Rep. Constance A. Howard
Filed: 2/24/2011
 
 

 

 

 
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1
AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1204 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1204 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:


 
 
4    "Section 5. The School Code is amended  by changing Section 
527-23.4 as follows:
 



6    (105 ILCS 5/27-23.4)



7    Sec. 27-23.4. Violence prevention and conflict resolution 
8education. 
School districts shall provide instruction in 
9violence prevention and conflict
resolution education for 
10grades kindergarten 4 through 12 and may include such 
11instruction
in
the courses of study regularly taught therein.  
12School districts may give
regular school credit for 
13satisfactory completion by the student of such
courses.

14    As used in this Section, "violence prevention and conflict 
15resolution
education" means and includes instruction in the 
16following:


 
 
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1        (1) The consequences of violent behavior.


2        (2) The causes of violent reactions to conflict.


3        (3) Nonviolent conflict resolution techniques.


4        (4) The relationship between drugs, alcohol and 
5    violence.

6    The State Board of Education shall prepare and make 
7available to all school
boards instructional materials that may 
8be used as guidelines for development
of a violence
prevention 
9program under this Section, ; provided however that each school 
10board
shall determine the appropriate curriculum for 
11satisfying the requirements of
this Section.  The State
Board of 
12Education shall assist in training teachers to provide 
13effective
instruction in the violence prevention curriculum.

14    The State Board of Education and local school boards shall 
15not be required
to implement the provisions of this Section 
16unless grants of funds are made
available and are received 
17after July 1, 1993 from private sources or from the
federal 
18government in amounts sufficient to enable the State Board and 
19local
school boards to meet the requirements of this Section.  
20Any funds received
by the State or a local educational agency 
21pursuant to the federal Safe and
Drug-Free Schools and 
22Communities Act of 1994 shall first be applied or
appropriated 
23to meet the requirements and implement the provisions of this

24Section.

25(Source: P.A. 88-248; 89-146, eff. 7-14-95.)

 
 
 
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1    Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding 
2Section 8.35 as follows:
 
3    (30 ILCS 805/8.35 new)
4    Sec. 8.35. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 
5of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the 
6implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of 
7the 97th General Assembly.
 
 
8    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
9becoming law.".