HB1616 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB1616

Introduced 2/22/2007, by Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

105 ILCS 5/2-3.142 new

Amends the School Code. Requires the State Board of Education to develop a curriculum for use in middle schools and high schools that (1) educates students on the dangers of gang membership from a legal standpoint, emotional standpoint, and mental health standpoint; (2) offers strategies for leaving a gang if a student has already joined one; (3) includes a component about the legal ramifications of drug dealing; and (4) offers information for those students who need drug treatment.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning education.

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

Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section 2-3.142 as follows:

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.142 new)

Sec. 2-3.142. The State Board of Education shall develop a curriculum for use in middle schools and high schools that does all of the following:

(1) Educates students on the dangers of gang membership from a legal standpoint, emotional standpoint, and mental health standpoint.

(2) Offers strategies for leaving a gang if a student has already joined one.

(3) Includes a component about the legal ramifications of drug dealing.

(4) Offers information for those students who need drug treatment.