||
5 | (Source: P.A. 102-197, eff. 7-30-21; 102-638, eff. 1-1-23; | ||||||
6 | 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 103-128, eff. 6-30-23; 103-413, eff. | ||||||
7 | 1-1-24; revised 11-27-23.)
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8 | (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 103-542 but | ||||||
9 | before amendment by P.A. 103-41 ) | ||||||
10 | Sec. 10-22.39. In-service training programs. | ||||||
11 | (a) To conduct in-service training programs for teachers, | ||||||
12 | administrators, and school support personnel. | ||||||
13 | (b) In addition to other topics at in-service training | ||||||
14 | programs listed in this Section, teachers, administrators, and | ||||||
15 | school support personnel who work with pupils must be trained | ||||||
16 | in the following topics: health conditions of students; | ||||||
17 | social-emotional learning; developing cultural competency; | ||||||
18 | identifying warning signs of mental illness and suicidal | ||||||
19 | behavior in youth; domestic and sexual violence and the needs | ||||||
20 | of expectant and parenting youth; protections and | ||||||
21 | accommodations for students; educator ethics; responding to | ||||||
22 | child sexual abuse and grooming behavior; and effective | ||||||
23 | instruction in violence prevention and conflict resolution. | ||||||
24 | In-service training programs in these topics shall be credited | ||||||
25 | toward hours of professional development required for license |
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1 | renewal as outlined in subsection (e) of Section 21B-45. | ||||||
2 | School support personnel may be exempt from in-service | ||||||
3 | training if the training is not relevant to the work they do. | ||||||
4 | Nurses and school nurses, as defined by Section 10-22.23, | ||||||
5 | are exempt from training required in subsection (b-5). | ||||||
6 | Beginning July 1, 2024, all teachers, administrators, and | ||||||
7 | school support personnel shall complete training as outlined | ||||||
8 | in Section 10-22.39 during an in-service training program | ||||||
9 | conducted by their school board or through other training | ||||||
10 | opportunities, including, but not limited to, institutes under | ||||||
11 | Section 3-11. Such training must be completed within 6 months | ||||||
12 | of employment by a school board and renewed at least once every | ||||||
13 | 5 years, unless required more frequently by other State or | ||||||
14 | federal law or in accordance with this Section. If teachers, | ||||||
15 | administrators, or school support personnel obtain training | ||||||
16 | outside of an in-service training program or from a previous | ||||||
17 | public school district or nonpublic school employer, they may | ||||||
18 | present documentation showing current compliance with this | ||||||
19 | subsection to satisfy the requirement of receiving training | ||||||
20 | within 6 months of first being employed. Training may be | ||||||
21 | delivered through online, asynchronous means. | ||||||
22 | (b-5) Training regarding health conditions of students for | ||||||
23 | staff required by this Section shall include, but is not | ||||||
24 | limited to: | ||||||
25 | (1) Chronic health conditions of students. | ||||||
26 | (2) Anaphylactic reactions and management. Such |
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1 | training shall be conducted by persons with expertise in | ||||||
2 | anaphylactic reactions and management. | ||||||
3 | (3) The management of asthma, the prevention of asthma | ||||||
4 | symptoms, and emergency response in the school setting. | ||||||
5 | (4) The basics of seizure recognition and first aid | ||||||
6 | and appropriate emergency protocols. Such training must be | ||||||
7 | fully consistent with the best practice guidelines issued | ||||||
8 | by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. | ||||||
9 | (5) The basics of diabetes care, how to identify when | ||||||
10 | a student with diabetes needs immediate or emergency | ||||||
11 | medical attention, and whom to contact in the case of an | ||||||
12 | emergency. | ||||||
13 | (6) Current best practices regarding the | ||||||
14 | identification and treatment of attention deficit | ||||||
15 | hyperactivity disorder. | ||||||
16 | (7) Instruction on how to respond to an incident | ||||||
17 | involving life-threatening bleeding and, if applicable, | ||||||
18 | how to use a school's trauma kit. Beginning with the | ||||||
19 | 2024-2025 school year, training on life-threatening | ||||||
20 | bleeding must be completed within 6 months of the employee | ||||||
21 | first being employed by a school board and renewed within | ||||||
