Full Text of HB0544 095th General Assembly
HB0544 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 HB0544
Introduced 2/1/2007, by Rep. Mary E. Flowers SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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105 ILCS 125/3.5 new |
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105 ILCS 110/3 |
from Ch. 122, par. 863 |
30 ILCS 805/8.31 new |
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Amends the School Breakfast and Lunch Program Act. Strongly encourages a school board (including the board of a private school) to publish the school lunch menu and the nutrition content, including calories, of each meal item. Provides that a school board may determine the frequency and manner of publication. Amends the Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive Health Education Act. Requires a comprehensive health education program to include instruction in secondary schools on clinical depression and suicide prevention. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
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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 School Breakfast and Lunch Program Act is | 5 |
| amended by adding Section 3.5 as follows: | 6 |
| (105 ILCS 125/3.5 new)
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| Sec. 3.5. Publication of lunch menu. All school boards are | 8 |
| strongly encouraged to publish the school lunch menu and the | 9 |
| nutrition content, including calories, of each meal item. | 10 |
| A school board may determine the frequency and manner of | 11 |
| publication. | 12 |
| Section 10. The Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive | 13 |
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Education Act is amended by changing Section 3 as | 14 |
| 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 | 17 |
| program established
under this Act shall include, but not be | 18 |
| limited to, the following major
educational areas as a basis | 19 |
| for curricula in all elementary and secondary
schools in this | 20 |
| State: human ecology and health, human growth and
development, | 21 |
| the emotional, psychological, physiological, hygienic and
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| social responsibilities of family life, including sexual | 2 |
| abstinence until
marriage, prevention and control of disease, | 3 |
| including instruction in
grades 6 through 12 on the prevention, | 4 |
| transmission and spread of AIDS,
public and environmental | 5 |
| health, consumer health, safety education and
disaster | 6 |
| survival, mental health and illness (including instruction in
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| secondary schools on clinical depression and suicide | 8 |
| prevention) , personal health habits,
alcohol, drug use, and | 9 |
| abuse including the medical and legal ramifications
of alcohol, | 10 |
| drug, and tobacco use, abuse during pregnancy, sexual
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| abstinence until marriage, tobacco, nutrition, and dental | 12 |
| health. The program shall also provide course material and | 13 |
| instruction to advise pupils of the Abandoned Newborn Infant | 14 |
| Protection Act.
Notwithstanding the above educational areas, | 15 |
| the following areas may also
be included as a basis for | 16 |
| curricula in all elementary and secondary
schools in this | 17 |
| State: basic first aid (including, but not limited to,
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| cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the Heimlich maneuver), | 19 |
| early prevention
and detection of cancer, heart disease, | 20 |
| diabetes, stroke, and the
prevention of child abuse, neglect, | 21 |
| and suicide.
The school board of each
public elementary and | 22 |
| secondary school in the State
shall encourage all teachers and | 23 |
| other school personnel to acquire,
develop, and maintain the | 24 |
| knowledge and skills necessary to properly
administer | 25 |
| life-saving techniques, including without limitation the
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| Heimlich maneuver and rescue breathing.
The training shall be |
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accordance with standards of the
American Red Cross, the | 2 |
| American Heart Association, or another nationally
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| certifying organization.
A school board may use the
services of | 4 |
| non-governmental entities whose personnel have expertise in
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| life-saving techniques to instruct teachers and other school | 6 |
| personnel in
these techniques. Each school board
is encouraged | 7 |
| to have in
its employ, or on its volunteer staff, at least one | 8 |
| person who is certified, by
the American Red Cross or by | 9 |
| another qualified certifying agency,
as qualified to | 10 |
| administer first aid and
cardiopulmonary resuscitation. In | 11 |
| addition, each school board is authorized to
allocate | 12 |
| appropriate portions of its institute or inservice days to | 13 |
| conduct
training programs for teachers and other school | 14 |
| personnel who have expressed an
interest in becoming qualified | 15 |
| to administer emergency first aid or
cardiopulmonary | 16 |
| resuscitation. School boards are urged to
encourage their | 17 |
| teachers and other school personnel who coach school athletic
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| programs and other extracurricular school activities to | 19 |
| acquire, develop, and
maintain the knowledge and skills | 20 |
| necessary to properly administer first aid
and cardiopulmonary | 21 |
| resuscitation in accordance with standards and requirements
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| established by the American Red Cross or another qualified | 23 |
| certifying agency.
No pupil shall be
required to take or | 24 |
| participate in any class or course on AIDS or family
life | 25 |
| instruction if his parent or guardian submits written objection
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| thereto, and refusal to take or participate in the course or |
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| program shall
not be reason for suspension or expulsion of the | 2 |
| pupil.
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| Curricula developed under programs established in | 4 |
| accordance with this
Act in the major educational area of | 5 |
| alcohol and drug use and abuse shall
include classroom | 6 |
| instruction in grades 5 through 12. The instruction,
which | 7 |
| shall include matters relating to both the physical and legal | 8 |
| effects
and ramifications of drug and substance abuse, shall be | 9 |
| integrated into
existing curricula; and the State Board of | 10 |
| Education shall develop and make
available to all elementary | 11 |
| and secondary schools in this State
instructional materials and | 12 |
| guidelines which will assist the schools in
incorporating the | 13 |
| instruction into their existing curricula. In
addition, school | 14 |
| districts may offer, as part of existing curricula during
the | 15 |
| school day or as part of an after school program, support | 16 |
| services and
instruction for pupils or pupils whose parent, | 17 |
| parents, or guardians are
chemically dependent.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-933, eff. 6-26-06.)
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| Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding | 20 |
| Section 8.31 as follows: | 21 |
| (30 ILCS 805/8.31 new) | 22 |
| Sec. 8.31. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 | 23 |
| of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the | 24 |
| implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of |
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| the 95th General Assembly.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 3 |
| becoming law.
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