Full Text of HB3932 103rd General Assembly
HB3932ham001 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Janet Yang Rohr Filed: 3/20/2023
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3932
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3932 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive | 5 | | Health
Education Act is amended by changing Section 3 as | 6 | | follows:
| 7 | | (105 ILCS 110/3)
| 8 | | Sec. 3. Comprehensive Health Education Program. The | 9 | | program established
under this Act shall include, but not be | 10 | | limited to, the following major
educational areas as a basis | 11 | | for curricula in all elementary and secondary
schools in this | 12 | | State: human ecology and health; human growth and
development; | 13 | | the emotional, psychological, physiological, hygienic, and
| 14 | | social responsibilities of family life, including sexual | 15 | | abstinence until
marriage; the prevention and control of | 16 | | disease, including instruction in
grades 6 through 12 on the |
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| 1 | | prevention, transmission, and spread of AIDS; age-appropriate | 2 | | sexual abuse and assault awareness and prevention education in | 3 | | grades pre-kindergarten through 12; public and environmental | 4 | | health; consumer health; safety education and
disaster | 5 | | survival; mental health and illness; personal health habits;
| 6 | | alcohol and drug use and abuse, including the medical and | 7 | | legal ramifications
of alcohol, drug, and tobacco use; abuse | 8 | | during pregnancy; evidence-based and medically accurate | 9 | | information regarding sexual
abstinence; tobacco and | 10 | | e-cigarettes and other vapor devices; nutrition; and dental | 11 | | health. The instruction on mental health and illness must | 12 | | evaluate the multiple dimensions of health by reviewing the | 13 | | relationship between physical and mental health so as to | 14 | | enhance student understanding, attitudes, and behaviors that | 15 | | promote health, well-being, and human dignity and must include | 16 | | how and where to find mental health resources and specialized | 17 | | treatment in the State. The program shall also provide course | 18 | | material and instruction to advise pupils of the Abandoned | 19 | | Newborn Infant Protection Act.
The program shall include | 20 | | information about cancer, including, without limitation, types | 21 | | of cancer, signs and symptoms, risk factors, the importance of | 22 | | early prevention and detection, and information on where to go | 23 | | for help. Notwithstanding the above educational areas, the | 24 | | following areas may also
be included as a basis for curricula | 25 | | in all elementary and secondary
schools in this State: basic | 26 | | first aid (including, but not limited to,
cardiopulmonary |
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| 1 | | resuscitation and the Heimlich maneuver), heart disease, | 2 | | diabetes, stroke, the
prevention of child abuse, neglect, and | 3 | | suicide, and teen dating violence in grades 7 through 12. | 4 | | Beginning with the 2014-2015 school year, training on how to | 5 | | properly administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation (which | 6 | | training must be in accordance with standards of the American | 7 | | Red Cross, the American Heart Association, or another | 8 | | nationally recognized certifying organization) and how to use | 9 | | an automated external defibrillator shall be included as a | 10 | | basis for curricula in all secondary schools in this State. | 11 | | Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year in grades 9 | 12 | | through 12, the program shall include instruction, study, and | 13 | | discussion on the dangers of allergies. Information for the | 14 | | instruction, study, and discussion shall come from information | 15 | | provided by the Department of Public Health and the federal | 16 | | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This instruction, | 17 | | study, and discussion shall include, at a minimum: | 18 | | (1) recognizing the signs and symptoms of an allergic | 19 | | reaction, including anaphylaxis; | 20 | | (2) the steps to take to prevent exposure to | 21 | | allergens; and | 22 | | (3) safe emergency epinephrine administration. | 23 | | The school board of each
public elementary and secondary | 24 | | school in the State
shall encourage all teachers and other | 25 | | school personnel to acquire,
develop, and maintain the | 26 | | knowledge and skills necessary to properly
administer |
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| 1 | | life-saving techniques, including, without limitation, the
| 2 | | Heimlich maneuver and rescue breathing.
The training shall be | 3 | | in
accordance with standards of the
American Red Cross, the | 4 | | American Heart Association, or another nationally
recognized | 5 | | certifying organization.
A school board may use the
services | 6 | | of non-governmental entities whose personnel have expertise in
| 7 | | life-saving techniques to instruct teachers and other school | 8 | | personnel in
these techniques. Each school board
is encouraged | 9 | | to have in
its employ, or on its volunteer staff, at least one | 10 | | person who is certified, by
the American Red Cross or by | 11 | | another qualified certifying agency,
as qualified to | 12 | | administer first aid and
cardiopulmonary resuscitation. In | 13 | | addition, each school board is authorized to
allocate | 14 | | appropriate portions of its institute or inservice days to | 15 | | conduct
training programs for teachers and other school | 16 | | personnel who have expressed an
interest in becoming qualified | 17 | | to administer emergency first aid or
cardiopulmonary | 18 | | resuscitation. School boards are urged to
encourage their | 19 | | teachers and other school personnel who coach school athletic
| 20 | | programs and other extracurricular school activities to | 21 | | acquire, develop, and
maintain the knowledge and skills | 22 | | necessary to properly administer first aid
and cardiopulmonary | 23 | | resuscitation in accordance with standards and requirements
| 24 | | established by the American Red Cross or another qualified | 25 | | certifying agency. Subject to appropriation, the State Board | 26 | | of Education shall establish and administer a matching grant |
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| 1 | | program to pay for half of the cost that a school district | 2 | | incurs in training those teachers and other school personnel | 3 | | who express an interest in becoming qualified to administer | 4 | | cardiopulmonary resuscitation (which training must be in
| 5 | | accordance with standards of the
American Red Cross, the | 6 | | American Heart Association, or another nationally
recognized | 7 | | certifying organization) or in learning how to use an | 8 | | automated external defibrillator. A school district that | 9 | | applies for a grant must demonstrate that it has funds to pay | 10 | | half of the cost of the training for which matching grant money | 11 | | is sought. The State Board of Education shall award the grants | 12 | | on a first-come, first-serve basis.
| 13 | | No pupil shall be
required to take or participate in any | 14 | | class or course on AIDS or family
life instruction or to | 15 | | receive training on how to properly administer cardiopulmonary | 16 | | resuscitation or how to use an automated external | 17 | | defibrillator if his or her parent or guardian submits written | 18 | | objection
thereto, and refusal to take or participate in the | 19 | | course or program or the training shall
not be reason for | 20 | | suspension or expulsion of the pupil.
| 21 | | Curricula developed under programs established in | 22 | | accordance with this
Act in the major educational area of | 23 | | alcohol and drug use and abuse shall
include classroom | 24 | | instruction in grades 5 through 12. The instruction,
which | 25 | | shall include matters relating to both the physical and legal | 26 | | effects
and ramifications of drug and substance abuse, shall |
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| 1 | | be integrated into
existing curricula; and the State Board of | 2 | | Education shall develop and make
available to all elementary | 3 | | and secondary schools in this State
instructional materials | 4 | | and guidelines which will assist the schools in
incorporating | 5 | | the instruction into their existing curricula. In
addition, | 6 | | school districts may offer, as part of existing curricula | 7 | | during
the school day or as part of an after school program, | 8 | | support services and
instruction for pupils or pupils whose | 9 | | parent, parents, or guardians are
chemically dependent.
| 10 | | (Source: P.A. 101-305, eff. 1-1-20; 102-464, eff. 8-20-21; | 11 | | 102-558, eff. 8-20-21; 102-1034, eff. 1-1-23 .)".
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