Public Act 103-0810
 
HB4219 EnrolledLRB103 34629 RJT 64470 b

    AN ACT concerning education.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section 
27-13.2 as follows:
 
    (105 ILCS 5/27-13.2)  (from Ch. 122, par. 27-13.2)
    Sec. 27-13.2. Required instruction. 
    (a) In every public school there shall be instruction, 
study, and discussion of effective methods by which pupils may 
recognize the danger of and avoid abduction, and in every 
public school maintaining any of grades kindergarten through 
8, there shall be, for such grades, instruction, study, and 
discussion of effective methods for the prevention and 
avoidance of drugs and the dangers of opioid and substance 
abuse. School boards may include such required instruction, 
study, and discussion in the courses of study regularly taught 
in the public schools of their respective districts; provided, 
however, that such instruction shall be given each year to all 
pupils in grades kindergarten through 8. The State 
Superintendent of Education may prepare and make available to 
all public and non-public schools instructional materials 
which may be used by such schools as guidelines for 
development of a program of instruction under this subsection 
(a); provided, however, that each school board shall itself 
determine the minimum amount of instruction time which shall 
qualify as a program of instruction which will satisfy the 
requirements of this subsection (a).
    The State Superintendent of Education, in cooperation with 
the Department of Children and Family Services, shall prepare 
and disseminate to all public schools and non-public schools, 
information on instructional materials and programs about 
child sexual abuse which may be used by such schools for their 
own or community programs. Such information may also be 
disseminated by such schools to parents.
    (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this Section, no 
pupil in any of grades kindergarten through 8 shall be 
required to take or participate in any class or course 
providing instruction in recognizing and avoiding sexual abuse 
if the parent or guardian of the pupil submits written 
objection thereto; and refusal to take or participate in such 
class or course after such written objection is made shall not 
be reason for failing, suspending or expelling such pupil. 
Each school board intending to offer any such class or course 
to pupils in any of grades kindergarten through 8 shall give 
not less than 5 days written notice to the parents or guardians 
of such pupils before commencing the class or course.
    (c) (Blank). Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, in 
every State-required health course for grades 9 through 12, a 
school district shall provide instruction, study, and 
discussion on the dangers of fentanyl. Information for the 
instruction, study, and discussion of fentanyl shall come from 
information provided by the National Institutes of Health, the 
United States Drug Enforcement Administration, or the United 
States Department of Health and Human Services. This 
instruction, study, and discussion shall include, at a 
minimum, all of the following:
        (1) Information on fentanyl itself, including an 
    explanation of the differences between synthetic and 
    nonsynthetic opioids and illicit drugs, the variations of 
    fentanyl itself, and the differences between the legal and 
    illegal uses of fentanyl.
        (2) The side effects and the risk factors of using 
    fentanyl, along with information comparing the lethal 
    amounts of fentanyl to other drugs. Information on the 
    risk factors may include, but is not limited to:
            (A) the lethal dose of fentanyl;
            (B) how often fentanyl is placed in drugs without 
        a person's knowledge;
            (C) an explanation of what fentanyl does to a 
        person's body and the severity of fentanyl's addictive 
        properties; and
            (D) how the consumption of fentanyl can lead to 
        hypoxia, as well as an explanation of what hypoxia 
        precisely does to a person's body.
        (3) Details about the process of lacing fentanyl in 
    other drugs and why drugs get laced with fentanyl.
        (4) Details about how to detect fentanyl in drugs and 
    how to save someone from an overdose of fentanyl, which 
    shall include:
            (A) how to buy and use fentanyl test strips;
            (B) how to buy and use naloxone, either through a 
        nasal spray or an injection; and
            (C) how to detect if someone is overdosing on 
        fentanyl.
    Students shall be assessed on the instruction required 
under this subsection (c). The assessment may include, but is 
not limited to:
        (1) the differences between synthetic and nonsynthetic 
    drugs;
        (2) hypoxia;
        (3) the effects of fentanyl on a person's body;
        (4) the lethal dose of fentanyl; and
        (5) how to detect and prevent overdoses. 
    The instruction required under this subsection (c) shall 
be taught by a licensed educator, school nurse, or school 
counselor. 
(Source: P.A. 102-195, eff. 7-30-21; 103-365, eff. 1-1-24.)
 
    Section 10. The Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive 
Health Education Act is amended by changing Section 3 as 
follows:
 
