103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB5394

 

Introduced 2/9/2024, by Rep. Anna Moeller

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
105 ILCS 110/3
105 ILCS 128/5
105 ILCS 128/15
105 ILCS 128/60 new

    Amends the School Safety Drill Act. Provides that, beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, a school district shall develop a cardiac emergency response plan that addresses the appropriate use of school personnel to respond to incidents involving an individual experiencing sudden cardiac arrest or a similar life-threatening emergency while at a school or at a school-sponsored activity or event. Provides that a principal or other person having administrative control over the school must ensure that the plan is (1) available to the school community on the school's Internet website and in a paper form at various locations at the school, and (2) distributed to all coaches and other athletic staff members at each school, all persons responsible for executing the plan in the event of a cardiac emergency, all healthcare professionals that provide medical services during a school-sponsored activity or event, and to other appropriate school staff, as determined by the principal or other person having administrative control over the school. Specifies what a cardiac emergency response plan shall include. Provides that a school district shall provide all members of a cardiac emergency response team with the training necessary to implement a cardiac emergency response plan. Amends the Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive Health Education Act to make related changes. Effective July 1, 2024.


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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 Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive
5Health Education Act is amended by changing Section 3 as
6follows:
 
7    (105 ILCS 110/3)
8    Sec. 3. Comprehensive Health Education Program. The
9program established under this Act shall include, but not be
10limited to, the following major educational areas as a basis
11for curricula in all elementary and secondary schools in this
12State: human ecology and health; human growth and development;
13the emotional, psychological, physiological, hygienic, and
14social responsibilities of family life, including sexual
15abstinence until marriage; the prevention and control of
16disease, including instruction in grades 6 through 12 on the
17prevention, transmission, and spread of AIDS; age-appropriate
18sexual abuse and assault awareness and prevention education in
19grades pre-kindergarten through 12; public and environmental
20health; consumer health; safety education and disaster
21survival; mental health and illness; personal health habits;
22alcohol and drug use and abuse, including the medical and
23legal ramifications of alcohol, drug, and tobacco use; abuse

 

 

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1during pregnancy; evidence-based and medically accurate
2information regarding sexual abstinence; tobacco and
3e-cigarettes and other vapor devices; nutrition; and dental
4health. The instruction on mental health and illness must
5evaluate the multiple dimensions of health by reviewing the
6relationship between physical and mental health so as to
7enhance student understanding, attitudes, and behaviors that
8promote health, well-being, and human dignity and must include
9how and where to find mental health resources and specialized
10treatment in the State. The program shall also provide course
11material and instruction to advise pupils of the Abandoned
12Newborn Infant Protection Act. The program shall include
13information about cancer, including, without limitation, types
14of cancer, signs and symptoms, risk factors, the importance of
15early prevention and detection, and information on where to go
16for help. Notwithstanding the above educational areas, the
17following areas may also be included as a basis for curricula
18in all elementary and secondary schools in this State: basic
19first aid (including, but not limited to, cardiopulmonary
20resuscitation and the Heimlich maneuver), heart disease,
21diabetes, stroke, the prevention of child abuse, neglect, and
22suicide, and teen dating violence in grades 7 through 12.
23Beginning with the 2014-2015 school year, training on how to
24properly administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation (which
25training must be in accordance with standards of the American
26Red Cross, the American Heart Association, or another

 

 

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1nationally recognized certifying organization) and how to use
2an automated external defibrillator shall be included as a
3basis for curricula in all secondary schools in this State.
4    Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year in grades 9
5through 12, the program shall include instruction, study, and
6discussion on the dangers of allergies. Information for the
7instruction, study, and discussion shall come from information
8provided by the Department of Public Health and the federal
9Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This instruction,
10study, and discussion shall include, at a minimum:
11        (1) recognizing the signs and symptoms of an allergic
12    reaction, including anaphylaxis;
13        (2) the steps to take to prevent exposure to
14    allergens; and
15        (3) safe emergency epinephrine administration.
16    The school board of each public elementary and secondary
17school in the State shall encourage all teachers and other
18school personnel to acquire, develop, and maintain the
19knowledge and skills necessary to properly administer
20life-saving techniques, including, without limitation, the
21Heimlich maneuver and rescue breathing. The training shall be
22in accordance with standards of the American Red Cross, the
23American Heart Association, or another nationally recognized
24certifying organization. A school board may use the services
25of non-governmental entities whose personnel have expertise in
26life-saving techniques to instruct teachers and other school

 

 

