Full Text of SB2223 103rd General Assembly
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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. Short title; reference to Act. This Act may be | 5 | | referred to as Louie's Law. | 6 | | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | 7 | | 22-81 as follows: | 8 | | (105 ILCS 5/22-81) | 9 | | Sec. 22-81. Drug education and youth overdose prevention | 10 | | Heroin and opioid prevention program . By July 1, 2024, the The | 11 | | State Board of Education and the Department of Human Services | 12 | | shall work in consultation with relevant stakeholders, | 13 | | including the Illinois Opioid Crisis Response Advisory | 14 | | Council, to develop and update substance use prevention and | 15 | | recovery resource materials for public elementary and | 16 | | secondary schools. A Substance Use Prevention and Recovery | 17 | | Instruction Resource Guide shall be made available on the | 18 | | State Board of Education's Internet website and shall be sent | 19 | | via electronic mail to all regional offices of education and | 20 | | school districts in this State. The Resource Guide shall | 21 | | provide guidance for school districts and educators regarding | 22 | | student instruction in the topics of substance use prevention |
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| 1 | | and recovery at an age and developmentally appropriate level | 2 | | and shall be reviewed and updated appropriately based on new | 3 | | findings and trends as determined by the State Board of | 4 | | Education or the Department of Human Services develop and | 5 | | establish a heroin and opioid drug prevention program that | 6 | | offers educational materials and instruction on heroin and | 7 | | opioid abuse to all school districts in the State for use at | 8 | | their respective public elementary and secondary schools . A | 9 | | school district's use of the Resource Guide participation in | 10 | | the program shall be voluntary. All resources and | 11 | | recommendations within the Resource Guide shall align with the | 12 | | substance use prevention and recovery related topics within | 13 | | the Illinois Learning Standards for Physical Development and | 14 | | Health and the State of Illinois Opioid Action Plan. The | 15 | | Resource Guide shall, at a minimum, include all the following: | 16 | | (1) Age-appropriate, comprehensive, reality-based, | 17 | | safety-focused, medically accurate and evidence-informed | 18 | | information that reduces substance-use risk factors and | 19 | | promotes protective factors. | 20 | | (2) Information about where to locate stories and | 21 | | perspectives of people with lived experiences for | 22 | | incorporation into classroom instruction. | 23 | | (3) Resources regarding how to make substance use | 24 | | prevention and recovery instruction interactive at each | 25 | | grade level. | 26 | | (4) Information on how school districts may involve |
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| 1 | | parents, caregivers, teachers, healthcare providers, and | 2 | | community members in the instructional process. | 3 | | (5) Ways to create instructional programs that are | 4 | | representative of diverse demographic groups and | 5 | | appropriate for each age, grade, and culture represented | 6 | | in classrooms in this State. | 7 | | (6) Resources that reflect the prevention continuum | 8 | | from universal to selected tactics that address young | 9 | | people's substance use, and current and projected | 10 | | substance use and overdose trends. | 11 | | (7) Citations and references the most up-to-date | 12 | | version of the State of Illinois Overdose Action Plan. | 13 | | (8) Resources that reflect the importance of education | 14 | | for youth, their families, and their community about: | 15 | | (A) substance types, the substance use continuum, | 16 | | the impact of substances on the brain and body, and | 17 | | contributing factors that lead to substance use, such | 18 | | as underlying co-occurring health issues and trauma; | 19 | | (B) the history of drugs and health policy in this | 20 | | State and the country, the impact of zero tolerance, | 21 | | and restorative justice practices; | 22 | | (C) risk mitigation and harm reduction, including | 23 | | abstinence and responding to an overdose with the use | 24 | | of naloxone and fentanyl test strips; | 25 | | (D) addressing adverse childhood experiences, such | 26 | | as witnessing and experiencing violence, abuse, |
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| 1 | | caregiver loss, and other trauma, especially among | 2 | | young people of color; | 3 | | (E) the social and health inequities among racial | 4 | | and ethnic minorities; and | 5 | | (F) strategies and resources for coping with | 6 | | stress, trauma, substance use, and other risky | 7 | | behavior in non-punitive ways to help oneself or | 8 | | others. | 9 | | Subject to appropriation, the Department of Human Services | 10 | | shall reimburse a grantee for any costs associated with | 11 | | facilitating a heroin and opioid overdose prevention | 12 | | instructional program for school districts seeking to provide | 13 | | instruction under this type of program a school district that | 14 | | decides to participate in the program for any costs it incurs | 15 | | in connection with its participation in the program . Each | 16 | | school district that seeks to participate participates in the | 17 | | program shall have the discretion to determine which grade | 18 | | levels the school district will instruct under the program. | 19 | | The program must use effective, research-proven, | 20 | | interactive teaching methods and technologies, and must | 21 | | provide students, parents, and school staff with scientific, | 22 | | social, and emotional learning content to help them understand | 23 | | the risk of drug use. Such learning content must specifically | 24 | | target the dangers of prescription pain medication and heroin | 25 | | abuse. The Department may contract with a health education | 26 | | organization to fulfill the requirements of the program.
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| 1 | | (Source: P.A. 102-894, eff. 5-20-22.)
| 2 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 3 | | becoming law. |
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