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Public Act 92-0023
HB3137 Enrolled LRB9206626NTsb
AN ACT regarding schools.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Critical Health Problems and
Comprehensive Health Education Act is amended by changing
Section 3 as follows:
(105 ILCS 110/3) (from Ch. 122, par. 863)
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 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, 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.
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. 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. 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 not be reason for
suspension or expulsion of the pupil.
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 the 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.
(Source: P.A. 90-566, eff. 1-2-98.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect on
July 1, 2001.
Passed in the General Assembly May 23, 2001.
Approved June 28, 2001.
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