Full Text of SB1530 095th General Assembly
SB1530 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 SB1530
Introduced 2/9/2007, by Sen. Ms. Mattie Hunter SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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105 ILCS 110/3 |
from Ch. 122, par. 863 |
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Amends the Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive Health
Education Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning a comprehensive health education program.
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A BILL FOR
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| AN ACT concerning education.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive | 5 |
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Education Act is amended by changing Section 3 as | 6 |
| follows:
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| (105 ILCS 110/3) (from Ch. 122, par. 863)
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| Sec. 3. Comprehensive Health Education Program. The
The
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| 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
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| social responsibilities of family life, including sexual | 15 |
| abstinence until
marriage, prevention and control of disease, | 16 |
| including instruction in
grades 6 through 12 on the prevention, | 17 |
| transmission and spread of AIDS,
public and environmental | 18 |
| health, consumer health, safety education and
disaster | 19 |
| survival, mental health and illness, personal health habits,
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| alcohol, drug use, and abuse including the medical and legal | 21 |
| ramifications
of alcohol, drug, and tobacco use, abuse during | 22 |
| pregnancy, sexual
abstinence until marriage, tobacco, | 23 |
| nutrition, and dental health. The program shall also provide |
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| course material and instruction to advise pupils of the | 2 |
| Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act.
Notwithstanding the | 3 |
| above educational areas, the following areas may also
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| included as a basis for curricula in all elementary and | 5 |
| secondary
schools in this State: basic first aid (including, | 6 |
| but not limited to,
cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the | 7 |
| Heimlich maneuver), early prevention
and detection of cancer, | 8 |
| heart disease, diabetes, stroke, and the
prevention of child | 9 |
| abuse, neglect, and suicide.
The school board of each
public | 10 |
| elementary and secondary school in the State
shall encourage | 11 |
| all teachers and other school personnel to acquire,
develop, | 12 |
| and maintain the knowledge and skills necessary to properly
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| administer life-saving techniques, including without | 14 |
| limitation the
Heimlich maneuver and rescue breathing.
The | 15 |
| training shall be in
accordance with standards of the
American | 16 |
| Red Cross, the American Heart Association, or another | 17 |
| nationally
recognized certifying organization.
A school board | 18 |
| may use the
services of non-governmental entities whose | 19 |
| personnel have expertise in
life-saving techniques to instruct | 20 |
| teachers and other school personnel in
these techniques. Each | 21 |
| school board
is encouraged to have in
its employ, or on its | 22 |
| volunteer staff, at least one person who is certified, by
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| American Red Cross or by another qualified certifying agency,
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| as qualified to administer first aid and
cardiopulmonary | 25 |
| resuscitation. In addition, each school board is authorized to
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| allocate appropriate portions of its institute or inservice |
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| days to conduct
training programs for teachers and other school | 2 |
| personnel who have expressed an
interest in becoming qualified | 3 |
| to administer emergency first aid or
cardiopulmonary | 4 |
| resuscitation. School boards are urged to
encourage their | 5 |
| teachers and other school personnel who coach school athletic
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| programs and other extracurricular school activities to | 7 |
| acquire, develop, and
maintain the knowledge and skills | 8 |
| necessary to properly administer first aid
and cardiopulmonary | 9 |
| resuscitation in accordance with standards and requirements
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| established by the American Red Cross or another qualified | 11 |
| certifying agency.
No pupil shall be
required to take or | 12 |
| participate in any class or course on AIDS or family
life | 13 |
| instruction if his parent or guardian submits written objection
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| thereto, and refusal to take or participate in the course or | 15 |
| program shall
not be reason for suspension or expulsion of the | 16 |
| pupil.
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| Curricula developed under programs established in | 18 |
| accordance with this
Act in the major educational area of | 19 |
| alcohol and drug use and abuse shall
include classroom | 20 |
| instruction in grades 5 through 12. The instruction,
which | 21 |
| shall include matters relating to both the physical and legal | 22 |
| effects
and ramifications of drug and substance abuse, shall be | 23 |
| integrated into
existing curricula; and the State Board of | 24 |
| Education shall develop and make
available to all elementary | 25 |
| and secondary schools in this State
instructional materials and | 26 |
| guidelines which will assist the schools in
incorporating the |
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| instruction into their existing curricula. In
addition, school | 2 |
| districts may offer, as part of existing curricula during
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| school day or as part of an after school program, support | 4 |
| services and
instruction for pupils or pupils whose parent, | 5 |
| parents, or guardians are
chemically dependent.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-933, eff. 6-26-06.)
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