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| Public Act 103-0365
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| HB3924 Enrolled | LRB103 27675 RJT 54052 b |
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AN ACT concerning education.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section |
27-13.2 as follows:
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(105 ILCS 5/27-13.2) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-13.2)
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Sec. 27-13.2. Required instruction. |
(a) In every public school there
shall be instruction, |
study, and discussion of effective methods by which
pupils may |
recognize the danger of and avoid abduction, and in every
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public school maintaining any of grades kindergarten through |
8, there shall
be, for such grades, instruction, study, and |
discussion of effective
methods for the prevention and |
avoidance of drugs and the dangers of opioid and substance |
abuse.
School boards may
include such required instruction, |
study, and discussion in the courses of
study regularly taught |
in the public schools of their respective districts;
provided, |
however, that such instruction shall be given each year to all
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pupils in grades kindergarten through 8. The State |
Superintendent of
Education may prepare and make available to |
all public and non-public
schools instructional materials |
which may be used by such schools
as guidelines for |
development of a program of instruction
under this subsection |
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(a) Section; provided, however, that each school board shall
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itself determine the minimum amount of instruction time which |
shall qualify
as a program of instruction
which will
satisfy |
the requirements of this subsection (a) Section.
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The State Superintendent of Education, in cooperation with |
the
Department of Children and Family Services, shall prepare |
and disseminate
to all public schools and non-public schools, |
information on instructional
materials and programs about |
child sexual abuse which may be used by such
schools for their |
own or community programs. Such information may also be
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disseminated by such schools to parents.
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(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) the foregoing |
provisions of this Section, no pupil in
any of grades |
kindergarten through 8 shall be required to take or
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participate in any class or course providing instruction in |
recognizing and
avoiding sexual abuse if the parent or |
guardian of the pupil submits
written objection thereto; and |
refusal to take or participate in such class
or course after |
such written objection is made shall not be reason for
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failing, suspending or expelling such pupil. Each school board |
intending
to offer any such class or course to pupils in any of |
grades kindergarten
through 8 shall give not less than 5 days |
written notice to the parents or
guardians of such pupils |
before commencing the class or course.
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(c) Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, in every |
State-required health course for grades 9 through 12,
a school |
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district shall provide instruction, study, and discussion on |
the dangers of fentanyl.
Information for the instruction, |
study, and discussion of fentanyl shall come
from information |
provided by the National Institutes of Health, the United |
States Drug
Enforcement Administration, or the United States |
Department of Health and Human
Services. This instruction, |
study, and discussion shall include, at a
minimum, all of the |
following: |
(1) Information on fentanyl itself, including an |
explanation of the differences between synthetic and |
nonsynthetic opioids and illicit drugs, the variations of |
fentanyl itself, and the differences between the legal and |
illegal uses of fentanyl. |
(2) The side effects and the risk factors of using |
fentanyl, along with information comparing the lethal |
amounts of fentanyl to other drugs. Information on the |
risk factors may include, but is not limited to: |
(A) the lethal dose of fentanyl; |
(B) how often fentanyl is placed in drugs without |
a person's knowledge; |
(C) an explanation of what fentanyl does to a |
person's body and the severity of fentanyl's addictive |
properties; and |
(D) how the consumption of fentanyl can lead to |
hypoxia, as well as an explanation of what hypoxia |
precisely does to a person's body. |
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(3) Details about the process of lacing fentanyl in |
other drugs and why drugs get laced with fentanyl. |
(4) Details about how to detect fentanyl in drugs and |
how to save someone from an overdose of fentanyl, which |
shall include: |
(A) how to buy and use fentanyl test strips; |
(B) how to buy and use naloxone, either through a |
nasal spray or an injection; and |
(C) how to detect if someone is overdosing on |
fentanyl. |
Students shall be assessed on the instruction required |
under this subsection (c). The assessment may include, but is |
not limited to: |
(1) the differences between synthetic and nonsynthetic |
drugs; |
(2) hypoxia; |
(3) the effects of fentanyl on a person's body; |
(4) the lethal dose of fentanyl; and |
(5) how to detect and prevent overdoses. |
The instruction required under this subsection (c) shall |
be taught by a licensed educator, school
nurse, or school |
counselor. |
(Source: P.A. 102-195, eff. 7-30-21.)
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Section 10. The Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive |
Health
Education Act is amended by changing Section 3 as |
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follows:
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(105 ILCS 110/3)
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Sec. 3. Comprehensive Health Education Program. The |
program established
under this Act shall include, but not be |
limited to, the following major
educational areas as a basis |
for curricula in all elementary and secondary
schools in this |
State: human ecology and health; human growth and
development; |
the emotional, psychological, physiological, hygienic, and
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social responsibilities of family life, including sexual |
abstinence until
marriage; the prevention and control of |
disease, including instruction in
grades 6 through 12 on the |
prevention, transmission, and spread of AIDS; age-appropriate |
sexual abuse and assault awareness and prevention education in |
grades pre-kindergarten through 12; public and environmental |
health; consumer health; safety education and
disaster |
survival; mental health and illness; personal health habits;
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alcohol and drug use and abuse, including the medical and |
legal ramifications
of alcohol, drug, and tobacco use; abuse |
during pregnancy; evidence-based and medically accurate |
information regarding sexual
abstinence; tobacco and |
e-cigarettes and other vapor devices; nutrition; and dental |
health. The instruction on mental health and illness must |
evaluate the multiple dimensions of health by reviewing the |
relationship between physical and mental health so as to |
enhance student understanding, attitudes, and behaviors that |
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promote health, well-being, and human dignity and must include |
how and where to find mental health resources and specialized |
treatment in the State. The program shall also provide course |
material and instruction to advise pupils of the Abandoned |
Newborn Infant Protection Act.
