Bill Text: IL HB3070 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Enrolled
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Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Provides that school guidance counselors, teachers, school social workers, and other school personnel who work with pupils in grades 7 through 12 shall be trained to identify the warning signs of mental illness and suicidal behavior (instead of just suicidal behavior).
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-1)
Status: (Passed) 2013-08-16 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0471 [HB3070 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HB3070-Enrolled.html
Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Provides that school guidance counselors, teachers, school social workers, and other school personnel who work with pupils in grades 7 through 12 shall be trained to identify the warning signs of mental illness and suicidal behavior (instead of just suicidal behavior).
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-1)
Status: (Passed) 2013-08-16 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0471 [HB3070 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HB3070-Enrolled.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 | 10-22.39 and 34-18.7 as follows:
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6 | (105 ILCS 5/10-22.39)
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7 | Sec. 10-22.39. In-service training programs. | ||||||
8 | (a) To conduct in-service training programs for teachers. | ||||||
9 | (b) In addition to
other topics at in-service training
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10 | programs, school guidance counselors, teachers, school social | ||||||
11 | workers, and
other school personnel who work with pupils in | ||||||
12 | grades 7 through 12 shall be
trained to identify the warning | ||||||
13 | signs of mental illness and suicidal behavior in adolescents
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14 | and teens and shall be taught appropriate intervention and | ||||||
15 | referral techniques.
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16 | (c) School guidance counselors, nurses, teachers and other | ||||||
17 | school personnel
who work with pupils may be trained to have a | ||||||
18 | basic knowledge of matters
relating to acquired | ||||||
19 | immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), including the nature
of the | ||||||
20 | disease, its causes and effects, the means of detecting it and
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21 | preventing its transmission, and the availability of | ||||||
22 | appropriate sources of
counseling and referral, and any other | ||||||
23 | information that may be appropriate
considering the age and |
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1 | grade level of such pupils. The School Board shall
supervise | ||||||
2 | such training. The State Board of Education and the Department
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3 | of Public Health shall jointly develop standards for such | ||||||
4 | training.
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5 | (d) In this subsection (d): | ||||||
6 | "Domestic violence" means abuse by a family or household | ||||||
7 | member, as "abuse" and "family or household members" are | ||||||
8 | defined in Section 103 of the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of | ||||||
9 | 1986. | ||||||
10 | "Sexual violence" means sexual assault, abuse, or stalking | ||||||
11 | of an adult or minor child proscribed in the Criminal Code of | ||||||
12 | 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012 in Sections 11-1.20, 11-1.30, | ||||||
13 | 11-1.40, 11-1.50, 11-1.60, 12-7.3, 12-7.4, 12-7.5, 12-12, | ||||||
14 | 12-13, 12-14, 12-14.1, 12-15, and 12-16, including sexual | ||||||
15 | violence committed by perpetrators who are strangers to the | ||||||
16 | victim and sexual violence committed by perpetrators who are | ||||||
17 | known or related by blood or marriage to the victim. | ||||||
18 | At least once every 2 years, an in-service training program | ||||||
19 | for school personnel who work with pupils, including, but not | ||||||
20 | limited to, school and school district administrators, | ||||||
21 | teachers, school guidance counselors, school social workers, | ||||||
22 | school counselors, school psychologists, and school nurses, | ||||||
23 | must be conducted by persons with expertise in domestic and | ||||||
24 | sexual violence and the needs of expectant and parenting youth | ||||||
25 | and shall include training concerning (i) communicating with | ||||||
26 | and listening to youth victims of domestic or sexual violence |
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1 | and expectant and parenting youth, (ii) connecting youth | ||||||
2 | victims of domestic or sexual violence and expectant and | ||||||
3 | parenting youth to appropriate in-school services and other | ||||||
4 | agencies, programs, and services as needed, and (iii) | ||||||
5 | implementing the school district's policies, procedures, and | ||||||
6 | protocols with regard to such youth, including | ||||||
7 | confidentiality. At a minimum, school personnel must be trained | ||||||
8 | to understand, provide information and referrals, and address | ||||||
9 | issues pertaining to youth who are parents, expectant parents, | ||||||
10 | or victims of domestic or sexual violence.
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11 | (e) At least every 2 years, an in-service training program | ||||||
12 | for school personnel who work with pupils must be conducted by | ||||||
13 | persons with expertise in anaphylactic reactions and | ||||||
14 | management.
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15 | (f) At least once every 2 years, a school board shall | ||||||
16 | conduct in-service training on educator ethics, | ||||||
17 | teacher-student conduct, and school employee-student conduct | ||||||
18 | for all personnel. | ||||||
19 | (Source: P.A. 96-349, eff. 8-13-09; 96-431, eff. 8-13-09; | ||||||
20 | 96-951, eff. 6-28-10; 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10; 96-1551, eff. | ||||||
21 | 7-1-11; 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13.)
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22 | (105 ILCS 5/34-18.7) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-18.7) | ||||||
23 | Sec. 34-18.7. Adolescent and teen mental illness and | ||||||
24 | suicide detection and intervention.
School guidance | ||||||
25 | counselors, teachers, school social workers, and other school |
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1 | personnel who work
with pupils in grades 7 through 12 shall be | ||||||
2 | trained to identify the warning
signs of mental illness and | ||||||
3 | suicidal behavior in adolescents and teens and shall be taught
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4 | various intervention techniques. Such training shall be | ||||||
5 | provided within
the framework of existing in-service training | ||||||
6 | programs offered by the Board or as part of the professional | ||||||
7 | development activities required under Section 21-14 of this | ||||||
8 | Code. | ||||||
9 | (Source: P.A. 96-951, eff. 6-28-10.)
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