HB1616 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY


 


 
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.


LRB095 05219 NHT 25294 b

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB1616 LRB095 05219 NHT 25294 b

1     AN ACT concerning education.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section
5 2-3.142 as follows:
 
6     (105 ILCS 5/2-3.142 new)
7     Sec. 2-3.142. The State Board of Education shall develop a
8 curriculum for use in middle schools and high schools that does
9 all of the following:
10         (1) Educates students on the dangers of gang membership
11     from a legal standpoint, emotional standpoint, and mental
12     health standpoint.
13         (2) Offers strategies for leaving a gang if a student
14     has already joined one.
15         (3) Includes a component about the legal ramifications
16     of drug dealing.
17         (4) Offers information for those students who need drug
18     treatment.