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Public Act 103-0810 | ||||
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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. |