Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB3247 Compare Versions

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1	1	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3247 Introduced , by Rep. Nabeela Syed SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 110/3 Amends the Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive Health Education Act. Provides that safety around icy bodies of water shall be included in the Comprehensive Health Education Program in grades pre-kindergarten through 8. LRB103 27134 RJT 53503 b STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3247 Introduced , by Rep. Nabeela Syed SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 110/3 105 ILCS 110/3 Amends the Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive Health Education Act. Provides that safety around icy bodies of water shall be included in the Comprehensive Health Education Program in grades pre-kindergarten through 8. LRB103 27134 RJT 53503 b LRB103 27134 RJT 53503 b STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY A BILL FOR
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5	5	Amends the Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive Health Education Act. Provides that safety around icy bodies of water shall be included in the Comprehensive Health Education Program in grades pre-kindergarten through 8.
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8	8	STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY
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13	13	1 AN ACT concerning education.
14	14	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
15	15	3 represented in the General Assembly:
16	16	4 Section 5. The Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive
17	17	5 Health Education Act is amended by changing Section 3 as
18	18	6 follows:
19	19	7 (105 ILCS 110/3)
20	20	8 Sec. 3. Comprehensive Health Education Program. The
21	21	9 program established under this Act shall include, but not be
22	22	10 limited to, the following major educational areas as a basis
23	23	11 for curricula in all elementary and secondary schools in this
24	24	12 State: human ecology and health; human growth and development;
25	25	13 the emotional, psychological, physiological, hygienic, and
26	26	14 social responsibilities of family life, including sexual
27	27	15 abstinence until marriage; the prevention and control of
28	28	16 disease, including instruction in grades 6 through 12 on the
29	29	17 prevention, transmission, and spread of AIDS; age-appropriate
30	30	18 sexual abuse and assault awareness and prevention education in
31	31	19 grades pre-kindergarten through 12; public and environmental
32	32	20 health; consumer health; safety education and disaster
33	33	21 survival; mental health and illness; personal health habits;
34	34	22 alcohol and drug use and abuse, including the medical and
35	35	23 legal ramifications of alcohol, drug, and tobacco use; abuse
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39	39	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3247 Introduced , by Rep. Nabeela Syed SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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42	42	Amends the Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive Health Education Act. Provides that safety around icy bodies of water shall be included in the Comprehensive Health Education Program in grades pre-kindergarten through 8.
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45	45	STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY
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76	76	1 during pregnancy; evidence-based and medically accurate
77	77	2 information regarding sexual abstinence; tobacco and
78	78	3 e-cigarettes and other vapor devices; nutrition; safety around
79	79	4 icy bodies of water in grades pre-kindergarten through 8; and
80	80	5 dental health. The instruction on mental health and illness
81	81	6 must evaluate the multiple dimensions of health by reviewing
82	82	7 the relationship between physical and mental health so as to
83	83	8 enhance student understanding, attitudes, and behaviors that
84	84	9 promote health, well-being, and human dignity and must include
85	85	10 how and where to find mental health resources and specialized
86	86	11 treatment in the State. The program shall also provide course
87	87	12 material and instruction to advise pupils of the Abandoned
88	88	13 Newborn Infant Protection Act. The program shall include
89	89	14 information about cancer, including, without limitation, types
90	90	15 of cancer, signs and symptoms, risk factors, the importance of
91	91	16 early prevention and detection, and information on where to go
92	92	17 for help. Notwithstanding the above educational areas, the
93	93	18 following areas may also be included as a basis for curricula
94	94	19 in all elementary and secondary schools in this State: basic
95	95	20 first aid (including, but not limited to, cardiopulmonary
96	96	21 resuscitation and the Heimlich maneuver), heart disease,
97	97	22 diabetes, stroke, the prevention of child abuse, neglect, and
98	98	23 suicide, and teen dating violence in grades 7 through 12.
99	99	24 Beginning with the 2014-2015 school year, training on how to
100	100	25 properly administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation (which
101	101	26 training must be in accordance with standards of the American
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112	112	1 Red Cross, the American Heart Association, or another
113	113	2 nationally recognized certifying organization) and how to use
114	114	3 an automated external defibrillator shall be included as a
115	115	4 basis for curricula in all secondary schools in this State.