The program shall include |
information about cancer, including, without limitation, types |
of cancer, signs and symptoms, risk factors, the importance of |
early prevention and detection, and information on where to go |
for help. Notwithstanding the above educational areas, the |
following areas may also
be included as a basis for curricula |
in all elementary and secondary
schools in this State: basic |
first aid (including, but not limited to,
cardiopulmonary |
resuscitation and the Heimlich maneuver), heart disease, |
diabetes, stroke, the
prevention of child abuse, neglect, and |
suicide, and teen dating violence in grades 7 through 12. |
Beginning with the 2014-2015 school year, training on how to |
properly administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation (which |
training must be in accordance with standards of the American |
Red Cross, the American Heart Association, or another |
nationally recognized certifying organization) and how to use |
an automated external defibrillator shall be included as a |
basis for curricula in all secondary schools in this State. |
The school board of each
public elementary and secondary |
school in the State
shall encourage all teachers and other |
school personnel to acquire,
develop, and maintain the |
knowledge and skills necessary to properly
administer |
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life-saving techniques, including, without limitation, the
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Heimlich maneuver and rescue breathing.
The training shall be |
in
accordance with standards of the
American Red Cross, the |
American Heart Association, or another nationally
recognized |
certifying organization.
A school board may use the
services |
of non-governmental entities whose personnel have expertise in
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life-saving techniques to instruct teachers and other school |
personnel in
these techniques. Each school board
is encouraged |
to have in
its employ, or on its volunteer staff, at least one |
person who is certified, by
the American Red Cross or by |
another qualified certifying agency,
as qualified to |
administer first aid and
cardiopulmonary resuscitation. In |
addition, each school board is authorized to
allocate |
appropriate portions of its institute or inservice days to |
conduct
training programs for teachers and other school |
personnel who have expressed an
interest in becoming qualified |
to administer emergency first aid or
cardiopulmonary |
resuscitation. School boards are urged to
encourage their |
teachers and other school personnel who coach school athletic
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programs and other extracurricular school activities to |
acquire, develop, and
maintain the knowledge and skills |
necessary to properly administer first aid
and cardiopulmonary |
resuscitation in accordance with standards and requirements
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established by the American Red Cross or another qualified |
certifying agency. Subject to appropriation, the State Board |
of Education shall establish and administer a matching grant |
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program to pay for half of the cost that a school district |
incurs in training those teachers and other school personnel |
who express an interest in becoming qualified to administer |
cardiopulmonary resuscitation (which training must be in
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accordance with standards of the
American Red Cross, the |
American Heart Association, or another nationally
recognized |
certifying organization) or in learning how to use an |
automated external defibrillator. A school district that |
applies for a grant must demonstrate that it has funds to pay |
half of the cost of the training for which matching grant money |
is sought. The State Board of Education shall award the grants |
on a first-come, first-serve basis.
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No pupil shall be
required to take or participate in any |
class or course on AIDS or family
life instruction or to |
receive training on how to properly administer cardiopulmonary |
resuscitation or how to use an automated external |
defibrillator if his or her parent or guardian submits written |
objection
thereto, and refusal to take or participate in the |
course or program or the training shall
not be reason for |
suspension or expulsion of the pupil.
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Curricula developed under programs established in |
accordance with this
Act in the major educational area of |
alcohol and drug use and abuse shall
include classroom |
instruction in grades 5 through 12. The instruction,
which |
shall include matters relating to both the physical and legal |
effects
and ramifications of drug and substance abuse, shall |
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be integrated into
existing curricula; and the State Board of |
Education shall develop and make
available to all elementary |
and secondary schools in this State
instructional materials |
and guidelines which will assist the schools in
incorporating |
the instruction into their existing curricula. In
addition, |
school districts may offer, as part of existing curricula |
during
the school day or as part of an after school program, |
support services and
instruction for pupils or pupils whose |
parent, parents, or guardians are
chemically dependent. |
Curricula developed under programs established in accordance |
with this
Act in the major educational area of alcohol and drug |
use and abuse shall
include the instruction, study, and |
discussion required under subsection (c) of Section 27-13.2 of |
the School Code.
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(Source: P.A. 101-305, eff. 1-1-20; 102-464, eff. 8-20-21; |
102-558, eff. 8-20-21; 102-1034, eff. 1-1-23.)
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