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| Public Act 095-0043 |
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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 | ||||
Health
Education Act is amended by changing Section 3 as | ||||
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 | ||||
program established
under this Act shall include, but not be | ||||
limited to, the following major
educational areas as a basis | ||||
for curricula in all elementary and secondary
schools in this | ||||
State: human ecology and health, human growth and
development, | ||||
the emotional, psychological, physiological, hygienic and
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social responsibilities of family life, including sexual | ||||
abstinence until
marriage, prevention and control of disease, | ||||
including instruction in
grades 6 through 12 on the prevention, | ||||
transmission and spread of AIDS,
public and environmental | ||||
health, consumer health, safety education and
disaster | ||||
survival, mental health and illness, personal health habits,
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alcohol, drug use, and abuse including the medical and legal | ||||
ramifications
of alcohol, drug, and tobacco use, abuse during | ||||
pregnancy, sexual
abstinence until marriage, tobacco, | ||||
nutrition, and dental health. The program shall also provide | ||||
course material and instruction to advise pupils of the | ||
Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act.
Notwithstanding the | ||
above educational areas, the following areas may also
be | ||
included as a basis for curricula in all elementary and | ||
secondary
schools in this State: basic first aid (including, | ||
but not limited to,
cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the | ||
Heimlich maneuver), early prevention
and detection of cancer, | ||
heart disease, diabetes, stroke, and the
prevention of child | ||
abuse, neglect, and suicide.
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The school board of each
public elementary and secondary | ||
school in the State
shall encourage all teachers and other | ||
school personnel to acquire,
develop, and maintain the | ||
knowledge and skills necessary to properly
administer | ||
life-saving techniques, including without limitation the
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Heimlich maneuver and rescue breathing.
The training shall be | ||
in
accordance with standards of the
American Red Cross, the | ||
American Heart Association, or another nationally
recognized | ||
certifying organization.
A school board may use the
services of | ||
non-governmental entities whose personnel have expertise in
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life-saving techniques to instruct teachers and other school | ||
personnel in
these techniques. Each school board
is encouraged | ||
to have in
its employ, or on its volunteer staff, at least one | ||
person who is certified, by
the American Red Cross or by | ||
another qualified certifying agency,
as qualified to | ||
administer first aid and
cardiopulmonary resuscitation. In | ||
addition, each school board is authorized to
allocate | ||
appropriate portions of its institute or inservice days to | ||
conduct
training programs for teachers and other school | ||
personnel who have expressed an
interest in becoming qualified | ||
to administer emergency first aid or
cardiopulmonary | ||
resuscitation. School boards are urged to
encourage their | ||
teachers and other school personnel who coach school athletic
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programs and other extracurricular school activities to | ||
acquire, develop, and
maintain the knowledge and skills | ||
necessary to properly administer first aid
and cardiopulmonary | ||
resuscitation in accordance with standards and requirements
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established by the American Red Cross or another qualified | ||
certifying agency. Subject to appropriation, the State Board of | ||
Education shall establish and administer a matching grant | ||
program to pay for half of the cost that a school district | ||
incurs in training those teachers and other school personnel | ||
who express an interest in becoming qualified to administer | ||
cardiopulmonary resuscitation (which training must be in
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accordance with standards of the
American Red Cross, the | ||
American Heart Association, or another nationally
recognized | ||
certifying organization) or in learning how to use an automated | ||
external defibrillator. A school district that applies for a | ||
grant must demonstrate that it has funds to pay half of the | ||
cost of the training for which matching grant money is sought. | ||
The State Board of Education shall award the grants on a | ||
first-come, first-serve basis.
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No pupil shall be
required to take or participate in any | ||
class or course on AIDS or family
life instruction if his | ||
parent or guardian submits written objection
thereto, and | ||
refusal to take or participate in the course or program shall
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not be reason for suspension or expulsion of the pupil.
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Curricula developed under programs established in | ||
accordance with this
Act in the major educational area of | ||
alcohol and drug use and abuse shall
include classroom | ||
instruction in grades 5 through 12. The instruction,
which | ||
shall include matters relating to both the physical and legal | ||
effects
and ramifications of drug and substance abuse, shall be | ||
integrated into
existing curricula; and the State Board of | ||
Education shall develop and make
available to all elementary | ||
and secondary schools in this State
instructional materials and | ||
guidelines which will assist the schools in
incorporating the | ||
instruction into their existing curricula. In
addition, school | ||
districts may offer, as part of existing curricula during
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school day or as part of an after school program, support | ||
services and
instruction for pupils or pupils whose parent, | ||
parents, or guardians are
chemically dependent.
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(Source: P.A. 94-933, eff. 6-26-06.)
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