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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 School Code is amended by changing Section |
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| 27-9.1 as follows:
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| (105 ILCS 5/27-9.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-9.1)
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| Sec. 27-9.1. Sex Education.
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| (a) No pupil shall be required to take or participate in |
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| any class or course
in comprehensive sex education if his |
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| parent or guardian submits written
objection thereto, and |
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| refusal to take or participate in such course or
program shall |
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| not be reason for suspension or expulsion of such pupil.
Each |
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| class or course in comprehensive sex education offered in any |
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| of
grades 6 through 12 shall include instruction on the |
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| prevention,
transmission and spread of AIDS.
Nothing in this |
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| Section prohibits instruction in sanitation, hygiene or
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| traditional courses in biology.
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| (b) All public elementary, junior high, and senior high |
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| school
classes that teach sex education and discuss sexual |
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| intercourse shall
emphasize that abstinence is the expected |
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| norm in that abstinence from
sexual intercourse is the only
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| protection that is 100% effective against unwanted teenage |
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| pregnancy,
sexually transmitted diseases, and acquired immune |
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| deficiency syndrome
(AIDS) when transmitted sexually.
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| (c) All sex education courses that discuss sexual |
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| intercourse shall
satisfy the following criteria:
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| (1) Course material and instruction shall be age |
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| appropriate.
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| (2) Course material and instruction shall teach honor |
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| and respect for
monogamous heterosexual marriage.
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| (3) Course material and instruction shall stress that |
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| pupils should
abstain from sexual intercourse until they |
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| are ready for marriage.
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| (4) Course material and instruction shall include a |
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| discussion of the
possible emotional and psychological |
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| consequences of preadolescent and
adolescent sexual |
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| intercourse outside of marriage and the consequences of
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| unwanted adolescent pregnancy.
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| (5) Course material and instruction shall stress that |
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| sexually
transmitted diseases are serious possible hazards |
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| of sexual intercourse.
Pupils shall be provided with |
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| statistics based on the latest medical
information citing |
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| the failure and success rates of condoms in preventing
AIDS |
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| and other sexually transmitted diseases.
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| (6) Course material and instruction shall advise |
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| pupils of the laws
pertaining to their financial |
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| responsibility to children born in and out of
wedlock.
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| (7) Course material and instruction shall advise |
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| pupils of the
circumstances under which it is unlawful for |
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| males to have sexual relations
with females under the
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| of 18 to whom they are not married pursuant to Article 12 |
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| of the
Criminal Code of 1961, as now or hereafter amended.
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| (8) Course material and instruction shall teach pupils |
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| to not make
unwanted physical and verbal sexual advances |
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| and how to say no to unwanted
sexual advances. Pupils shall |
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| be taught that it is wrong to take advantage
of or to |
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| exploit another person. The material and instruction shall |
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| also
encourage youth to resist negative peer pressure.
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| (9) (Blank).
Course material and instruction shall |
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| advise pupils of the
provisions of the Abandoned Newborn |
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| Infant Protection Act (325 ILCS 2/)
as well as provide |
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| information about
responsible parenting and the |
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| availability of confidential adoption
services.
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| (d) An opportunity shall be afforded to parents or |
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| guardians to examine
the instructional materials to be used in |
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| such class or course.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-88, eff. 7-2-03.)
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| Section 10. The Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive |
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| Health
Education Act is amended by changing Section 3 as |
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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: human ecology and health, human growth and
development, |
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| the emotional, psychological, physiological, hygienic and
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| social responsibilities of family life, including sexual |
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| abstinence until
marriage, prevention and control of disease, |
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| including instruction in
grades 6 through 12 on the prevention, |
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| transmission and spread of AIDS,
public and environmental |
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| health, consumer health, safety education and
disaster |
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| survival, mental health and illness, personal health habits,
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| alcohol, drug use, and abuse including the medical and legal |
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| ramifications
of alcohol, drug, and tobacco use, abuse during |
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| pregnancy, sexual
abstinence until marriage, tobacco, |
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| nutrition, and dental health. The program shall also provide |
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| course material and instruction to advise pupils of the |
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| Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act.
Notwithstanding the |
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| above educational areas, the following areas may also
be |
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| included as a basis for curricula in all elementary and |
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| secondary
schools in this State: basic first aid (including, |
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| but not limited to,
cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the |
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| Heimlich maneuver), early prevention
and detection of cancer, |
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| heart disease, diabetes, stroke, and the
prevention of child |
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| abuse, neglect, and suicide.
The school board of each
public |
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| elementary and secondary school in the State
shall encourage |
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| all teachers and other school personnel to acquire,
develop, |
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| and maintain the knowledge and skills necessary to properly
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| administer life-saving techniques, including without |
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| limitation the
Heimlich maneuver and rescue breathing.
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| training shall be in
accordance with standards of the
American |
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| Red Cross, the American Heart Association, or another |
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| nationally
recognized certifying organization.
A school board |
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| may use the
services of non-governmental entities whose |
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| personnel have expertise in
life-saving techniques to instruct |
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| teachers and other school personnel in
these techniques. Each |
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| school board
is encouraged to have in
its employ, or on its |
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| volunteer staff, at least one person who is certified, by
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| American Red Cross or by another qualified certifying agency,
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| as qualified to administer first aid and
cardiopulmonary |
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| resuscitation. In addition, each school board is authorized to
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| allocate appropriate portions of its institute or inservice |
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| days to 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
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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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| (Source: P.A. 92-23, eff. 7-1-01.)
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| Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding |
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| Section 8.30 as
follows:
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| (30 ILCS 805/8.30 new)
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| Sec. 8.30. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 |
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| of this
Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the |
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| implementation of
any mandate created by this amendatory Act of |
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| the 94th General Assembly.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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| becoming law.
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