22 | 2 years. Beginning with the 2027-2028 school year, the | ||||||
23 | training must be completed within 6 months of the employee | ||||||
24 | first being employed by a school board and renewed at | ||||||
25 | least once every 5 years thereafter. | ||||||
26 | In consultation with professional organizations with |
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1 | expertise in student health issues, including, but not limited | ||||||
2 | to, asthma management, anaphylactic reactions, seizure | ||||||
3 | recognition, and diabetes care, the State Board of Education | ||||||
4 | shall make available resource materials for educating school | ||||||
5 | personnel about student health conditions and emergency | ||||||
6 | response in the school setting. | ||||||
7 | A school board may satisfy the life-threatening bleeding | ||||||
8 | training under this subsection by using the training, | ||||||
9 | including online training, available from the American College | ||||||
10 | of Surgeons or any other similar organization. | ||||||
11 | (b-10) The training regarding social-emotional learning , | ||||||
12 | for staff required by this Section may include, at a minimum, | ||||||
13 | providing education to all school personnel about the content | ||||||
14 | of the Illinois Social and Emotional Learning Standards, how | ||||||
15 | those standards apply to everyday school interactions, and | ||||||
16 | examples of how social emotional learning can be integrated | ||||||
17 | into instructional practices across all grades and subjects. | ||||||
18 | (b-15) The training regarding developing cultural | ||||||
19 | competency for staff required by this Section shall include, | ||||||
20 | but is not limited to, understanding and reducing implicit | ||||||
21 | bias, including implicit racial bias. As used in this | ||||||
22 | subsection, "implicit racial bias" has the meaning set forth | ||||||
23 | in Section 10-20.61. | ||||||
24 | (b-20) The training regarding identifying warning signs of | ||||||
25 | mental illness, trauma, and suicidal behavior in youth for | ||||||
26 | staff required by this Section shall include, but is not |
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1 | limited to, appropriate intervention and referral techniques, | ||||||
2 | including resources and guidelines as outlined in Section | ||||||
3 | 2-3.166 , and must include the definitions of trauma, | ||||||
4 | trauma-responsive learning environments, and whole child set | ||||||
5 | forth in subsection (b) of Section 3-11 of this Code . | ||||||
6 | Illinois Mental Health First Aid training, established | ||||||
7 | under the Illinois Mental Health First Aid Training Act, may | ||||||
8 | satisfy the requirements of this subsection. | ||||||
9 | If teachers, administrators, or school support personnel | ||||||
10 | obtain mental health first aid training outside of an | ||||||
11 | in-service training program, they may present a certificate of | ||||||
12 | successful completion of the training to the school district | ||||||
13 | to satisfy the requirements of this subsection. Training | ||||||
14 | regarding the implementation of trauma-informed practices | ||||||
15 | satisfies the requirements of this subsection. | ||||||
16 | (b-25) As used in this subsection: | ||||||
17 | "Domestic violence" means abuse by a family or household | ||||||
18 | member, as "abuse" and "family or household members" are | ||||||
19 | defined in Section 103 of the Illinois Domestic Violence Act | ||||||
20 | of 1986. | ||||||
21 | "Sexual violence" means sexual assault, abuse, or stalking | ||||||
22 | of an adult or minor child proscribed in the Criminal Code of | ||||||
23 | 1961 or in Sections 11-1.20, 11-1.30, 11-1.40, 11-1.50, | ||||||
24 | 11-1.60, 12-7.3, 12-7.4, 12-7.5, 12-12, 12-13, 12-14, 12-14.1, | ||||||
25 | 12-15, and 12-16 of the Criminal Code of 2012, including | ||||||
26 | sexual violence committed by perpetrators who are strangers to |
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1 | the victim and sexual violence committed by perpetrators who | ||||||
2 | are known or related by blood or marriage to the victim. | ||||||
3 | The training regarding domestic and sexual violence and | ||||||
4 | the needs of expectant and parenting youth for staff required | ||||||
5 | by this Section must be conducted by persons with expertise in | ||||||
6 | domestic and sexual violence and the needs of expectant and | ||||||
7 | parenting youth, and shall include, but is not limited to: | ||||||
8 | (1) communicating with and listening to youth victims | ||||||
9 | of domestic or sexual violence and expectant and parenting | ||||||
10 | youth; | ||||||
11 | (2) connecting youth victims of domestic or sexual | ||||||