116	116	5 The school board of each public elementary and secondary
117	117	6 school in the State shall encourage all teachers and other
118	118	7 school personnel to acquire, develop, and maintain the
119	119	8 knowledge and skills necessary to properly administer
120	120	9 life-saving techniques, including, without limitation, the
121	121	10 Heimlich maneuver and rescue breathing. The training shall be
122	122	11 in accordance with standards of the American Red Cross, the
123	123	12 American Heart Association, or another nationally recognized
124	124	13 certifying organization. A school board may use the services
125	125	14 of non-governmental entities whose personnel have expertise in
126	126	15 life-saving techniques to instruct teachers and other school
127	127	16 personnel in these techniques. Each school board is encouraged
128	128	17 to have in its employ, or on its volunteer staff, at least one
129	129	18 person who is certified, by the American Red Cross or by
130	130	19 another qualified certifying agency, as qualified to
131	131	20 administer first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation. In
132	132	21 addition, each school board is authorized to allocate
133	133	22 appropriate portions of its institute or inservice days to
134	134	23 conduct training programs for teachers and other school
135	135	24 personnel who have expressed an interest in becoming qualified
136	136	25 to administer emergency first aid or cardiopulmonary
137	137	26 resuscitation. School boards are urged to encourage their
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148	148	1 teachers and other school personnel who coach school athletic
149	149	2 programs and other extracurricular school activities to
150	150	3 acquire, develop, and maintain the knowledge and skills
151	151	4 necessary to properly administer first aid and cardiopulmonary
152	152	5 resuscitation in accordance with standards and requirements
153	153	6 established by the American Red Cross or another qualified
154	154	7 certifying agency. Subject to appropriation, the State Board
155	155	8 of Education shall establish and administer a matching grant
156	156	9 program to pay for half of the cost that a school district
157	157	10 incurs in training those teachers and other school personnel
158	158	11 who express an interest in becoming qualified to administer
159	159	12 cardiopulmonary resuscitation (which training must be in
160	160	13 accordance with standards of the American Red Cross, the
161	161	14 American Heart Association, or another nationally recognized
162	162	15 certifying organization) or in learning how to use an
163	163	16 automated external defibrillator. A school district that
164	164	17 applies for a grant must demonstrate that it has funds to pay
165	165	18 half of the cost of the training for which matching grant money
166	166	19 is sought. The State Board of Education shall award the grants
167	167	20 on a first-come, first-serve basis.
168	168	21 No pupil shall be required to take or participate in any
169	169	22 class or course on AIDS or family life instruction or to
170	170	23 receive training on how to properly administer cardiopulmonary
171	171	24 resuscitation or how to use an automated external
172	172	25 defibrillator if his or her parent or guardian submits written
173	173	26 objection thereto, and refusal to take or participate in the
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184	184	1 course or program or the training shall not be reason for
185	185	2 suspension or expulsion of the pupil.
186	186	3 Curricula developed under programs established in
187	187	4 accordance with this Act in the major educational area of
188	188	5 alcohol and drug use and abuse shall include classroom
189	189	6 instruction in grades 5 through 12. The instruction, which
190	190	7 shall include matters relating to both the physical and legal
191	191	8 effects and ramifications of drug and substance abuse, shall
192	192	9 be integrated into existing curricula; and the State Board of
193	193	10 Education shall develop and make available to all elementary
194	194	11 and secondary schools in this State instructional materials
195	195	12 and guidelines which will assist the schools in incorporating
196	196	13 the instruction into their existing curricula. In addition,
197	197	14 school districts may offer, as part of existing curricula
198	198	15 during the school day or as part of an after school program,
199	199	16 support services and instruction for pupils or pupils whose
200	200	17 parent, parents, or guardians are chemically dependent.
201	201	18 (Source: P.A. 101-305, eff. 1-1-20; 102-464, eff. 8-20-21;
202	202	19 102-558, eff. 8-20-21; 102-1034, eff. 1-1-23.)
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