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1personnel in these techniques. Each school board is encouraged
2to have in its employ, or on its volunteer staff, at least one
3person who is certified, by the American Red Cross or by
4another qualified certifying agency, as qualified to
5administer first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation. In
6addition, each school board is authorized to allocate
7appropriate portions of its institute or inservice days to
8conduct training programs for teachers and other school
9personnel who have expressed an interest in becoming qualified
10to administer emergency first aid or cardiopulmonary
11resuscitation. Unless otherwise required under Section 60 of
12the School Safety Drill Act, school School boards are urged to
13encourage their teachers and other school personnel who coach
14school athletic programs and other extracurricular school
15activities to acquire, develop, and maintain the knowledge and
16skills necessary to properly administer first aid and
17cardiopulmonary resuscitation in accordance with standards and
18requirements established by the American Red Cross or another
19qualified certifying agency. Subject to appropriation, the
20State Board of Education shall establish and administer a
21matching grant program to pay for half of the cost that a
22school district incurs in training those teachers and other
23school personnel who express an interest in becoming qualified
24to administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation (which training
25must be in accordance with standards of the American Red
26Cross, the American Heart Association, or another nationally

 

 

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1recognized certifying organization) or in learning how to use
2an automated external defibrillator. A school district that
3applies for a grant must demonstrate that it has funds to pay
4half of the cost of the training for which matching grant money
5is sought. The State Board of Education shall award the grants
6on a first-come, first-serve basis.
7    No pupil shall be required to take or participate in any
8class or course on AIDS or family life instruction or to
9receive training on how to properly administer cardiopulmonary
10resuscitation or how to use an automated external
11defibrillator if his or her parent or guardian submits written
12objection thereto, and refusal to take or participate in the
13course or program or the training shall not be reason for
14suspension or expulsion of the pupil.
15    Curricula developed under programs established in
16accordance with this Act in the major educational area of
17alcohol and drug use and abuse shall include classroom
18instruction in grades 5 through 12. The instruction, which
19shall include matters relating to both the physical and legal
20effects and ramifications of drug and substance abuse, shall
21be integrated into existing curricula; and the State Board of
22Education shall develop and make available to all elementary
23and secondary schools in this State instructional materials
24and guidelines which will assist the schools in incorporating
25the instruction into their existing curricula. In addition,
26school districts may offer, as part of existing curricula

 

 

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1during the school day or as part of an after-school after
2school program, support services and instruction for pupils or
3pupils whose parent, parents, or guardians are chemically
4dependent. Curricula developed under programs established in
5accordance with this Act in the major educational area of
6alcohol and drug use and abuse shall include the instruction,
7study, and discussion required under subsection (c) of Section
827-13.2 of the School Code.
9(Source: P.A. 102-464, eff. 8-20-21; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21;
10102-1034, eff. 1-1-23; 103-212, eff. 1-1-24; 103-365, eff.
111-1-24; revised 12-12-23.)
 
12    Section 10. The School Safety Drill Act is amended by
13changing Sections 5 and 15 and by adding Section 60 as follows:
 
14    (105 ILCS 128/5)
15    Sec. 5. Definitions. In this Act:
16    "Cardiac emergency response plan" means a written document
17that establishes specific steps to reduce death from cardiac
18arrest. A cardiac emergency response plan must integrate
19evidence-based core elements, such as those recommended by the
20American Heart Association.
21    "First responder" means and includes all fire departments
22and districts, law enforcement agencies and officials,
23emergency medical responders, emergency medical dispatchers,
24and emergency management officials involved in the execution

 

 

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1and documentation of the drills administered under this Act.
2    "School" means a public or private facility that offers
3elementary or secondary education to students under the age of
421. As used in this definition, "public facility" means a
5facility operated by the State or by a unit of local
6government. As used in this definition, "private facility"
7means any non-profit, non-home-based, non-public elementary or
8secondary school that is in compliance with Title VI of the
9Civil Rights Act of 1964 and attendance at which satisfies the
10requirements of Section 26-1 of the School Code. While more
11than one school may be housed in a facility, for purposes of
12this Act, the facility shall be considered a school. When a
13school has more than one location, for purposes of this Act,
14each different location shall be considered its own school.
15    "School district" means any public school district
16established under the School Code, any program of a special
17education joint agreement established under Section 3-15.14,
1810-22.31, or 10-22.31a of the School Code, or any charter
19school authorized by the State Board of Education in
20accordance with Section 27A-7.5 of the School Code.
21    "School safety drill" means a pre-planned exercise
22conducted by a school in accordance with the drills and
23requirements set forth in this Act.
24(Source: P.A. 102-894, eff. 5-20-22; 102-1006, eff. 1-1-23;
25103-154, eff. 6-30-23; 103-175, eff. 6-30-23.)
 

