Bill Text: IL HB3928 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Amends the Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive Health Education Act. Adds e-cigarettes and other vapor devices as one of the educational areas the Comprehensive Health Education Program must include. Effective immediately.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-23 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3928 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB3928-Engrossed.html

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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 Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive
Health Education Act is amended by changing Section 3 as
follows:
(105 ILCS 110/3)
(Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 101-305)
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 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; , alcohol and , drug use, and abuse,

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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 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

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school personnel to acquire, develop, and maintain the
knowledge and skills necessary to properly administer
life-saving techniques, including without limitation the
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
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
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
established by the American Red Cross or another qualified

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certifying agency. Subject to appropriation, the State Board of
Education shall establish and administer a matching grant
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
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.
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.
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

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shall include matters relating to both the physical and legal
effects and ramifications of drug and substance abuse, shall 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.
(Source: P.A. 97-1147, eff. 1-24-13; 98-190, eff. 8-6-13;
98-441, eff. 1-1-14; 98-632, eff. 7-1-14; 98-756, eff.
7-16-14.)
(Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 101-305)
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 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

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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; , 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
promote health, well-being, and human dignity. 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

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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
life-saving techniques, including without limitation the
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
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

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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
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
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
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
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.
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

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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.
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 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.
(Source: P.A. 101-305, eff. 1-1-20.)
Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes
changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text
that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section
represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does

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not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes
made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other
Public Act.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.