12 | violence and expectant and parenting youth to appropriate | ||||||
13 | in-school services and other agencies, programs, and | ||||||
14 | services as needed; | ||||||
15 | (3) implementing the school district's policies, | ||||||
16 | procedures, and protocols with regard to such youth, | ||||||
17 | including confidentiality ; at . At a minimum, school | ||||||
18 | personnel must be trained to understand, provide | ||||||
19 | information and referrals, and address issues pertaining | ||||||
20 | to youth who are parents, expectant parents, or victims of | ||||||
21 | domestic or sexual violence; and | ||||||
22 | (4) procedures for responding to incidents of teen | ||||||
23 | dating violence that take place at the school, on school | ||||||
24 | grounds, at school-sponsored activities, or in vehicles | ||||||
25 | used for school-provided transportation as outlined in | ||||||
26 | Section 3.10 of the Critical Health Problems and |
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1 | Comprehensive Health Education Act. | ||||||
2 | (b-30) The training regarding protections and | ||||||
3 | accommodations for students shall include, but is not limited | ||||||
4 | to, instruction on the federal Americans with Disabilities | ||||||
5 | Act, as it pertains to the school environment, and | ||||||
6 | homelessness. Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, | ||||||
7 | training on homelessness must be completed within 6 months of | ||||||
8 | an employee first being employed by a school board and renewed | ||||||
9 | within 2 years. Beginning with the 2027-2028 school year, the | ||||||
10 | training must be completed within 6 months of the employee | ||||||
11 | first being employed by a school board and renewed at least | ||||||
12 | once every 5 years thereafter. Training on homelessness shall | ||||||
13 | include the following: | ||||||
14 | (1) the definition of homeless children and youths | ||||||
15 | under 42 U.S.C. 11434a; | ||||||
16 | (2) the signs of homelessness and housing insecurity; | ||||||
17 | (3) the rights of students experiencing homelessness | ||||||
18 | under State and federal law; | ||||||
19 | (4) the steps to take when a homeless or | ||||||
20 | housing-insecure student is identified; and | ||||||
21 | (5) the appropriate referral techniques, including the | ||||||
22 | name and contact number of the school or school district | ||||||
23 | homeless liaison. | ||||||
24 | School boards may work with a community-based organization | ||||||
25 | that specializes in working with homeless children and youth | ||||||
26 | to develop and provide the training. |
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1 | (b-35) The training regarding educator ethics and | ||||||
2 | responding to child sexual abuse and grooming behavior shall | ||||||
3 | include, but is not limited to, teacher-student conduct, | ||||||
4 | school employee-student conduct, and evidence-informed | ||||||
5 | training on preventing, recognizing, reporting, and responding | ||||||
6 | to child sexual abuse and grooming as outlined in Section | ||||||
7 | 10-23.13. | ||||||
8 | (b-40) The training regarding effective instruction in | ||||||
9 | violence prevention and conflict resolution required by this | ||||||
10 | Section shall be conducted in accordance with the requirements | ||||||
11 | of Section 27-23.4. | ||||||
12 | (b-45) (c) Beginning July 1, 2024, all nonpublic | ||||||
13 | elementary and secondary school teachers, administrators, and | ||||||
14 | school support personnel shall complete the training set forth | ||||||
15 | in subsection (b-5). Training must be completed within 6 | ||||||
16 | months of first being employed by a nonpublic school and | ||||||
17 | renewed at least once every 5 years, unless required more | ||||||
18 | frequently by other State or federal law. If nonpublic | ||||||
19 | teachers, administrators, or school support personnel obtain | ||||||
20 | training from a public school district or nonpublic school | ||||||
21 | employer, the teacher, administrator, or school support | ||||||
22 | personnel may present documentation to the nonpublic school | ||||||
23 | showing current compliance with this subsection to satisfy the | ||||||
24 | requirement of receiving training within 6 months of first | ||||||
25 | being employed. must include the definitions of trauma, | ||||||
26 | trauma-responsive learning environments, and whole child set |
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1 | forth in subsection (b) of Section 3-11 of this Code and | ||||||
2 | (c) (Blank). | ||||||
3 | (d) (Blank). | ||||||
4 | (e) (Blank). | ||||||
5 | (f) (Blank). | ||||||
6 | (g) At least once every 2 years, a school board shall | ||||||
7 | conduct in-service training for all school district employees | ||||||
