97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB1478
 
Introduced , by Rep. Mary E. Flowers
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 


  
105 ILCS 5/34-18.13  from Ch. 122, par. 34-18.13
30 ILCS 805/8.35 new
    Amends the Chicago School District Article of the School Code. Provides that under the Chicago Board of Education's policies and rules concerning infectious disease, the Board shall require that all students wash their hands with a soap or detergent before consuming any meal at school and shall identify nationally accepted standards  from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and provide the facilities, materials, and supervision necessary to implement the handwashing requirement. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. 



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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT
 
 
A BILL FOR
 


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1    AN ACT concerning education.

 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:


 
4    Section 5. The School Code is amended  by changing Section 
534-18.13 as follows:
 



6    (105 ILCS 5/34-18.13)  (from Ch. 122, par. 34-18.13)


7    Sec. 34-18.13. Infectious disease policies and rules. The 
8Board of
Education shall develop policies and adopt rules 
9relating to the
appropriate manner of managing children with 
10chronic infectious diseases,
not inconsistent with guidelines 
11published by the State Board of Education
and the Illinois 
12Department of Public Health.  Such policies and rules must

13include evaluation of students with a chronic infectious 
14disease on an
individual case-by-case basis, and may include 
15different provisions for
different age groups, classes of 
16instruction, types of educational
institution, and other 
17reasonable classifications, as the Board may find
appropriate. 
18Under these policies and rules, the Board shall require that 
19all students wash their hands with a soap or detergent before 
20consuming any meal at school and shall identify nationally 
21accepted standards  from the Centers for Disease Control and 
22Prevention and provide the facilities, materials, and 
23supervision necessary to implement the handwashing 
 
 
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1requirement.


2(Source: P.A. 86-890; 86-1028.)



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