| |||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | AN ACT concerning education.
| ||||||
| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| ||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
| ||||||
| 4 | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | ||||||
| 5 | 27-23.4 as follows:
| ||||||
| 6 | (105 ILCS 5/27-23.4)
| ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 27-23.4. Violence prevention and conflict resolution | ||||||
| 8 | education.
School districts shall provide instruction in | ||||||
| 9 | violence prevention and conflict
resolution education for | ||||||
| 10 | grades kindergarten 4 through 12 and may include such | ||||||
| 11 | instruction
in
the courses of study regularly taught therein. | ||||||
| 12 | School districts may give
regular school credit for | ||||||
| 13 | satisfactory completion by the student of such
courses.
| ||||||
| 14 | As used in this Section, "violence prevention and conflict | ||||||
| 15 | resolution
education" means and includes instruction in the | ||||||
| 16 | following:
| ||||||
| 17 | (1) The consequences of violent behavior.
| ||||||
| 18 | (2) The causes of violent reactions to conflict.
| ||||||
| 19 | (3) Nonviolent conflict resolution techniques.
| ||||||
| 20 | (4) The relationship between drugs, alcohol and | ||||||
| 21 | violence.
| ||||||
| 22 | The State Board of Education shall prepare and make | ||||||
| 23 | available to all school
boards instructional materials that may | ||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | be used as guidelines for development
of a violence
prevention | ||||||
| 2 | program under this Section, ; provided however that each school | ||||||
| 3 | board
shall determine the appropriate curriculum for | ||||||
| 4 | satisfying the requirements of
this Section. The State
Board of | ||||||
| 5 | Education shall assist in training teachers to provide | ||||||
| 6 | effective
instruction in the violence prevention curriculum.
| ||||||
| 7 | The State Board of Education and local school boards shall | ||||||
| 8 | not be required
to implement the provisions of this Section | ||||||
| 9 | unless grants of funds are made
available and are received | ||||||
| 10 | after July 1, 1993 from private sources or from the
federal | ||||||
| 11 | government in amounts sufficient to enable the State Board and | ||||||
| 12 | local
school boards to meet the requirements of this Section. | ||||||
| 13 | Any funds received
by the State or a local educational agency | ||||||
| 14 | pursuant to the federal Safe and
Drug-Free Schools and | ||||||
| 15 | Communities Act of 1994 shall first be applied or
appropriated | ||||||
| 16 | to meet the requirements and implement the provisions of this
| ||||||
| 17 | Section.
| ||||||
| 18 | (Source: P.A. 88-248; 89-146, eff. 7-14-95.)
| ||||||
| 19 | Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding | ||||||
| 20 | Section 8.35 as follows: | ||||||
| 21 | (30 ILCS 805/8.35 new) | ||||||
| 22 | Sec. 8.35. 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 | ||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | the 97th General Assembly.
| ||||||
| 2 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 3 | becoming law.
| ||||||