8 | on the methods to respond to trauma. The training must include | ||||||
9 | instruction on how to respond to an incident involving | ||||||
10 | life-threatening bleeding and, if applicable, how to use a | ||||||
11 | school's trauma kit. A school board may satisfy the training | ||||||
12 | requirements under this subsection by using the training, | ||||||
13 | including online training, available from the American College | ||||||
14 | of Surgeons or any other similar organization. | ||||||
15 | School district employees who are trained to respond to | ||||||
16 | trauma pursuant to this subsection (g) shall be immune from | ||||||
17 | civil liability in the use of a trauma kit unless the action | ||||||
18 | constitutes willful or wanton misconduct. | ||||||
19 | (i) Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, at least | ||||||
20 | once every 3 years, a school board shall conduct in-service | ||||||
21 | training for all school district employees on how to identify | ||||||
22 | trafficking in persons under Section 10-9 of the Criminal Code | ||||||
23 | of 2012. | ||||||
24 | (Source: P.A. 102-197, eff. 7-30-21; 102-638, eff. 1-1-23; | ||||||
25 | 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 103-128, eff. 6-30-23; 103-413, eff. | ||||||
26 | 1-1-24; 103-542, eff. 7-1-24 (see Section 905 of P.A. 103-563 |
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1 | for effective date of P.A. 103-542); revised 11-27-23.)
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2 | (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 103-41 ) | ||||||
3 | Sec. 10-22.39. In-service training programs. | ||||||
4 | (a) To conduct in-service training programs for teachers, | ||||||
5 | administrators, and school support personnel. | ||||||
6 | (b) In addition to other topics at in-service training | ||||||
7 | programs listed in this Section, teachers, administrators, and | ||||||
8 | school support personnel who work with pupils must be trained | ||||||
9 | in the following topics: health conditions of students; | ||||||
10 | social-emotional learning; developing cultural competency; | ||||||
11 | identifying warning signs of mental illness and suicidal | ||||||
12 | behavior in youth; domestic and sexual violence and the needs | ||||||
13 | of expectant and parenting youth; protections and | ||||||
14 | accommodations for students; educator ethics; responding to | ||||||
15 | child sexual abuse and grooming behavior; and effective | ||||||
16 | instruction in violence prevention and conflict resolution. | ||||||
17 | In-service training programs in these topics shall be credited | ||||||
18 | toward hours of professional development required for license | ||||||
19 | renewal as outlined in subsection (e) of Section 21B-45. | ||||||
20 | School support personnel may be exempt from in-service | ||||||
21 | training if the training is not relevant to the work they do. | ||||||
22 | Nurses and school nurses, as defined by Section 10-22.23, | ||||||
23 | are exempt from training required in subsection (b-5). | ||||||
24 | Beginning July 1, 2024, all teachers, administrators, and | ||||||
25 | school support personnel shall complete training as outlined |
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1 | in Section 10-22.39 during an in-service training program | ||||||
2 | conducted by their school board or through other training | ||||||
3 | opportunities, including, but not limited to, institutes under | ||||||
4 | Section 3-11. Such training must be completed within 6 months | ||||||
5 | of employment by a school board and renewed at least once every | ||||||
6 | 5 years, unless required more frequently by other State or | ||||||
7 | federal law or in accordance with this Section. If teachers, | ||||||
8 | administrators, or school support personnel obtain training | ||||||
9 | outside of an in-service training program or from a previous | ||||||
10 | public school district or nonpublic school employer, they may | ||||||
11 | present documentation showing current compliance with this | ||||||
12 | subsection to satisfy the requirement of receiving training | ||||||
13 | within 6 months of first being employed. Training may be | ||||||
14 | delivered through online, asynchronous means. | ||||||
15 | (b-5) Training regarding health conditions of students for | ||||||
16 | staff required by this Section shall include, but is not | ||||||
17 | limited to: | ||||||
18 | (1) Chronic health conditions of students. | ||||||
19 | (2) Anaphylactic reactions and management. Such | ||||||
20 | training shall be conducted by persons with expertise in | ||||||
21 | anaphylactic reactions and management. | ||||||
22 | (3) The management of asthma, the prevention of asthma | ||||||