    (105 ILCS 110/3)
    Sec. 3. Comprehensive Health Education Program. 
    (a) 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 social responsibilities of family life, 
including sexual abstinence until marriage; the prevention and 
control of disease, including instruction in grades 6 through 
12 on the prevention, transmission, and spread of AIDS; 
age-appropriate sexual abuse and assault awareness and 
prevention education in grades pre-kindergarten through 12; 
public and environmental health; consumer health; safety 
education and disaster preparedness survival; mental health 
and illness; personal health habits; alcohol and drug use and 
abuse, including the use and abuse of fentanyl, and the 
medical and legal ramifications of alcohol, drug, and tobacco 
use; abuse during pregnancy; evidence-based and medically 
accurate information regarding sexual abstinence; tobacco and 
e-cigarettes and other vapor devices; nutrition; and dental 
health. The instruction on mental health and illness must 
evaluate the multiple dimensions of health by reviewing the 
relationship between physical and mental health so as to 
enhance student understanding, attitudes, and behaviors that 
promote health, well-being, and human dignity and must include 
how and where to find mental health resources and specialized 
treatment in the State. The program shall also provide course 
material and instruction to advise pupils of the Abandoned 
Newborn Infant Protection Act. The program shall include 
information about cancer, including, without limitation, types 
of cancer, signs and symptoms, risk factors, the importance of 
early prevention and detection, and information on where to go 
for help. 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), heart disease, 
diabetes, stroke, the prevention of child abuse, neglect, and 
suicide, and teen dating violence in grades 7 through 12. 
Beginning with the 2014-2015 school year, training on how to 
properly administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation (which 
training must be in accordance with standards of the American 
Red Cross, the American Heart Association, or another 
nationally recognized certifying organization) and how to use 
an automated external defibrillator shall be included as a 
basis for curricula in all secondary schools in this State. 
    (b) Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year in grades 9 
through 12, the program shall include instruction, study, and 
discussion on the dangers of allergies. Information for the 
instruction, study, and discussion shall come from information 
provided by the Department of Public Health and the federal 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This instruction, 
study, and discussion shall include, at a minimum:
        (1) recognizing the signs and symptoms of an allergic 
    reaction, including anaphylaxis;
        (2) the steps to take to prevent exposure to 
    allergens; and
        (3) safe emergency epinephrine administration. 
    (c) 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 
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 
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 
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 
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 
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. 
    (d) No pupil shall be required to take or participate in 
any class or course on AIDS or family life instruction or to 
receive training on how to properly administer cardiopulmonary 
resuscitation or how to use an automated external 
defibrillator if his or her parent or guardian submits written 
objection thereto, and refusal to take or participate in the 
course or program or the training shall not be reason for 
suspension or expulsion of the pupil.
    (e) 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, shall be age and 
developmentally appropriate, and may include the information 
contained in the Substance Use Prevention and Recovery 
Instruction Resource Guide under Section 22-81 of the School 
Code, as applicable. 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 determine how to develop and make available to all 
elementary and secondary schools in this State instructional 
materials and guidelines that 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 the school day or as part of an after-school 
after school program, support services and instruction for 
pupils or pupils whose parent, parents, or guardians are 
chemically dependent. Curricula developed under programs 
established in accordance with this Act in the major 
educational area of alcohol and drug use and abuse shall 
include the instruction, study, and discussion required under 
subsection (c) of Section 27-13.2 of the School Code.
    Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, the program 
shall include instruction, study, and discussion on the 
dangers of fentanyl in grades 6 through 12. Information for 
the instruction, study, and discussion on the dangers of 
fentanyl shall be age and developmentally appropriate and may 
include information contained in the Substance Use Prevention 
and Recovery Instruction Resource Guide under Section 22-81 of 
the School Code, as applicable. The instruction, study, and 
discussion on the dangers of fentanyl in grades 9 through 12 
shall include, at a minimum, all of the following:
        (1) Information on fentanyl itself, including an 
    explanation of the differences between synthetic and 
    nonsynthetic opioids and illicit drugs, the variations of 
    fentanyl itself, and the differences between the legal and 
    illegal uses of fentanyl.
        (2) The side effects and the risk factors of using 
    fentanyl, along with information comparing the lethal 
    amounts of fentanyl to other drugs. Information on the 
    risk factors may include, but is not limited to:
            (A) the lethal dose of fentanyl;
            (B) how often fentanyl is placed in drugs without 
        a person's knowledge;
            (C) an explanation of what fentanyl does to a 
        person's body and the severity of fentanyl's addictive 
        properties; and
            (D) how the consumption of fentanyl can lead to 
        hypoxia, as well as an explanation of what hypoxia 
        precisely does to a person's body.
        (3) Details about the process of lacing fentanyl in 
    other drugs and why drugs get laced with fentanyl.
        (4) Details about how to detect fentanyl in drugs and 
    how to save someone from an overdose of fentanyl, which 
    shall include:
            (A) how to buy and use fentanyl test strips;
            (B) how to buy and use naloxone, either through a 
        nasal spray or an injection; and
            (C) how to detect if someone is overdosing on 
        fentanyl.
Students in grades 9 through 12 shall be assessed on the 
instruction, study, and discussion on the dangers of fentanyl. 
The assessment may include, but is not limited to:
        (i) the differences between synthetic and nonsynthetic 
    drugs;
        (ii) hypoxia;
        (iii) the effects of fentanyl on a person's body;
        (iv) the lethal dose of fentanyl; and
        (v) how to detect and prevent overdoses.
The instruction, study, and discussion on the dangers of 
fentanyl may be taught by a licensed educator, school nurse, 
school social worker, law enforcement officer, or school 
counselor. 
(Source: P.A. 102-464, eff. 8-20-21; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21; 
102-1034, eff. 1-1-23; 103-212, eff. 1-1-24; 103-365, eff. 
1-1-24; revised 12-12-23.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.

Effective Date:  8/9/2024