Full Text of SB0098 103rd General Assembly
SB0098 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2023 and 2024 SB0098 Introduced 1/24/2023, by Sen. Karina Villa SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the School Code. Provides that beginning with the 2024-2025 school
year, LGBTQ+ inclusivity training shall be required as part of the professional development leadership training for school board members. Provides that the training regarding LGBTQ+ inclusivity practices
must include information that is relevant to
and within the scope of the duties of a school board member. Provides that such
information may include, but is not limited to: (1) understanding the difference between sex, gender, and sexual
orientation; (2) knowledge of family structures beyond the heteronormative
structure; (3) nondiscriminatory education on the basis of gender, gender
identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, and sexual behavior; (4) understanding the struggles of LGBTQ+ youth in schools; (5) the contributions of LGBTQ+ individuals regarding history, social
sciences, arts, and humanities; and (6) the effects and risks of outing a student's gender identity or sexual orientation to the student's parents.
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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 1. Findings and purpose. | 5 | | (a) The General Assembly finds that: | 6 | | (1) research confirms that there are negative effects | 7 | | associated with
a lack of a healthy and inclusive learning | 8 | | environment; | 9 | | (2) the Trevor Project's National Survey on LGBTQ | 10 | | Youth Mental Health in 2019 showed
that LGBTQ+ youth who | 11 | | reported having at least one accepting adult
in their | 12 | | lives were 40% less likely to report a suicide attempt
in | 13 | | the past year; | 14 | | (3) by giving school board members the necessary tools | 15 | | and insight
on understanding their LGBTQ+ students better, | 16 | | policies can be
implemented by the school board that | 17 | | protect those students and
make them more comfortable in | 18 | | school; and | 19 | | (4) it is of the utmost importance that students feel | 20 | | comfortable and
safe and are protected in their learning | 21 | | environment, which sets
students up for success. | 22 | | (b) It is the purpose of this Act to create an | 23 | | understanding of the
challenges LGBTQ+ individuals face and to | 24 | | clarify language and terminology.
This recognition of the |
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| 1 | | issues faced by the LGBTQ+ community in schools
would aid | 2 | | school board members with addressing those issues and | 3 | | bettering
students as the school board members would be more | 4 | | aware of the challenges faced by different
groups in their | 5 | | community. | 6 | | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | 7 | | 10-16a as follows: | 8 | | (105 ILCS 5/10-16a) | 9 | | Sec. 10-16a. School board member's leadership training. | 10 | | (a) This Section applies to all school board members | 11 | | serving pursuant to Section 10-10 of this Code who have been | 12 | | elected after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the | 13 | | 97th General Assembly or appointed to fill a vacancy of at | 14 | | least one year's duration after the effective date of this | 15 | | amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly. | 16 | | (b) Every voting member of a school board of a school | 17 | | district elected or appointed for a term beginning after the | 18 | | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General | 19 | | Assembly, within a year after the effective date of this | 20 | | amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly or the first year | 21 | | of his or her first term, shall complete a minimum of 4 hours | 22 | | of professional development leadership training covering | 23 | | topics in education and labor law, financial oversight and | 24 | | accountability, fiduciary responsibilities of a school board |
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| 1 | | member, and, beginning with the 2023-2024
school year, | 2 | | trauma-informed practices for students and staff , and, | 3 | | beginning with the 2024-2025 school
year, LGBTQ+ inclusivity . | 4 | | The school district shall maintain on its Internet website, if | 5 | | any, the names of all voting members of the school board who | 6 | | have successfully completed the training. | 7 | | (b-5) The training regarding trauma-informed practices for | 8 | | students and staff required by this
Section must include | 9 | | information that is relevant to and within the scope of the | 10 | | duties of a school board
member. Such information may include, | 11 | | but is not limited to: | 12 | | (1) the recognition of and care for
trauma in students | 13 | | and staff; | 14 | | (2) the relationship between staff wellness and | 15 | | student learning; | 16 | | (3) the
effect of trauma on student behavior and | 17 | | learning; | 18 | | (4) the prevalence of trauma among students,
including | 19 | | the prevalence of trauma among student populations at | 20 | | higher risk of experiencing
trauma; | 21 | | (5) the effects of implicit or explicit bias on | 22 | | recognizing trauma among various student groups in | 23 | | connection with race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual | 24 | | orientation, socio-economic status, and other relevant | 25 | | factors; and | 26 | | (6)
effective district and school practices that are |
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| 1 | | shown to: | 2 | | (A) prevent and mitigate the negative effect of | 3 | | trauma on
student behavior and learning; and | 4 | | (B) support the emotional wellness of staff. | 5 | | (b-10) As used in this subsection: | 6 | | "Family structure" means the combination of persons that | 7 | | comprises a family,
including the presence or absence of | 8 | | legally married spouses or cohabitating non-married
partners. | 9 | | "Gender" means a socially constructed identity centering | 10 | | around notions of
masculinity, femininity, and androgyny, | 11 | | which includes aspects of
identity and expression. | 12 | | "Gender expression" means the way in which people express | 13 | | their gender identity. | 14 | | "Heteronormative structure" means denoting or relating to | 15 | | a world view that promotes
heterosexuality as the normal or | 16 | | preferred sexual orientation. | 17 | | "Sex" means a medical label used to categorize people | 18 | | according to their chromosomes,
hormones, genitalia, and | 19 | | secondary sex characteristics, usually assigned at
birth as | 20 | | male or female by a doctor, although there are many variations
| 21 | | outside of that socially constructed binary, such as intersex. | 22 | | "Sexual behavior" means all activities that gratify an | 23 | | individual's
sexual needs. | 24 | | "Sexual orientation" means an aspect of an individual's | 25 | | identity that determines whom the individual focuses the | 26 | | individual's sexual or erotic drives, desires, and fantasies |
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| 1 | | toward. | 2 | | The training regarding LGBTQ+ inclusivity required by this | 3 | | Section must include information that is relevant to
and | 4 | | within the scope of the duties of a school board member. Such
| 5 | | information may include, but is not limited to: | 6 | | (1) understanding the difference between sex, gender, | 7 | | and sexual
orientation; | 8 | | (2) knowledge of family structures beyond the | 9 | | heteronormative
structure; | 10 | | (3) nondiscriminatory education on the basis of | 11 | | gender, gender
identity, gender expression, sexual | 12 | | orientation, and sexual behavior; | 13 | | (4) understanding the struggles of LGBTQ+ youth in | 14 | | schools; | 15 | | (5) the contributions of LGBTQ+ individuals regarding | 16 | | history, social
sciences, arts, and humanities; and | 17 | | (6) the effects and risks of outing a student's gender | 18 | | identity or sexual orientation to the student's parents. | 19 | | (c) The training on financial oversight, accountability, | 20 | | fiduciary responsibilities, and, beginning with the 2023-2024 | 21 | | 2023-24 school year, trauma-informed
practices for students | 22 | | and staff , and, beginning with the 2024-2025 school
year, | 23 | | LGBTQ+ inclusivity may be provided by an association | 24 | | established under this Code for the purpose of training school | 25 | | board members or by other qualified providers approved by the | 26 | | State Board of Education, in consultation with an association |
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| 1 | | so established.
| 2 | | (d) The State Board of Education may adopt rules that are | 3 | | necessary for the administration
of the provisions of this | 4 | | Section. | 5 | | (Source: P.A. 102-638, eff. 1-1-23 .)
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