23 | symptoms, and emergency response in the school setting. | ||||||
24 | (4) The basics of seizure recognition and first aid | ||||||
25 | and appropriate emergency protocols. Such training must be | ||||||
26 | fully consistent with the best practice guidelines issued |
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1 | by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. | ||||||
2 | (5) The basics of diabetes care, how to identify when | ||||||
3 | a student with diabetes needs immediate or emergency | ||||||
4 | medical attention, and whom to contact in the case of an | ||||||
5 | emergency. | ||||||
6 | (6) Current best practices regarding the | ||||||
7 | identification and treatment of attention deficit | ||||||
8 | hyperactivity disorder. | ||||||
9 | (7) Instruction on how to respond to an incident | ||||||
10 | involving life-threatening bleeding and, if applicable, | ||||||
11 | how to use a school's trauma kit. Beginning with the | ||||||
12 | 2024-2025 school year, training on life-threatening | ||||||
13 | bleeding must be completed within 6 months of the employee | ||||||
14 | first being employed by a school board and renewed within | ||||||
15 | 2 years. Beginning with the 2027-2028 school year, the | ||||||
16 | training must be completed within 6 months of the employee | ||||||
17 | first being employed by a school board and renewed at | ||||||
18 | least once every 5 years thereafter. | ||||||
19 | In consultation with professional organizations with | ||||||
20 | expertise in student health issues, including, but not limited | ||||||
21 | to, asthma management, anaphylactic reactions, seizure | ||||||
22 | recognition, and diabetes care, the State Board of Education | ||||||
23 | shall make available resource materials for educating school | ||||||
24 | personnel about student health conditions and emergency | ||||||
25 | response in the school setting. | ||||||
26 | A school board may satisfy the life-threatening bleeding |
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1 | training under this subsection by using the training, | ||||||
2 | including online training, available from the American College | ||||||
3 | of Surgeons or any other similar organization. | ||||||
4 | (b-10) The training regarding social-emotional learning , | ||||||
5 | for staff required by this Section may include, at a minimum, | ||||||
6 | providing education to all school personnel about the content | ||||||
7 | of the Illinois Social and Emotional Learning Standards, how | ||||||
8 | those standards apply to everyday school interactions, and | ||||||
9 | examples of how social emotional learning can be integrated | ||||||
10 | into instructional practices across all grades and subjects. | ||||||
11 | (b-15) The training regarding developing cultural | ||||||
12 | competency for staff required by this Section shall include, | ||||||
13 | but is not limited to, understanding and reducing implicit | ||||||
14 | bias, including implicit racial bias. As used in this | ||||||
15 | subsection, "implicit racial bias" has the meaning set forth | ||||||
16 | in Section 10-20.61. | ||||||
17 | (b-20) The training regarding identifying warning signs of | ||||||
18 | mental illness, trauma, and suicidal behavior in youth for | ||||||
19 | staff required by this Section shall include, but is not | ||||||
20 | limited to, appropriate intervention and referral techniques, | ||||||
21 | including resources and guidelines as outlined in Section | ||||||
22 | 2-3.166 , and must include the definitions of trauma, | ||||||
23 | trauma-responsive learning environments, and whole child set | ||||||
24 | forth in subsection (b) of Section 3-11 of this Code . | ||||||
25 | Illinois Mental Health First Aid training, established | ||||||
26 | under the Illinois Mental Health First Aid Training Act, may |
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1 | satisfy the requirements of this subsection. | ||||||
2 | If teachers, administrators, or school support personnel | ||||||
3 | obtain mental health first aid training outside of an | ||||||
4 | in-service training program, they may present a certificate of | ||||||
5 | successful completion of the training to the school district | ||||||
6 | to satisfy the requirements of this subsection. Training | ||||||
7 | regarding the implementation of trauma-informed practices | ||||||
8 | satisfies the requirements of this subsection. | ||||||
9 | (b-25) As used in this subsection: | ||||||
10 | "Domestic violence" means abuse by a family or household | ||||||
11 | member, as "abuse" and "family or household members" are | ||||||
12 | defined in Section 103 of the Illinois Domestic Violence Act | ||||||
13 | of 1986. | ||||||
