Bill Text: IL HB0017 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Urges, under a school board's policies and rules concerning infectious disease, school boards to allow students to wash their hands with a soap or detergent if they wish to do so.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB0017 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HB0017-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning education.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 | 10-21.11 and 34-18.13 as follows:
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6 | (105 ILCS 5/10-21.11) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-21.11)
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7 | Sec. 10-21.11. Infectious disease policies and rules. To
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8 | develop policies and adopt rules relating to the appropriate | |||||||||||||||||||||
9 | manner of
managing children with chronic infectious diseases, | |||||||||||||||||||||
10 | not inconsistent with
guidelines published by the State Board | |||||||||||||||||||||
11 | of Education and the Illinois
Department of Public Health. Such | |||||||||||||||||||||
12 | policies and rules must include
evaluation of students with a | |||||||||||||||||||||
13 | chronic infectious disease on an individual
case-by-case | |||||||||||||||||||||
14 | basis, and may include different provisions for different age
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15 | groups, classes of instruction, types of educational | |||||||||||||||||||||
16 | institution,
and other reasonable classifications,
as the | |||||||||||||||||||||
17 | school board may find appropriate. School boards are urged, | |||||||||||||||||||||
18 | under these policies and rules, to allow students to wash their | |||||||||||||||||||||
19 | hands with a soap or detergent if they wish to do so.
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20 | This requirement applies to all school districts and public | |||||||||||||||||||||
21 | schools of
this State, including special charter districts, | |||||||||||||||||||||
22 | Department of Corrections
school districts, laboratory schools | |||||||||||||||||||||
23 | operated by the governing board of a
public university, and |
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1 | alternative schools operated by a regional
superintendent of | ||||||
2 | schools.
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3 | (Source: P.A. 86-890; 86-1028.)
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4 | (105 ILCS 5/34-18.13) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-18.13)
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5 | Sec. 34-18.13. Infectious disease policies and rules. The | ||||||
6 | Board of
Education shall develop policies and adopt rules | ||||||
7 | relating to the
appropriate manner of managing children with | ||||||
8 | chronic infectious diseases,
not inconsistent with guidelines | ||||||
9 | published by the State Board of Education
and the Illinois | ||||||
10 | Department of Public Health. Such policies and rules must
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11 | include evaluation of students with a chronic infectious | ||||||
12 | disease on an
individual case-by-case basis, and may include | ||||||
13 | different provisions for
different age groups, classes of | ||||||
14 | instruction, types of educational
institution, and other | ||||||
15 | reasonable classifications, as the Board may find
appropriate. | ||||||
16 | The Board is urged, under these policies and rules, to allow | ||||||
17 | students to wash their hands with a soap or detergent if they | ||||||
18 | wish to do so.
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19 | (Source: P.A. 86-890; 86-1028.)
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