Bill Text: IL HB2545 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the School Code. With regard to training to identify the warning signs of mental illness and suicidal behavior, requires all personnel (rather than specific personnel) to undergo the training annually. Beginning with the 2017-2018 school year, requires this training to include a school district's policy on suicide awareness and prevention; makes related changes. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB2545 Detail]

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 HB2545 Introduced , by Rep. C.D. Davidsmeyer SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 5/2-3.166
105 ILCS 5/10-22.39
105 ILCS 5/34-18.7 from Ch. 122, par. 34-18.7
Amends the School Code. With regard to training to identify the warning signs of mental illness and suicidal behavior, requires all personnel (rather than specific personnel) to undergo the training annually. Beginning with the 2017-2018 school year, requires this training to include a school district's policy on suicide awareness and prevention; makes related changes. Effective immediately.
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AN ACT concerning education.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections
2-3.166, 10-22.39, and 34-18.7 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/2-3.166)
Sec. 2-3.166. Youth suicide awareness and prevention.
(a) This Section may be referred to as Ann Marie's Law.
(b) The State Board of Education shall do both of the
following:
(1) In consultation with a youth suicide prevention
organization operating in this State and organizations
representing school boards and school personnel, develop a
model youth suicide awareness and prevention policy that is
consistent with subsection (c) of this Section.
(2) Compile, develop, and post on its publicly
accessible Internet website both of the following, which
may include materials already publicly available:
(A) Recommended guidelines and educational
materials for training and professional development.
(B) Recommended resources and age-appropriate
educational materials on youth suicide awareness and
prevention.

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(c) The model policy developed by the State Board of
Education under subsection (b) of this Section and any policy
adopted by a school board under subsection (d) of this Section
shall include all of the following:
(1) A statement on youth suicide awareness and
prevention.
(2) Protocols for administering youth suicide
awareness and prevention education to staff and students.
(3) Methods of prevention, including procedures for
early identification and referral of students at risk of
suicide.
(4) Methods of intervention, including procedures that
address an emotional or mental health safety plan for
students identified as being at increased risk of suicide.
(5) Methods of responding to a student or staff suicide
or suicide attempt.
(6) Reporting procedures.
(7) Recommended resources on youth suicide awareness
and prevention programs, including current contact
information for such programs.
(d) Beginning with the 2015-2016 school year, each school
board shall review and update its current suicide awareness and
prevention policy to be consistent with subsection (c) of this
Section or adopt an age-appropriate youth suicide awareness and
prevention policy consistent with subsection (c) of this
Section, inform each school district employee and the parent or

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legal guardian of each student enrolled in the school district
of such policy, and post such policy on the school district's
publicly accessible Internet website. The policy adopted by a
school board under this subsection (d) may be based upon the
model policy developed by the State Board of Education under
subsection (b) of this Section.
Beginning with the 2017-2018 school year, each school board
shall annually conduct training for all school personnel on the
district's policy adopted under this subsection (d), in
accordance with Section 10-22.39 or 34-18.7, as applicable.
(Source: P.A. 99-443, eff. 8-21-15; 99-642, eff. 7-28-16.)
(105 ILCS 5/10-22.39)
Sec. 10-22.39. In-service training programs.
(a) To conduct in-service training programs for teachers.
(b) In addition to other topics at in-service training
programs, all school personnel school guidance counselors,
teachers, school social workers, and other school personnel who
work with pupils in grades 7 through 12 shall be trained
annually to identify the warning signs of mental illness and
suicidal behavior in adolescents and teens and shall be taught
appropriate intervention and referral techniques. Beginning
with the 2017-2018 school year, this training shall include the
policy on suicide awareness and prevention adopted under
subsection (d) of Section 2-3.166 of this Code.
(c) School guidance counselors, nurses, teachers and other

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school personnel who work with pupils may be trained to have a
basic knowledge of matters relating to acquired
immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), including the nature of the
disease, its causes and effects, the means of detecting it and
preventing its transmission, and the availability of
appropriate sources of counseling and referral, and any other
information that may be appropriate considering the age and
grade level of such pupils. The School Board shall supervise
such training. The State Board of Education and the Department
of Public Health shall jointly develop standards for such
training.
(d) In this subsection (d):
"Domestic violence" means abuse by a family or household
member, as "abuse" and "family or household members" are
defined in Section 103 of the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of
1986.
"Sexual violence" means sexual assault, abuse, or stalking
of an adult or minor child proscribed in the Criminal Code of
1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012 in Sections 11-1.20, 11-1.30,
11-1.40, 11-1.50, 11-1.60, 12-7.3, 12-7.4, 12-7.5, 12-12,
12-13, 12-14, 12-14.1, 12-15, and 12-16, including sexual
violence committed by perpetrators who are strangers to the
victim and sexual violence committed by perpetrators who are
known or related by blood or marriage to the victim.
At least once every 2 years, an in-service training program
for school personnel who work with pupils, including, but not

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limited to, school and school district administrators,
teachers, school guidance counselors, school social workers,
school counselors, school psychologists, and school nurses,
must be conducted by persons with expertise in domestic and
sexual violence and the needs of expectant and parenting youth
and shall include training concerning (i) communicating with
and listening to youth victims of domestic or sexual violence
and expectant and parenting youth, (ii) connecting youth
victims of domestic or sexual violence and expectant and
parenting youth to appropriate in-school services and other
agencies, programs, and services as needed, and (iii)
implementing the school district's policies, procedures, and
protocols with regard to such youth, including
confidentiality. At a minimum, school personnel must be trained
to understand, provide information and referrals, and address
issues pertaining to youth who are parents, expectant parents,
or victims of domestic or sexual violence.
(e) At least every 2 years, an in-service training program
for school personnel who work with pupils must be conducted by
persons with expertise in anaphylactic reactions and
management.
(f) At least once every 2 years, a school board shall
conduct in-service training on educator ethics,
teacher-student conduct, and school employee-student conduct
for all personnel.
(Source: P.A. 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13; 98-471, eff. 1-1-14.)

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(105 ILCS 5/34-18.7) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-18.7)
Sec. 34-18.7. Adolescent and teen mental illness and
suicide detection and intervention. All school personnel
employed under this Article School guidance counselors,
teachers, school social workers, and other school personnel who
work with pupils in grades 7 through 12 shall be trained
annually to identify the warning signs of mental illness and
suicidal behavior in adolescents and teens and shall be taught
various intervention techniques. Beginning with the 2017-2018
school year, this training shall include the policy on suicide
awareness and prevention adopted under subsection (d) of
Section 2-3.166 of this Code. The Such training shall be
provided within the framework of existing in-service training
programs offered by the Board or as part of the professional
development activities required under Section 21-14 of this
Code.
(Source: P.A. 98-471, eff. 1-1-14.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.