Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for HB2545

Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the School Code. With regard to training to identify the warning signs of mental illness and suicidal behavior, requires school personnel who work with pupils in grades 5 through 12 to undergo the training annually (rather than requiring school guidance counselors, teachers, school social workers, and other school personnel who work with pupils in grades 7 through 12 to undergo the training). Effective immediately.

Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the contents of the bill as engrossed, with the following changes. With respect to school districts other than the Chicago school district, provides that at least once every 2 years at an in-service training program or at another appropriate time when school personnel are scheduled to be in attendance and in addition to other topics covered at training throughout the school year, school personnel who work with pupils in grades kindergarten through 12 shall be trained to identify the warning signs of mental illness and suicidal behavior in youth and shall be taught appropriate intervention and referral techniques (instead of providing that in addition to other topics at in-service training programs, school personnel who work with pupils in grades kindergarten through 12 shall be trained annually to identify the warning signs of mental illness and suicidal behavior in youth and shall be taught appropriate intervention and referral techniques). With respect to the Chicago school district, provides that school personnel who work with pupils in grades kindergarten through 12 shall be trained at least once every 2 years to identify the warning signs of mental illness and suicidal behavior in youth and shall be taught various intervention techniques and that the training shall be provided (i) within the framework of existing in-service training programs offered by the school board, (ii) as part of required professional development activities, or (iii) at another appropriate time when school personnel are scheduled to be in attendance (instead of providing that school personnel who work with pupils in grades kindergarten through 12 shall be trained annually to identify the warning signs of mental illness and suicidal behavior in youth and shall be taught various intervention techniques and that the training shall be provided within the framework of existing in-service training programs offered by the school board or as part of required professional development activities). Effective immediately.

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