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1 | AN ACT concerning education.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Health
Education Act is amended by changing Sections 2 and 3 as | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | follows:
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7 | (105 ILCS 110/2) (from Ch. 122, par. 862)
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8 | Sec. 2. Program defined
Definitions . The following terms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | shall have the following meanings respectively
prescribed for | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | them, Except as the context otherwise requires , : (a)
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11 | "Comprehensive Health Education Program" means : a systematic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | and extensive
educational program designed to provide a variety | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | of learning experiences
based upon scientific knowledge of the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | human organism as it functions
within its environment which | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | will favorably influence the knowledge,
attitudes, values and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | practices of Illinois school youth; and which will
aid them in | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | making wise personal decisions in matters of health and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | nutrition .
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19 | (Source: P.A. 77-1405.)
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20 | (105 ILCS 110/3) (from Ch. 122, par. 863)
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21 | Sec. 3. Comprehensive Health Education Program. The | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | program established
under this Act shall include, but not be | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | limited to, the following major
educational areas as a basis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
24 | for curricula in all elementary and secondary
schools in this | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
25 | State: nutrition, with an emphasis on nutritional values and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
26 | wellness, human ecology and health, human growth and
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27 | development, the emotional, psychological, physiological, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
28 | hygienic and
social responsibilities of family life, including | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
29 | sexual abstinence until
marriage, prevention and control of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
30 | disease, including instruction in
grades 6 through 12 on the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
31 | prevention, transmission and spread of AIDS,
public and |
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1 | environmental health, consumer health, safety education and
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2 | disaster survival, mental health and illness, personal health | ||||||
3 | habits,
alcohol, drug use, and abuse including the medical and | ||||||
4 | legal ramifications
of alcohol, drug, and tobacco use, abuse | ||||||
5 | during pregnancy, sexual
abstinence until marriage, tobacco, | ||||||
6 | nutrition, and dental health.
Notwithstanding the above | ||||||
7 | educational areas, the following areas may also
be included as | ||||||
8 | a basis for curricula in all elementary and secondary
schools | ||||||
9 | in this State: basic first aid (including, but not limited to,
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10 | cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the Heimlich maneuver), | ||||||
11 | early prevention
and detection of cancer, heart disease, | ||||||
12 | diabetes, stroke, and the
prevention of child abuse, neglect, | ||||||
13 | and suicide.
The school board of each
public elementary and | ||||||
14 | secondary school in the State
shall encourage all teachers and | ||||||
15 | other school personnel to acquire,
develop, and maintain the | ||||||
16 | knowledge and skills necessary to properly
administer | ||||||
17 | life-saving techniques, including without limitation the
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18 | Heimlich maneuver and rescue breathing.
The training shall be | ||||||
19 | in
accordance with standards of the
American Red Cross, the | ||||||
20 | American Heart Association, or another nationally
recognized | ||||||
21 | certifying organization.
A school board may use the
services of | ||||||
22 | non-governmental entities whose personnel have expertise in
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23 | life-saving techniques to instruct teachers and other school | ||||||
24 | personnel in
these techniques. Each school board
is encouraged | ||||||
25 | to have in
its employ, or on its volunteer staff, at least one | ||||||
26 | person who is certified, by
the American Red Cross or by | ||||||
27 | another qualified certifying agency,
as qualified to | ||||||
28 | administer first aid and
cardiopulmonary resuscitation. In | ||||||
29 | addition, each school board is authorized to
allocate | ||||||
30 | appropriate portions of its institute or inservice days to | ||||||
31 | conduct
training programs for teachers and other school | ||||||
32 | personnel who have expressed an
interest in becoming qualified | ||||||
33 | to administer emergency first aid or
cardiopulmonary | ||||||
34 | resuscitation. School boards are urged to
encourage their | ||||||
35 | teachers and other school personnel who coach school athletic
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36 | programs and other extracurricular school activities to |
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1 | acquire, develop, and
maintain the knowledge and skills | ||||||
2 | necessary to properly administer first aid
and cardiopulmonary | ||||||
3 | resuscitation in accordance with standards and requirements
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4 | established by the American Red Cross or another qualified | ||||||
5 | certifying agency.
No pupil shall be
required to take or | ||||||
6 | participate in any class or course on AIDS or family
life | ||||||
7 | instruction if his parent or guardian submits written objection
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8 | thereto, and refusal to take or participate in the course or | ||||||
9 | program shall
not be reason for suspension or expulsion of the | ||||||
10 | pupil.
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11 | Curricula developed under programs established in | ||||||
12 | accordance with this
Act in the major educational area of | ||||||
13 | alcohol and drug use and abuse shall
include classroom | ||||||
14 | instruction in grades 5 through 12. The instruction,
which | ||||||
15 | shall include matters relating to both the physical and legal | ||||||
16 | effects
and ramifications of drug and substance abuse, shall be | ||||||
17 | integrated into
existing curricula; and the State Board of | ||||||
18 | Education shall develop and make
available to all elementary | ||||||
19 | and secondary schools in this State
instructional materials and | ||||||
20 | guidelines which will assist the schools in
incorporating the | ||||||
21 | instruction into their existing curricula. In
addition, school | ||||||
22 | districts may offer, as part of existing curricula during
the | ||||||
23 | school day or as part of an after school program, support | ||||||
24 | services and
instruction for pupils or pupils whose parent, | ||||||
25 | parents, or guardians are
chemically dependent.
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26 | The State Board of Education shall develop and make | ||||||
27 | available, through Internet website resources, instructional | ||||||
28 | materials and guidelines concerning nutrition and wellness to | ||||||
29 | all elementary and secondary schools in this State.
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30 | (Source: P.A. 92-23, eff. 7-1-01.)
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31 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
32 | becoming law.
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