Bill Text: IL HB3387 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Amends the School Code. In a Section concerning the School Bullying Prevention Task Force, requires the State Board of Education to convene the Task Force to continue to monitor bullying in schools and to consider any additional recommendations subsequent to the submission of its report to the Governor and the General Assembly, which recommendations must be submitted in a report to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 30, 2013. Repeals the Section on December 31, 2013 (instead of March 2, 2011). Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB3387 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HB3387-Amended.html
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3387
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3387 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | "Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section | ||||||
| 5 | 27-23.9a as follows:
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| 6 | (105 ILCS 5/27-23.9a new) | ||||||
| 7 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2013) | ||||||
| 8 | Sec. 27-23.9a. School Bullying Prevention Task Force. | ||||||
| 9 | (a) In this Section, "Task Force" means the School Bullying | ||||||
| 10 | Prevention Task Force. | ||||||
| 11 | (b) The Task Force is created and charged with exploring | ||||||
| 12 | the causes and consequences of bullying in schools in this | ||||||
| 13 | State, identifying promising practices that reduce incidences | ||||||
| 14 | of bullying, highlighting training and technical assistance | ||||||
| 15 | opportunities for schools to effectively address bullying, | ||||||
| 16 | evaluating the effectiveness of schools' current anti-bullying | ||||||
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| 1 | policies and other bullying prevention programs, and other | ||||||
| 2 | related issues. | ||||||
| 3 | (c) Within 60 days after the effective date of this | ||||||
| 4 | amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, the State | ||||||
| 5 | Superintendent of Education shall appoint 15 members to the | ||||||
| 6 | Task Force. The membership of the Task Force shall include | ||||||
| 7 | representatives of State agencies whose work includes bullying | ||||||
| 8 | prevention or intervention; statewide organizations that focus | ||||||
| 9 | on violence or bullying prevention or intervention; teachers | ||||||
| 10 | and management personnel from at least 3 school districts; | ||||||
| 11 | academics who conduct research on bullying, its consequences to | ||||||
| 12 | students in grades K through 12, or effective strategies for | ||||||
| 13 | preventing or addressing bullying; a current high school or | ||||||
| 14 | college student who has experienced bullying; and others at the | ||||||
| 15 | State Superintendent's discretion. Members of the Task Force | ||||||
| 16 | shall serve without compensation. | ||||||
| 17 | (d) The State Board of Education shall provide technical | ||||||
| 18 | assistance for the work of the Task Force. | ||||||
| 19 | (e) No later than December 30, 2013, the Task Force shall | ||||||
| 20 | submit a report to the Governor and the General Assembly on any | ||||||
| 21 | recommendations for preventing and addressing bullying in | ||||||
| 22 | schools in this State and a proposed timeline for meeting the | ||||||
| 23 | Task Force's charges identified in this Section. | ||||||
| 24 | (f) This Section is repealed on December 31, 2013.
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| 25 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
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| 1 | becoming law.".
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