Bill Text: IL HB2105 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Requires a school board to adopt a mass incident policy and procedure guide that outlines the procedures that must be followed if a mass incident occurs within a school; defines "mass incident". Provides that the guide must include a plan for treating a child's trauma after a mass incident. Effective immediately.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-29 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB2105 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB2105-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 adding Sections | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 10-20.69 and 34-18.61 as follows:
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| 6 | (105 ILCS 5/10-20.69 new) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Sec. 10-20.69. Mass incident policy and procedure guide. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | (a) In this Section, "mass incident" means a traumatic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | event involving 10 or more children as victims or witnesses, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | including a school shooting or sexual assault. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | (b) Each school board must adopt a mass incident policy and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | procedure guide that outlines the procedures that must be | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | followed if a mass incident occurs within a school. The guide | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | must include a plan for treating a child's trauma after a mass | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | incident.
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| 16 | (105 ILCS 5/34-18.61 new) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | Sec. 34-18.61. Mass incident policy and procedure guide. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | (a) In this Section, "mass incident" means a traumatic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | event involving 10 or more children as victims or witnesses, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | including a school shooting or sexual assault. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | (b) The board must adopt a mass incident policy and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | procedure guide that outlines the procedures that must be | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | followed if a mass incident occurs within a school. The guide | ||||||
| 2 | must include a plan for treating a child's trauma after a mass | ||||||
| 3 | incident.
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| 4 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 5 | becoming law.
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