Bill Text: IL HB5601 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Provides that, at least once every 2 years, a school board shall conduct an in-service training program for all school personnel on the identification of special needs in students and shall be taught appropriate referral techniques. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB5601 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB5601-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 HB5601 Introduced , by Rep. Melissa Conyears-Ervin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 5/10-22.39
105 ILCS 5/34-18.8a new
Amends the School Code. Provides that, at least once every 2 years, a school board shall conduct an in-service training program for all school personnel on the identification of special needs in students and shall be taught appropriate referral techniques. 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 Section
10-22.39 and by adding Section 34-18.8a as follows:
(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, 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 in adolescents
and teens and shall be taught appropriate intervention and
referral techniques.
(c) School guidance counselors, nurses, teachers and other
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

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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
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

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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.
(g) At least once every 2 years, a school board shall
conduct an in-service training program for all school personnel
on the identification of special needs in students and shall be
taught appropriate referral techniques.
(Source: P.A. 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13; 98-471, eff. 1-1-14.)
(105 ILCS 5/34-18.8a new)
Sec. 34-18.8a. In-service training program; special needs.

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The board shall conduct an in-service training program as
provided in subsection (g) of Section 10-22.39 of this Code at
least once every 2 years.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.