14 | "Sexual violence" means sexual assault, abuse, or stalking | ||||||
15 | of an adult or minor child proscribed in the Criminal Code of | ||||||
16 | 1961 or in Sections 11-1.20, 11-1.30, 11-1.40, 11-1.50, | ||||||
17 | 11-1.60, 12-7.3, 12-7.4, 12-7.5, 12-12, 12-13, 12-14, 12-14.1, | ||||||
18 | 12-15, and 12-16 of the Criminal Code of 2012, including | ||||||
19 | sexual violence committed by perpetrators who are strangers to | ||||||
20 | the victim and sexual violence committed by perpetrators who | ||||||
21 | are known or related by blood or marriage to the victim. | ||||||
22 | The training regarding domestic and sexual violence and | ||||||
23 | the needs of expectant and parenting youth for staff required | ||||||
24 | by this Section must be conducted by persons with expertise in | ||||||
25 | domestic and sexual violence and the needs of expectant and | ||||||
26 | parenting youth, and shall include, but is not limited to: |
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1 | (1) communicating with and listening to youth victims | ||||||
2 | of domestic or sexual violence and expectant and parenting | ||||||
3 | youth; | ||||||
4 | (2) connecting youth victims of domestic or sexual | ||||||
5 | violence and expectant and parenting youth to appropriate | ||||||
6 | in-school services and other agencies, programs, and | ||||||
7 | services as needed; | ||||||
8 | (3) implementing the school district's policies, | ||||||
9 | procedures, and protocols with regard to such youth, | ||||||
10 | including confidentiality ; at . At a minimum, school | ||||||
11 | personnel must be trained to understand, provide | ||||||
12 | information and referrals, and address issues pertaining | ||||||
13 | to youth who are parents, expectant parents, or victims of | ||||||
14 | domestic or sexual violence; and | ||||||
15 | (4) procedures for responding to incidents of teen | ||||||
16 | dating violence that take place at the school, on school | ||||||
17 | grounds, at school-sponsored activities, or in vehicles | ||||||
18 | used for school-provided transportation as outlined in | ||||||
19 | Section 3.10 of the Critical Health Problems and | ||||||
20 | Comprehensive Health Education Act. | ||||||
21 | (b-30) The training regarding protections and | ||||||
22 | accommodations for students shall include, but is not limited | ||||||
23 | to, instruction on the federal Americans with Disabilities | ||||||
24 | Act, as it pertains to the school environment, and | ||||||
25 | homelessness. Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, | ||||||
26 | training on homelessness must be completed within 6 months of |
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1 | an employee first being employed by a school board and renewed | ||||||
2 | within 2 years. Beginning with the 2027-2028 school year, the | ||||||
3 | training must be completed within 6 months of the employee | ||||||
4 | first being employed by a school board and renewed at least | ||||||
5 | once every 5 years thereafter. Training on homelessness shall | ||||||
6 | include the following: | ||||||
7 | (1) the definition of homeless children and youths | ||||||
8 | under 42 U.S.C. 11434a; | ||||||
9 | (2) the signs of homelessness and housing insecurity; | ||||||
10 | (3) the rights of students experiencing homelessness | ||||||
11 | under State and federal law; | ||||||
12 | (4) the steps to take when a homeless or | ||||||
13 | housing-insecure student is identified; and | ||||||
14 | (5) the appropriate referral techniques, including the | ||||||
15 | name and contact number of the school or school district | ||||||
16 | homeless liaison. | ||||||
17 | School boards may work with a community-based organization | ||||||
18 | that specializes in working with homeless children and youth | ||||||
19 | to develop and provide the training. | ||||||
20 | (b-35) The training regarding educator ethics and | ||||||
21 | responding to child sexual abuse and grooming behavior shall | ||||||
22 | include, but is not limited to, teacher-student conduct, | ||||||
23 | school employee-student conduct, and evidence-informed | ||||||
24 | training on preventing, recognizing, reporting, and responding | ||||||
25 | to child sexual abuse and grooming as outlined in Section | ||||||
26 | 10-23.13. |
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1 | (b-40) The training regarding effective instruction in | ||||||
2 | violence prevention and conflict resolution required by this | ||||||
3 | Section shall be conducted in accordance with the requirements | ||||||
4 | of Section 27-23.4. | ||||||
5 | (b-45) (c) Beginning July 1, 2024, all nonpublic | ||||||
6 | elementary and secondary school teachers, administrators, and | ||||||
7 | school support personnel shall complete the training set forth | ||||||