 

 

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1    (105 ILCS 128/15)
2    Sec. 15. Types of drills. Under this Act, the following
3school safety drills shall be instituted by all schools in
4this State:
5        (1) School evacuation drills, which shall address and
6    prepare students and school personnel for situations that
7    occur when conditions outside of a school building are
8    safer than inside a school building. Evacuation incidents
9    are based on the needs of particular communities and may
10    include without limitation the following:
11            (A) fire;
12            (B) suspicious items or persons;
13            (C) incidents involving hazardous materials,
14        including, but not limited to, chemical, incendiary,
15        and explosives; and
16            (D) bomb threats.
17        (2) Except as limited by subsection (b-5) of Section
18    20 of this Act, bus evacuation drills, which shall address
19    and prepare students and school personnel for situations
20    that occur when conditions outside of a bus are safer than
21    inside the bus. Evacuation incidents are based on the
22    needs of particular communities and may include without
23    limitation the following:
24            (A) fire;
25            (B) suspicious items; and
26            (C) incidents involving hazardous materials,

 

 

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1        including, but not limited to, chemical, incendiary,
2        and explosives.
3        (3) Law enforcement drills, which shall address and
4    prepare school personnel for situations calling for the
5    involvement of law enforcement when conditions inside a
6    school building are safer than outside of a school
7    building and it is necessary to protect building occupants
8    from potential dangers in a school building. Law
9    enforcement drills may involve situations that call for
10    the reverse-evacuation or the lock-down of a school
11    building. Evacuation or reverse-evacuation incidents shall
12    include a shooting incident.
13        (4) Severe weather and shelter-in-place drills, which
14    shall address and prepare students for situations
15    involving severe weather emergencies or the release of
16    external gas or chemicals. Severe weather and
17    shelter-in-place incidents shall be based on the needs and
18    environment of particular communities and may include
19    without limitation the following:
20            (A) severe weather, including, but not limited to,
21        shear winds, lightning, and earthquakes;
22            (B) incidents involving hazardous materials,
23        including, but not limited to, chemical, incendiary,
24        and explosives; and
25            (C) incidents involving weapons of mass
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1        biological, chemical, and nuclear weapons.
2        (5) Cardiac emergency drills.
3(Source: P.A. 100-443, eff. 8-25-17.)
 
4    (105 ILCS 128/60 new)
5    Sec. 60. Cardiac emergency response plan.
6    (a) Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, a school
7district shall develop a cardiac emergency response plan that
8addresses the appropriate use of school personnel to respond
9to incidents involving an individual experiencing sudden
10cardiac arrest or a similar life-threatening emergency while
11at a school or at a school-sponsored activity or event. A
12principal or other person having administrative control over
13the school must ensure that the plan is:
14        (1) available to the school community on the school's
15    Internet website and in paper form at various locations at
16    the school; and
17        (2) distributed to all coaches and other athletic
18    staff members at each school, all persons responsible for
19    executing the plan in the event of a cardiac emergency,
20    all healthcare professionals that provide medical services
21    during a school-sponsored activity or event, and to other
22    appropriate school staff, as determined by the principal
23    or other person having administrative control over the
24    school.
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1the following:
2        (1) Identify the members of a cardiac emergency
3    response team at each school who are on duty during the
4    regular school day.
5        (2) Provide guidelines for the cardiac emergency
6    response team's response to sudden cardiac arrest.
7        (3) Identify where automatic external defibrillators
8    are located at the school, in accordance with the Physical
9    Fitness Facility Medical Emergency Preparedness Act,
10    guidelines from the American Heart Association, or other
11    nationally recognized guidelines focused on emergency
12    cardiovascular care, and the maintenance schedule for the
13    automatic external defibrillators.
14        (4) Require training on cardiopulmonary resuscitation
15    and automatic external defibrillator use for coaches,
16    assistant coaches, and other school staff identified by
17    school administrators.
18        (5) Describe the procedures that must be followed
19    after a serious or life-threatening injury occurs at an
20    athletic event or activity, including, but not limited to,
21    responding to the injured individual, summoning emergency
22    medical care, assisting emergency medical service
23    providers, and documenting the actions taken during the
24    emergency.
25        (6) Encourage cooperation and coordination with
26    community members such as emergency medical technicians

 

 

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1    and paramedics, among others.
2    (c) A school district shall provide all members of a
3cardiac emergency response team with the training necessary to
4implement a cardiac emergency response plan.
 
5    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
62024.