Full Text of HB5361 103rd General Assembly
HB5361 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY | | | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024 HB5361 Introduced 2/9/2024, by Rep. Mary Beth Canty SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: | | 105 ILCS 5/27-23.1 | from Ch. 122, par. 27-23.1 |
| Amends the Courses of Study Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning parenting education, provides that school districts shall (instead of may) provide instruction in parenting education for grades 9 through 12. Effective July 1, 2024. |
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| 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 changing Section | 5 | | 27-23.1 as follows: | 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/27-23.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-23.1) | 7 | | Sec. 27-23.1. Parenting education. | 8 | | (a) The State Board of Education must assist each school | 9 | | district that offers an evidence-based parenting education | 10 | | model. School districts may provide instruction in parenting | 11 | | education for grades 6 through 8 12 and include such | 12 | | instruction in the courses of study regularly taught therein. | 13 | | School districts shall provide instruction in parenting | 14 | | education for grades 9 through 12 and include such instruction | 15 | | in the courses of study regularly taught therein. School | 16 | | districts may give regular school credit for satisfactory | 17 | | completion by the student of such courses. | 18 | | As used in this subsection (a), "parenting education" | 19 | | means and includes instruction in the following: | 20 | | (1) Child growth and development, including prenatal | 21 | | development. | 22 | | (2) Childbirth and child care. | 23 | | (3) Family structure, function , and management. |
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| 1 | | (4) Prenatal and postnatal care for mothers and | 2 | | infants. | 3 | | (5) Prevention of child abuse. | 4 | | (6) The physical, mental, emotional, social, economic , | 5 | | and psychological aspects of interpersonal and family | 6 | | relationships. | 7 | | (7) Parenting skill development. | 8 | | The State Board of Education shall assist those districts | 9 | | offering parenting education instruction, upon request, in | 10 | | developing instructional materials, training teachers, and | 11 | | establishing appropriate time allotments for each of the areas | 12 | | included in such instruction. | 13 | | School districts may offer parenting education courses | 14 | | during that period of the day which is not part of the regular | 15 | | school day. Residents of the school district may enroll in | 16 | | such courses. The school board may establish fees and collect | 17 | | such charges as may be necessary for attendance at such | 18 | | courses in an amount not to exceed the per capita cost of the | 19 | | operation thereof, except that the board may waive all or part | 20 | | of such charges if it determines that the individual is | 21 | | indigent or that the educational needs of the individual | 22 | | requires his or her attendance at such courses. | 23 | | (b) Beginning with the 2019-2020 school year, from | 24 | | appropriations made for the purposes of this Section, the | 25 | | State Board of Education shall implement and administer a | 26 | | 7-year pilot program supporting the health and wellness |
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| 1 | | student-learning requirement by utilizing a unit of | 2 | | instruction on parenting education in participating school | 3 | | districts that maintain grades 9 through 12, to be determined | 4 | | by the participating school districts. The program is | 5 | | encouraged to include, but is not be limited to, instruction | 6 | | on (i) family structure, function, and management, (ii) the | 7 | | prevention of child abuse, (iii) the physical, mental, | 8 | | emotional, social, economic, and psychological aspects of | 9 | | interpersonal and family relationships, and (iv) parenting | 10 | | education competency development that is aligned to the social | 11 | | and emotional learning standards of the student's grade level. | 12 | | Instruction under this subsection (b) may be included in the | 13 | | Comprehensive Health Education Program set forth under Section | 14 | | 3 of the Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive Health | 15 | | Education Act. The State Board of Education is authorized to | 16 | | make grants to school districts that apply to participate in | 17 | | the pilot program under this subsection (b). The provisions of | 18 | | this subsection (b), other than this sentence, are inoperative | 19 | | at the conclusion of the pilot program. | 20 | | (Source: P.A. 103-8, eff. 6-7-23; 103-175, eff. 6-30-23; | 21 | | revised 9-5-23.) | 22 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | 23 | | 2024. |
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