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State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB1197 Introduced 2/8/2011, by Rep. Monique D. Davis SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the School Code and the Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive Health
Education Act. Requires all schools, whether public or private, who are members of the Illinois High School Association to adopt a student athlete injury policy that provides that if a student athlete is injured during play and the coach suspects that the student might have a concussion, then the student is prohibited from returning to play until a physician licensed to practice medicine in all its branches, an advanced practice nurse, or a physician's assistant authorizes the student to return to play. Urges school boards to encourage their teachers and other school personnel who coach school athletic programs and other extracurricular school activities to acquire training in recognizing the symptoms of a concussion and the proper steps to take in suspected concussion cases.
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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 adding Section |
| 5 | | 22-65 as follows:
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| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/22-65 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 22-65. Student athlete injury policy. All schools, |
| 8 | | whether public or private, who are members of the Illinois High |
| 9 | | School Association shall adopt a student athlete injury policy |
| 10 | | that provides that if a student athlete is injured during play |
| 11 | | and the coach suspects that the student might have a |
| 12 | | concussion, then the student is prohibited from returning to |
| 13 | | play until a physician licensed to practice medicine in all its |
| 14 | | branches, an advanced practice nurse, or a physician's |
| 15 | | assistant authorizes the student to return to play.
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| 16 | | Section 10. The Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive |
| 17 | | Health
Education Act is amended by changing Section 3 as |
| 18 | | follows:
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| 19 | | (105 ILCS 110/3)
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| 20 | | Sec. 3. Comprehensive Health Education Program. The |
| 21 | | program established
under this Act shall include, but not be |
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| 1 | | limited to, the following major
educational areas as a basis |
| 2 | | for curricula in all elementary and secondary
schools in this |
| 3 | | State: human ecology and health, human growth and
development, |
| 4 | | the emotional, psychological, physiological, hygienic and
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| 5 | | social responsibilities of family life, including sexual |
| 6 | | abstinence until
marriage, prevention and control of disease, |
| 7 | | including instruction in
grades 6 through 12 on the prevention, |
| 8 | | transmission and spread of AIDS,
sexual assault awareness in |
| 9 | | secondary schools, public and environmental health, consumer |
| 10 | | health, safety education and
disaster survival, mental health |
| 11 | | and illness, personal health habits,
alcohol, drug use, and |
| 12 | | abuse including the medical and legal ramifications
of alcohol, |
| 13 | | drug, and tobacco use, abuse during pregnancy, sexual
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| 14 | | abstinence until marriage, tobacco, nutrition, and dental |
| 15 | | health. The program shall also provide course material and |
| 16 | | instruction to advise pupils of the Abandoned Newborn Infant |
| 17 | | Protection Act.
The program shall include information about |
| 18 | | cancer, including without limitation types of cancer, signs and |
| 19 | | symptoms, risk factors, the importance of early prevention and |
| 20 | | detection, and information on where to go for help. |
| 21 | | Notwithstanding the above educational areas, the following |
| 22 | | areas may also
be included as a basis for curricula in all |
| 23 | | elementary and secondary
schools in this State: basic first aid |
| 24 | | (including, but not limited to,
cardiopulmonary resuscitation |
| 25 | | and the Heimlich maneuver), heart disease, diabetes, stroke, |
| 26 | | the
prevention of child abuse, neglect, and suicide, and teen |
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| 1 | | dating violence in grades 8 through 12. |
| 2 | | The school board of each
public elementary and secondary |
| 3 | | school in the State
shall encourage all teachers and other |
| 4 | | school personnel to acquire,
develop, and maintain the |
| 5 | | knowledge and skills necessary to properly
administer |
| 6 | | life-saving techniques, including without limitation the
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| 7 | | Heimlich maneuver and rescue breathing.
The training shall be |
| 8 | | in
accordance with standards of the
American Red Cross, the |
| 9 | | American Heart Association, or another nationally
recognized |
| 10 | | certifying organization.
A school board may use the
services of |
| 11 | | non-governmental entities whose personnel have expertise in
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| 12 | | life-saving techniques to instruct teachers and other school |
| 13 | | personnel in
these techniques. Each school board
is encouraged |
| 14 | | to have in
its employ, or on its volunteer staff, at least one |
| 15 | | person who is certified, by
the American Red Cross or by |
| 16 | | another qualified certifying agency,
as qualified to |
| 17 | | administer first aid and
cardiopulmonary resuscitation. In |
| 18 | | addition, each school board is authorized to
allocate |
| 19 | | appropriate portions of its institute or inservice days to |
| 20 | | conduct
training programs for teachers and other school |
| 21 | | personnel who have expressed an
interest in becoming qualified |
| 22 | | to administer emergency first aid or
cardiopulmonary |
| 23 | | resuscitation. School boards are urged to
encourage their |
| 24 | | teachers and other school personnel who coach school athletic
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| 25 | | programs and other extracurricular school activities (i) to |
| 26 | | acquire, develop, and
maintain the knowledge and skills |
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| 1 | | necessary to properly administer first aid
and cardiopulmonary |
| 2 | | resuscitation in accordance with standards and requirements
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| 3 | | established by the American Red Cross or another qualified |
| 4 | | certifying agency and (ii) to acquire training in recognizing |
| 5 | | the symptoms of a concussion and the proper steps to take in |
| 6 | | suspected concussion cases. Subject to appropriation, the |
| 7 | | State Board of Education shall establish and administer a |
| 8 | | matching grant program to pay for half of the cost that a |
| 9 | | school district incurs in training those teachers and other |
| 10 | | school personnel who express an interest in becoming qualified |
| 11 | | to administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation (which training |
| 12 | | must be in
accordance with standards of the
American Red Cross, |
| 13 | | the American Heart Association, or another nationally
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| 14 | | recognized certifying organization) or in learning how to use |
| 15 | | an automated external defibrillator. A school district that |
| 16 | | applies for a grant must demonstrate that it has funds to pay |
| 17 | | half of the cost of the training for which matching grant money |
| 18 | | is sought. The State Board of Education shall award the grants |
| 19 | | on a first-come, first-serve basis.
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| 20 | | No pupil shall be
required to take or participate in any |
| 21 | | class or course on AIDS or family
life instruction if his |
| 22 | | parent or guardian submits written objection
thereto, and |
| 23 | | refusal to take or participate in the course or program shall
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| 24 | | not be reason for suspension or expulsion of the pupil.
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| 25 | | Curricula developed under programs established in |
| 26 | | accordance with this
Act in the major educational area of |
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| 1 | | alcohol and drug use and abuse shall
include classroom |
| 2 | | instruction in grades 5 through 12. The instruction,
which |
| 3 | | shall include matters relating to both the physical and legal |
| 4 | | effects
and ramifications of drug and substance abuse, shall be |
| 5 | | integrated into
existing curricula; and the State Board of |
| 6 | | Education shall develop and make
available to all elementary |
| 7 | | and secondary schools in this State
instructional materials and |
| 8 | | guidelines which will assist the schools in
incorporating the |
| 9 | | instruction into their existing curricula. In
addition, school |
| 10 | | districts may offer, as part of existing curricula during
the |
| 11 | | school day or as part of an after school program, support |
| 12 | | services and
instruction for pupils or pupils whose parent, |
| 13 | | parents, or guardians are
chemically dependent.
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| 14 | | (Source: P.A. 95-43, eff. 1-1-08; 95-764, eff. 1-1-09; 96-128, |
| 15 | | eff. 1-1-10; 96-328, eff. 8-11-09; 96-383, eff. 1-1-10; |
| 16 | | 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10.)
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