Bill Text: IL SB1721 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in the Section concerning medical cannabis.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Failed) 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB1721 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-SB1721-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 SB1721 Introduced 2/15/2019, by Sen. Cristina Castro SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 5/22-33
Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in the Section concerning medical cannabis.
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A BILL FOR
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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
22-33 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/22-33)
Sec. 22-33. Medical cannabis.
(a) This Section may be referred to as Ashley's Law.
(a-5) In this Section, "designated caregiver", "medical
cannabis infused product", "qualifying patient", and
"registered" have the meanings given to those terms under
Section 10 of the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot
Program Act.
(b) Subject to the the restrictions under subsections (c)
through (g) of this Section, a school district, public school,
charter school, or nonpublic school shall authorize a parent or
guardian or any other individual registered with the Department
of Public Health as a designated caregiver of a student who is
a registered qualifying patient to administer a medical
cannabis infused product to the student on the premises of the
child's school or on the child's school bus if both the student
(as a registered qualifying patient) and the parent or guardian
or other individual (as a registered designated caregiver) have

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been issued registry identification cards under the
Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot Program Act. After
administering the product, the parent or guardian or other
individual shall remove the product from the school premises or
the school bus.
(c) A parent or guardian or other individual may not
administer a medical cannabis infused product under this
Section in a manner that, in the opinion of the school district
or school, would create a disruption to the school's
educational environment or would cause exposure of the product
to other students.
(d) A school district or school may not discipline a
student who is administered a medical cannabis infused product
by a parent or guardian or other individual under this Section
and may not deny the student's eligibility to attend school
solely because the student requires the administration of the
product.
(e) Nothing in this Section requires a member of a school's
staff to administer a medical cannabis infused product to a
student.
(f) A school district, public school, charter school, or
nonpublic school may not authorize the use of a medical
cannabis infused product under this Section if the school
district or school would lose federal funding as a result of
the authorization.
(g) A school district, public school, charter school, or

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nonpublic school shall adopt a policy to implement this
Section.
(Source: P.A. 100-660, eff. 8-1-18.)