103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB3247

 

Introduced 2/17/2023, by Rep. Nabeela Syed

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
105 ILCS 110/3

    Amends the Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive Health Education Act. Provides that safety around icy bodies of water shall be included in the Comprehensive Health Education Program in grades pre-kindergarten through 8.


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STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT
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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning education.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive
5Health Education Act is amended by changing Section 3 as
6follows:
 
7    (105 ILCS 110/3)
8    Sec. 3. Comprehensive Health Education Program. The
9program established under this Act shall include, but not be
10limited to, the following major educational areas as a basis
11for curricula in all elementary and secondary schools in this
12State: human ecology and health; human growth and development;
13the emotional, psychological, physiological, hygienic, and
14social responsibilities of family life, including sexual
15abstinence until marriage; the prevention and control of
16disease, including instruction in grades 6 through 12 on the
17prevention, transmission, and spread of AIDS; age-appropriate
18sexual abuse and assault awareness and prevention education in
19grades pre-kindergarten through 12; public and environmental
20health; consumer health; safety education and disaster
21survival; mental health and illness; personal health habits;
22alcohol and drug use and abuse, including the medical and
23legal ramifications of alcohol, drug, and tobacco use; abuse

 

 

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1during pregnancy; evidence-based and medically accurate
2information regarding sexual abstinence; tobacco and
3e-cigarettes and other vapor devices; nutrition; safety around
4icy bodies of water in grades pre-kindergarten through 8; and
5dental health. The instruction on mental health and illness
6must evaluate the multiple dimensions of health by reviewing
7the relationship between physical and mental health so as to
8enhance student understanding, attitudes, and behaviors that
9promote health, well-being, and human dignity and must include
10how and where to find mental health resources and specialized
11treatment in the State. The program shall also provide course
12material and instruction to advise pupils of the Abandoned
13Newborn Infant Protection Act. The program shall include
14information about cancer, including, without limitation, types
15of cancer, signs and symptoms, risk factors, the importance of
16early prevention and detection, and information on where to go
17for help. Notwithstanding the above educational areas, the
18following areas may also be included as a basis for curricula
19in all elementary and secondary schools in this State: basic
20first aid (including, but not limited to, cardiopulmonary
21resuscitation and the Heimlich maneuver), heart disease,
22diabetes, stroke, the prevention of child abuse, neglect, and
23suicide, and teen dating violence in grades 7 through 12.
24Beginning with the 2014-2015 school year, training on how to
25properly administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation (which
26training must be in accordance with standards of the American

 

 

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1Red Cross, the American Heart Association, or another
2nationally recognized certifying organization) and how to use
3an automated external defibrillator shall be included as a
4basis for curricula in all secondary schools in this State.
5    The school board of each public elementary and secondary
6school in the State shall encourage all teachers and other
7school personnel to acquire, develop, and maintain the
8knowledge and skills necessary to properly administer
9life-saving techniques, including, without limitation, the
10Heimlich maneuver and rescue breathing. The training shall be
11in accordance with standards of the American Red Cross, the
12American Heart Association, or another nationally recognized
13certifying organization. A school board may use the services
14of non-governmental entities whose personnel have expertise in
15life-saving techniques to instruct teachers and other school
16personnel in these techniques. Each school board is encouraged
17to have in its employ, or on its volunteer staff, at least one
18person who is certified, by the American Red Cross or by
19another qualified certifying agency, as qualified to
20administer first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation. In
21addition, each school board is authorized to allocate
22appropriate portions of its institute or inservice days to
23conduct training programs for teachers and other school
24personnel who have expressed an interest in becoming qualified
25to administer emergency first aid or cardiopulmonary
26resuscitation. School boards are urged to encourage their

 

 

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1teachers and other school personnel who coach school athletic
2programs and other extracurricular school activities to
3acquire, develop, and maintain the knowledge and skills
4necessary to properly administer first aid and cardiopulmonary
5resuscitation in accordance with standards and requirements
6established by the American Red Cross or another qualified
7certifying agency. Subject to appropriation, the State Board
8of Education shall establish and administer a matching grant
9program to pay for half of the cost that a school district
10incurs in training those teachers and other school personnel
11who express an interest in becoming qualified to administer
12cardiopulmonary resuscitation (which training must be in
13accordance with standards of the American Red Cross, the
14American Heart Association, or another nationally recognized
15certifying organization) or in learning how to use an
16automated external defibrillator. A school district that
17applies for a grant must demonstrate that it has funds to pay
18half of the cost of the training for which matching grant money
19is sought. The State Board of Education shall award the grants
20on a first-come, first-serve basis.
21    No pupil shall be required to take or participate in any
22class or course on AIDS or family life instruction or to
23receive training on how to properly administer cardiopulmonary
24resuscitation or how to use an automated external
25defibrillator if his or her parent or guardian submits written
26objection thereto, and refusal to take or participate in the

 

 

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1course or program or the training shall not be reason for
2suspension or expulsion of the pupil.
3    Curricula developed under programs established in
4accordance with this Act in the major educational area of
5alcohol and drug use and abuse shall include classroom
6instruction in grades 5 through 12. The instruction, which
7shall include matters relating to both the physical and legal
8effects and ramifications of drug and substance abuse, shall
9be integrated into existing curricula; and the State Board of
10Education shall develop and make available to all elementary
11and secondary schools in this State instructional materials
12and guidelines which will assist the schools in incorporating
13the instruction into their existing curricula. In addition,
14school districts may offer, as part of existing curricula
15during the school day or as part of an after school program,
16support services and instruction for pupils or pupils whose
17parent, parents, or guardians are chemically dependent.
18(Source: P.A. 101-305, eff. 1-1-20; 102-464, eff. 8-20-21;
19102-558, eff. 8-20-21; 102-1034, eff. 1-1-23.)