Full Text of HB3305 101st General Assembly
HB3305ham001 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Fred Crespo Filed: 3/20/2019
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3305
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3305 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section | 5 | | 22-85 as follows: | 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/22-85 new) | 7 | | Sec. 22-85. Make Sexual Abuse Fully Extinct (Make S.A.F.E.) | 8 | | Task Force. | 9 | | (a) The General Assembly finds that the most precious | 10 | | resource in this State is our children. The General Assembly | 11 | | also finds that the protection of children from sexual abuse | 12 | | and exploitation is at the core of the duties and fundamental | 13 | | responsibilities of the General Assembly and is of the utmost | 14 | | importance. | 15 | | (b) The Make Sexual Abuse Fully Extinct (Make S.A.F.E.) | 16 | | Task Force is created to address issues concerning the sexual |
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| 1 | | abuse of students in school-related settings. The Task Force | 2 | | shall consist of all of the following members, who must be | 3 | | appointed no later than 30 days after the effective date of | 4 | | this amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly: | 5 | | (1) One representative appointed by the Speaker of the | 6 | | House of Representatives. | 7 | | (2) One representative appointed by the Minority | 8 | | Leader of the House of Representatives. | 9 | | (3) One senator appointed by the President of the | 10 | | Senate. | 11 | | (4) One senator appointed by the Minority Leader of the | 12 | | Senate. | 13 | | (5) One member who represents the Children's Advocacy | 14 | | Centers of Illinois appointed by the State Superintendent | 15 | | of Education. | 16 | | (6) The Executive Director of an urban, accredited | 17 | | Children's Advocacy Center appointed by the State | 18 | | Superintendent of Education. | 19 | | (7) The Executive Director of a suburban, accredited | 20 | | Children's Advocacy Center appointed by the State | 21 | | Superintendent of Education. | 22 | | (8) The Executive Director of a rural, accredited | 23 | | Children's Advocacy Center appointed by the State | 24 | | Superintendent of Education. | 25 | | (9) One member of the State Board of Education | 26 | | appointed by the State Superintendent of Education. |
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| 1 | | (10) One member representing a State's Attorney office | 2 | | appointed by the State Superintendent of Education. | 3 | | (11) One member representing a statewide organization | 4 | | that unites the services and resources of rape crisis | 5 | | centers, alleviates the suffering of sexual assault | 6 | | survivors, and helps build communities appointed by the | 7 | | State Superintendent of Education. | 8 | | (12) One member representing the Department of State | 9 | | Police appointed by the State Superintendent of Education. | 10 | | (13) One member representing the Department of | 11 | | Children and Family Services appointed by the State | 12 | | Superintendent of Education. | 13 | | (14) One member representing the Office of the Attorney | 14 | | General appointed by the State Superintendent of | 15 | | Education. | 16 | | (15) One member representing a statewide organization | 17 | | representing school management positions appointed by the | 18 | | State Superintendent of Education. | 19 | | (16) One member representing a statewide professional | 20 | | teachers' organization appointed by the State | 21 | | Superintendent of Education. | 22 | | (17) One member representing a different statewide | 23 | | professional teachers' organization appointed by the State | 24 | | Superintendent of Education. | 25 | | (18) One member representing a professional teachers' | 26 | | organization in a city having a population of over 500,000 |
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| 1 | | appointed by the State Superintendent of Education. | 2 | | (c) The Task Force shall first meet at the call of the | 3 | | State Superintendent of Education within 90 days after the | 4 | | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 101st General | 5 | | Assembly, and each subsequent meeting shall be at the call of | 6 | | the Chairperson, who shall be elected by a majority of | 7 | | appointed members at the first meeting of the Task Force. The | 8 | | State Board of Education shall provide administrative and other | 9 | | support to the Task Force. Members of the Task Force shall | 10 | | serve without compensation, but may be reimbursed for travel | 11 | | and related expenses from funds appropriated for that purpose, | 12 | | subject to the rules of the appropriate travel control board. | 13 | | (d) The Task Force shall review the best practices for | 14 | | preventing the sexual abuse of students in a school-related | 15 | | setting or by school-related perpetrators, including school | 16 | | district employees or other students, how to best address that | 17 | | abuse, and the proper support for students who have suffered | 18 | | from that abuse. The review shall examine the best practices at | 19 | | all schools maintaining prekindergarten through grade 12, | 20 | | regardless of whether the school is a public school, nonpublic | 21 | | school, or charter school. On or before January 15, 2020, the | 22 | | Task Force must report the findings of its review to the | 23 | | Governor and the General Assembly, which must, at a minimum, | 24 | | include all of the following topics: | 25 | | (1) The best practices for preventing sexual abuse in | 26 | | school-related settings or by school-related perpetrators, |
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| 1 | | including, but not limited to, criminal history records | 2 | | checks for school district employees, the employment | 3 | | status of a school employee accused of sexual abuse of a | 4 | | student, and procedural safeguards for personnel who | 5 | | regularly interact with children as part of school or | 6 | | school activities, even if the personnel are not officially | 7 | | employed by a school district. | 8 | | (2) The best practices for addressing sexual abuse in a | 9 | | school-related setting or by school-related perpetrators, | 10 | | including, but not limited to, the nature and amount of | 11 | | forensic interviews and forensic interview information | 12 | | sharing, school cooperation with multidisciplinary teams | 13 | | under the Children's Advocacy Center Act, and model school | 14 | | policies. | 15 | | (3) The best practices for support for students who | 16 | | have suffered sexual abuse in a school-related setting or | 17 | | by a school-related perpetrator, including, but not | 18 | | limited to, emotional, psychological, and academic | 19 | | support. | 20 | | (4) Any other topic the Task Force deems necessary to | 21 | | advance the safety or well-being of students in relation to | 22 | | sexual abuse stemming from a school-related setting or | 23 | | school-related perpetrator. | 24 | | The Task Force is dissolved upon submission of the report | 25 | | under this subsection. | 26 | | (e) This Section is repealed on July 1, 2020.
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| 1 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 2 | | becoming law.".
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