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