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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 School Code is amended  by changing Section 
527-17 as follows:
 



6    (105 ILCS 5/27-17)  (from Ch. 122, par. 27-17)



7    Sec. 27-17. Safety education. School boards of public 
8schools and all boards in charge of
educational institutions 
9supported wholly or partially by the State may
provide 
10instruction in safety education in all grades and include such

11instruction in the courses of study regularly taught therein.

12    In this section "safety education" means and includes 
13instruction in
the following:

14        1.  automobile safety, including traffic regulations, 
15    highway
safety, and the consequences of alcohol 
16    consumption and the operation of a motor vehicle;

17        2.  safety in the home, including safe gun storage;

18        3.  safety in connection with recreational activities;

19        4. safety in and around school buildings; 

20        5. safety in connection with vocational work or 
21    training;

22        6. cardio-pulmonary resuscitation for students 
23    enrolled in grades 9 through 11; and

 
 
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1        7. for students enrolled in grades 6 through 8, 
2    cardio-pulmonary resuscitation and how to use an automated 
3    external defibrillator by watching a training video on 
4    those subjects. 
5    Such boards may make suitable provisions in the schools 
6and
institutions under their jurisdiction for instruction in 
7safety
education for not less than 16 hours during each school 
8year.

9    The curriculum in all educator preparation programs 
10approved by the State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board 
11shall contain instruction in safety education for teachers 
12that is appropriate to the grade level of the educator 
13license. This instruction may be by specific courses in safety 
14education or may be incorporated in existing subjects taught 
15in the educator preparation program.


16(Source: P.A. 99-58, eff. 7-16-15.)