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Public Act 100-1139
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| HB4657 Enrolled | LRB100 16464 NHT 31593 b |
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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 Code is amended by adding Section |
27-23.11 as follows:
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(105 ILCS 5/27-23.11 new) |
Sec. 27-23.11. Emotional Intelligence and Social and |
Emotional Learning Task Force. The Emotional Intelligence and |
Social and Emotional Learning Task Force is created to develop |
curriculum and assessment guidelines and best practices on |
emotional intelligence and social and emotional learning. The |
Task Force shall consist of the State Superintendent of |
Education or his or her designee and all of the following |
members, appointed by the State Superintendent: |
(1) A representative of a school district organized |
under Article 34 of this Code. |
(2) A representative of a statewide organization |
representing school boards. |
(3) A representative of a statewide organization |
representing individuals holding professional educator |
licenses with school support personnel endorsements under |
Article 21B of this Code, including school social workers, |
school psychologists, and school nurses. |
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(4) A representative of a statewide organization |
representing children's mental health experts. |
(5) A representative of a statewide organization |
representing school principals. |
(6) An employee of a school under Article 13A of this |
Code. |
(7) A school psychologist employed by a school district |
in Cook County. |
(8) Representatives of other appropriate State |
agencies, as determined by the State Superintendent. |
Members appointed by the State Superintendent shall serve |
without compensation but shall be reimbursed for their |
reasonable and necessary expenses from funds appropriated to |
the State Board of Education for that purpose, including |
travel, subject to the rules of the appropriate travel control |
board. The Task Force shall meet at the call of the State |
Superintendent. The State Board of Education shall provide |
administrative and other support to the Task Force. |
The Task Force shall develop age-appropriate, emotional |
intelligence and social and emotional learning curriculum and |
assessment guidelines and best practices for elementary |
schools and high schools. The guidelines shall, at a minimum, |
include teaching how to recognize, direct, and positively |
express emotions. The Task Force shall complete the guidelines |
on or before January 1, 2019. Upon completion of the guidelines |
the Task Force is dissolved.
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