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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 School Breakfast and Lunch Program Act is | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | amended by adding Section 3.5 as follows: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | (105 ILCS 125/3.5 new)
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7 | Sec. 3.5. Publication of lunch menu. All school boards are | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | strongly encouraged to publish the school lunch menu and the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | nutrition content, including calories, of each meal item. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | A school board may determine the frequency and manner of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | publication. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | Section 10. The Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | Health
Education Act is amended by changing Section 3 as | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | follows:
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15 | (105 ILCS 110/3) (from Ch. 122, par. 863)
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16 | Sec. 3. Comprehensive Health Education Program. The | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | program established
under this Act shall include, but not be | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | limited to, the following major
educational areas as a basis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | for curricula in all elementary and secondary
schools in this | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | State: human ecology and health, human growth and
development, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | the emotional, psychological, physiological, hygienic and
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1 | social responsibilities of family life, including sexual | ||||||
2 | abstinence until
marriage, prevention and control of disease, | ||||||
3 | including instruction in
grades 6 through 12 on the prevention, | ||||||
4 | transmission and spread of AIDS,
public and environmental | ||||||
5 | health, consumer health, safety education and
disaster | ||||||
6 | survival, mental health and illness (including instruction in
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7 | secondary schools on clinical depression and suicide | ||||||
8 | prevention) , personal health habits,
alcohol, drug use, and | ||||||
9 | abuse including the medical and legal ramifications
of alcohol, | ||||||
10 | drug, and tobacco use, abuse during pregnancy, sexual
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11 | abstinence until marriage, tobacco, nutrition, and dental | ||||||
12 | health. The program shall also provide course material and | ||||||
13 | instruction to advise pupils of the Abandoned Newborn Infant | ||||||
14 | Protection Act.
Notwithstanding the above educational areas, | ||||||
15 | the following areas may also
be included as a basis for | ||||||
16 | curricula in all elementary and secondary
schools in this | ||||||
17 | State: basic first aid (including, but not limited to,
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18 | cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the Heimlich maneuver), | ||||||
19 | early prevention
and detection of cancer, heart disease, | ||||||
20 | diabetes, stroke, and the
prevention of child abuse, neglect, | ||||||
21 | and suicide.
The school board of each
public elementary and | ||||||
22 | secondary school in the State
shall encourage all teachers and | ||||||
23 | other school personnel to acquire,
develop, and maintain the | ||||||
24 | knowledge and skills necessary to properly
administer | ||||||
25 | life-saving techniques, including without limitation the
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26 | Heimlich maneuver and rescue breathing.
The training shall be |
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1 | in
accordance with standards of the
American Red Cross, the | ||||||
2 | American Heart Association, or another nationally
recognized | ||||||
3 | certifying organization.
A school board may use the
services of | ||||||
4 | non-governmental entities whose personnel have expertise in
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5 | life-saving techniques to instruct teachers and other school | ||||||
6 | personnel in
these techniques. Each school board
is encouraged | ||||||
7 | to have in
its employ, or on its volunteer staff, at least one | ||||||
8 | person who is certified, by
the American Red Cross or by | ||||||
9 | another qualified certifying agency,
as qualified to | ||||||
10 | administer first aid and
cardiopulmonary resuscitation. In | ||||||
11 | addition, each school board is authorized to
allocate | ||||||
12 | appropriate portions of its institute or inservice days to | ||||||
13 | conduct
training programs for teachers and other school | ||||||
14 | personnel who have expressed an
interest in becoming qualified | ||||||
15 | to administer emergency first aid or
cardiopulmonary | ||||||
16 | resuscitation. School boards are urged to
encourage their | ||||||
17 | teachers and other school personnel who coach school athletic
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18 | programs and other extracurricular school activities to | ||||||
19 | acquire, develop, and
maintain the knowledge and skills | ||||||
20 | necessary to properly administer first aid
and cardiopulmonary | ||||||
21 | resuscitation in accordance with standards and requirements
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22 | established by the American Red Cross or another qualified | ||||||
23 | certifying agency.
No pupil shall be
required to take or | ||||||
24 | participate in any class or course on AIDS or family
life | ||||||
25 | instruction if his parent or guardian submits written objection
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26 | thereto, and refusal to take or participate in the course or |
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1 | program shall
not be reason for suspension or expulsion of the | ||||||
2 | pupil.
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3 | Curricula developed under programs established in | ||||||
4 | accordance with this
Act in the major educational area of | ||||||
5 | alcohol and drug use and abuse shall
include classroom | ||||||
6 | instruction in grades 5 through 12. The instruction,
which | ||||||
7 | shall include matters relating to both the physical and legal | ||||||
8 | effects
and ramifications of drug and substance abuse, shall be | ||||||
9 | integrated into
existing curricula; and the State Board of | ||||||
10 | Education shall develop and make
available to all elementary | ||||||
11 | and secondary schools in this State
instructional materials and | ||||||
12 | guidelines which will assist the schools in
incorporating the | ||||||
13 | instruction into their existing curricula. In
addition, school | ||||||
14 | districts may offer, as part of existing curricula during
the | ||||||
15 | school day or as part of an after school program, support | ||||||
16 | services and
instruction for pupils or pupils whose parent, | ||||||
17 | parents, or guardians are
chemically dependent.
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18 | (Source: P.A. 94-933, eff. 6-26-06.)
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19 | Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding | ||||||
20 | Section 8.31 as follows: | ||||||
21 | (30 ILCS 805/8.31 new) | ||||||
22 | Sec. 8.31. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 | ||||||
23 | of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the | ||||||
24 | implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of |
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1 | the 95th General Assembly.
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2 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
3 | becoming law.
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