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1 | AN ACT relating to schools.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Sections | ||||||
5 | 10-20.39 and 34-18.30 as follows: | ||||||
6 | (105 ILCS 5/10-20.39 new) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 10-20.39. Publication of lunch menu. A school board | ||||||
8 | must publish each school's lunch menu and the nutrition | ||||||
9 | content, including calories, of each meal item. The board may | ||||||
10 | determine the frequency and manner of publication. | ||||||
11 | (105 ILCS 5/34-18.30 new) | ||||||
12 | Sec. 34-18.30. Publication of lunch menu. The board must | ||||||
13 | publish each school's lunch menu and the nutrition content, | ||||||
14 | including calories, of each meal item. The board may determine | ||||||
15 | the frequency and manner of publication. | ||||||
16 | Section 10. The Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive | ||||||
17 | Health
Education Act is amended by changing Section 3 as | ||||||
18 | follows:
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19 | (105 ILCS 110/3) (from Ch. 122, par. 863)
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20 | Sec. 3. Comprehensive Health Education Program. The | ||||||
21 | program established
under this Act shall include, but not be | ||||||
22 | limited to, the following major
educational areas as a basis | ||||||
23 | for curricula in all elementary and secondary
schools in this | ||||||
24 | State: human ecology and health, human growth and
development, | ||||||
25 | the emotional, psychological, physiological, hygienic and
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26 | social responsibilities of family life, including sexual | ||||||
27 | abstinence until
marriage, prevention and control of disease, | ||||||
28 | including instruction in
grades 6 through 12 on the prevention, | ||||||
29 | transmission and spread of AIDS,
public and environmental |
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1 | health, consumer health, safety education and
disaster | ||||||
2 | survival, mental health and illness (including instruction in
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3 | secondary schools on clinical depression and suicide | ||||||
4 | prevention) , personal
health habits,
alcohol, drug use, and | ||||||
5 | abuse including the medical and legal ramifications
of alcohol, | ||||||
6 | drug, and tobacco use, abuse during pregnancy, sexual
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7 | abstinence until marriage, tobacco, nutrition, and dental | ||||||
8 | health.
Notwithstanding the above educational areas, the | ||||||
9 | following areas may also
be included as a basis for curricula | ||||||
10 | in all elementary and secondary
schools in this State: basic | ||||||
11 | first aid (including, but not limited to,
cardiopulmonary | ||||||
12 | resuscitation and the Heimlich maneuver), early prevention
and | ||||||
13 | detection of cancer, heart disease, diabetes, stroke, and the
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14 | prevention of child abuse, neglect, and suicide.
The school | ||||||
15 | board of each
public elementary and secondary school in the | ||||||
16 | State
shall encourage all teachers and other school personnel | ||||||
17 | to acquire,
develop, and maintain the knowledge and skills | ||||||
18 | necessary to properly
administer life-saving techniques, | ||||||
19 | including without limitation the
Heimlich maneuver and rescue | ||||||
20 | breathing.
The training shall be in
accordance with standards | ||||||
21 | of the
American Red Cross, the American Heart Association, or | ||||||
22 | another nationally
recognized certifying organization.
A | ||||||
23 | school board may use the
services of non-governmental entities | ||||||
24 | whose personnel have expertise in
life-saving techniques to | ||||||
25 | instruct teachers and other school personnel in
these | ||||||
26 | techniques. Each school board
is encouraged to have in
its | ||||||
27 | employ, or on its volunteer staff, at least one person who is | ||||||
28 | certified, by
the American Red Cross or by another qualified | ||||||
29 | certifying agency,
as qualified to administer first aid and
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30 | cardiopulmonary resuscitation. In addition, each school board | ||||||
31 | is authorized to
allocate appropriate portions of its institute | ||||||
32 | or inservice days to conduct
training programs for teachers and | ||||||
33 | other school personnel who have expressed an
interest in | ||||||
34 | becoming qualified to administer emergency first aid or
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35 | cardiopulmonary resuscitation. School boards are urged to
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36 | encourage their teachers and other school personnel who coach |
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1 | school athletic
programs and other extracurricular school | ||||||
2 | activities to acquire, develop, and
maintain the knowledge and | ||||||
3 | skills necessary to properly administer first aid
and | ||||||
4 | cardiopulmonary resuscitation in accordance with standards and | ||||||
5 | requirements
established by the American Red Cross or another | ||||||
6 | qualified certifying agency.
No pupil shall be
required to take | ||||||
7 | or participate in any class or course on AIDS or family
life | ||||||
8 | instruction if his parent or guardian submits written objection
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9 | thereto, and refusal to take or participate in the course or | ||||||
10 | program shall
not be reason for suspension or expulsion of the | ||||||
11 | pupil.
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12 | Curricula developed under programs established in | ||||||
13 | accordance with this
Act in the major educational area of | ||||||
14 | alcohol and drug use and abuse shall
include classroom | ||||||
15 | instruction in grades 5 through 12. The instruction,
which | ||||||
16 | shall include matters relating to both the physical and legal | ||||||
17 | effects
and ramifications of drug and substance abuse, shall be | ||||||
18 | integrated into
existing curricula; and the State Board of | ||||||
19 | Education shall develop and make
available to all elementary | ||||||
20 | and secondary schools in this State
instructional materials and | ||||||
21 | guidelines which will assist the schools in
incorporating the | ||||||
22 | instruction into their existing curricula. In
addition, school | ||||||
23 | districts may offer, as part of existing curricula during
the | ||||||
24 | school day or as part of an after school program, support | ||||||
25 | services and
instruction for pupils or pupils whose parent, | ||||||
26 | parents, or guardians are
chemically dependent.
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27 | (Source: P.A. 92-23, eff. 7-1-01.)
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28 | Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding | ||||||
29 | Section 8.28 as
follows:
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30 | (30 ILCS 805/8.28 new)
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31 | Sec. 8.28. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 | ||||||
32 | of this
Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the | ||||||
33 | implementation of
any mandate created by this amendatory Act of | ||||||
34 | the 93rd General Assembly.
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1 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
2 | becoming law.
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