8 | in subsection (b-5). Training must be completed within 6 | ||||||
9 | months of first being employed by a nonpublic school and | ||||||
10 | renewed at least once every 5 years, unless required more | ||||||
11 | frequently by other State or federal law. If nonpublic | ||||||
12 | teachers, administrators, or school support personnel obtain | ||||||
13 | training from a public school district or nonpublic school | ||||||
14 | employer, the teacher, administrator, or school support | ||||||
15 | personnel may present documentation to the nonpublic school | ||||||
16 | showing current compliance with this subsection to satisfy the | ||||||
17 | requirement of receiving training within 6 months of first | ||||||
18 | being employed. must include the definitions of trauma, | ||||||
19 | trauma-responsive learning environments, and whole child set | ||||||
20 | forth in subsection (b) of Section 3-11 of this Code and | ||||||
21 | (c) (Blank). | ||||||
22 | (d) (Blank). | ||||||
23 | (e) (Blank). | ||||||
24 | (f) (Blank). | ||||||
25 | (g) At least once every 2 years, a school board shall | ||||||
26 | conduct in-service training for all school district employees |
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1 | on the methods to respond to trauma. The training must include | ||||||
2 | instruction on how to respond to an incident involving | ||||||
3 | life-threatening bleeding and, if applicable, how to use a | ||||||
4 | school's trauma kit. A school board may satisfy the training | ||||||
5 | requirements under this subsection by using the training, | ||||||
6 | including online training, available from the American College | ||||||
7 | of Surgeons or any other similar organization. | ||||||
8 | School district employees who are trained to respond to | ||||||
9 | trauma pursuant to this subsection (g) shall be immune from | ||||||
10 | civil liability in the use of a trauma kit unless the action | ||||||
11 | constitutes willful or wanton misconduct. | ||||||
12 | (h) (g) At least once every 2 years, a school board shall | ||||||
13 | conduct in-service training on homelessness for all school | ||||||
14 | personnel. The training shall include: | ||||||
15 | (1) the definition of homeless children and youth | ||||||
16 | under Section 11434a of Title 42 of the United States | ||||||
17 | Code; | ||||||
18 | (2) the signs of homelessness and housing insecurity; | ||||||
19 | (3) the rights of students experiencing homelessness | ||||||
20 | under State and federal law; | ||||||
21 | (4) the steps to take when a homeless or | ||||||
22 | housing-insecure student is identified; and | ||||||
23 | (5) the appropriate referral techniques, including the | ||||||
24 | name and contact number of the school or school district | ||||||
25 | homeless liaison. | ||||||
26 | A school board may work with a community-based |
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1 | organization that specializes in working with homeless | ||||||
2 | children and youth to develop and provide the training. | ||||||
3 | (i) Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, at least | ||||||
4 | once every 3 years, a school board shall conduct in-service | ||||||
5 | training for all school district employees on how to identify | ||||||
6 | trafficking in persons under Section 10-9 of the Criminal Code | ||||||
7 | of 2012. | ||||||
8 | (Source: P.A. 102-197, eff. 7-30-21; 102-638, eff. 1-1-23; | ||||||
9 | 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 103-41, eff. 8-20-24; 103-128, eff. | ||||||
10 | 6-30-23; 103-413, eff. 1-1-24; 103-542, eff. 7-1-24 (see | ||||||
11 | Section 905 of P.A. 103-563 for effective date of P.A. | ||||||
12 | 103-542); revised 11-27-23.)
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13 | (105 ILCS 5/34-18.85 new) | ||||||
14 | Sec. 34-18.85. Training on identifying trafficking in | ||||||
15 | persons. Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, at least | ||||||
16 | once every 3 years, the board shall conduct in-service | ||||||
17 | training for all school district employees on how to identify | ||||||
18 | trafficking in persons under Section 10-9 of the Criminal Code | ||||||
19 | of 2012.
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20 | Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes | ||||||
21 | changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text | ||||||
22 | that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section | ||||||
23 | represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does | ||||||
24 | not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes |
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2 | Public Act.
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