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1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 271
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend Senate Bill 271 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
4 "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5 Dissection Alternatives Act.
6 Section 5. Definitions. For the purposes of this Act,
7 unless the context otherwise requires:
8 "Student" means (i) a pupil at a public or private
9 elementary or secondary school in Illinois, (ii) a student at
10 an Illinois community college, or (iii) an undergraduate
11 student at a public or private college or university in
12 Illinois.
13 "Teacher" means a person who is teaching (i) at a public
14 or private elementary or secondary school in Illinois, (ii)
15 at an Illinois community college, or (iii) undergraduate
16 students at a public or private college or university in
17 Illinois; regardless of whether that teaching is on a
18 full-time or part-time, temporary or permanent, or regular or
19 substitute basis.
20 "Dissection" includes cutting, killing, inspecting,
21 touching, handling, preserving, mounting, or other
22 manipulation of living or dead animals or animal parts for
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1 scientific study; but does not include the cutting,
2 inspecting, touching, handling, preserving, mounting, or
3 other manipulation of (1) meat or other animal products that
4 have been processed for use as food or in the preparation of
5 food or (2) wool, silk, glue, or other commercial or artistic
6 products derived from animals.
7 Section 10. Alternative student projects. A school may
8 excuse a student enrolled in a course in which students are
9 ordinarily expected to perform, participate in, or observe
10 dissection who objects for any reason to performing,
11 participating in, or observing that dissection and instead
12 allow the student to complete an alternative project. The
13 alternative project should be nonpunative and should be
14 reasonably chosen to provide the student, through means other
15 than dissection, with knowledge similar to that expected to
16 be gained by other students in the course who perform,
17 participate in, or observe the dissection. In the case of a
18 student in a public elementary or secondary school, the
19 alternative project should be consistent with any guidelines
20 for alternative projects that have been adopted by the State
21 Board of Education.
22 Section 15. Guidelines for notification of students and
23 parents.
24 (a) The State Board of Education shall develop and make
25 available guidelines that may be used by the public
26 elementary and secondary schools within this State to give
27 appropriate notice of the following to students and their
28 parents or legal guardians:
29 (1) Which, if any, of the courses taught at the
30 school ordinarily require or allow the student to
31 perform, participate in, or observe dissection.
32 (2) Whether or not the school makes available to
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1 students the opportunity to complete an alternative
2 project.
3 (b) The Illinois Community College Board shall develop
4 and make available guidelines that may be used by the public
5 community colleges of this State for the purpose of providing
6 to community college students the notifications described in
7 subsection (a).
8 (c) The Board of Higher Education shall develop and make
9 available guidelines that may be used by the public and
10 private colleges and universities of this State for the
11 purpose of providing to their students the notifications
12 described in subsection (a).
13 Section 20. Information concerning dissection
14 alternatives.
15 (a) The Illinois Community College Board shall make
16 available to public community colleges sources of information
17 concerning alternatives to the dissection of animals. Such
18 information may include, but need not be limited to, names,
19 addresses, and contact personnel of organizations that offer
20 free instructional and teaching materials as alternatives to
21 dissection.
22 (b) The Board of Higher Education shall make available
23 to public and private colleges and universities sources of
24 information concerning alternatives to the dissection of
25 animals. Such information may include, but need not be
26 limited to, names, addresses, and contact personnel of
27 organizations that offer free instructional and teaching
28 materials as alternatives to dissection.
29 Section 25. Discrimination prohibited. A student may
30 not be penalized or discriminated against in any way for
31 refusing to perform, participate in, or observe dissection.
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1 Section 90. The School Code is amended by adding Section
2 2-3.120 as follows:
3 (105 ILCS 5/2-3.120 new)
4 Sec. 2-3.120. Dissection alternatives. The State Board
5 of Education shall make available to school districts sources
6 of information concerning alternatives to the dissection of
7 animals. Such information may include, but need not be
8 limited to, names, addresses, and contact personnel of
9 organizations that offer free instructional and teaching
10 materials as alternatives to dissection.
11 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
12 becoming law and first applies to the 1997-1998 academic
13 year.".