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| Public Act 101-0350 | ||||
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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 changing Sections | ||||
10-22.39 and 34-18.7 as follows:
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(105 ILCS 5/10-22.39)
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Sec. 10-22.39. In-service training programs. | ||||
(a) To conduct in-service training programs for teachers. | ||||
(b) In addition to
other topics at in-service training
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programs, at least once every 2 years, licensed school | ||||
personnel and administrators who work with pupils in | ||||
kindergarten through grade 12 shall be
trained to identify the | ||||
warning signs of mental illness and suicidal behavior in youth | ||||
and shall be taught appropriate intervention and referral | ||||
techniques. A school district may utilize the Illinois Mental | ||||
Health First Aid training program, established under the | ||||
Illinois Mental Health First Aid Training Act and administered | ||||
by certified instructors trained by a national association | ||||
recognized as an authority in behavioral health, to provide the | ||||
training and meet the requirements under this subsection. If | ||||
licensed school personnel or an administrator obtains mental | ||||
health first aid training outside of an in-service training | ||||
program, he or she may present a certificate of successful | ||||
completion of the training to the school district to satisfy | ||
the requirements of this subsection.
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(c) School guidance counselors, nurses, teachers and other | ||
school personnel
who work with pupils may be trained to have a | ||
basic knowledge of matters
relating to acquired | ||
immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), including the nature
of the | ||
disease, its causes and effects, the means of detecting it and
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preventing its transmission, and the availability of | ||
appropriate sources of
counseling and referral, and any other | ||
information that may be appropriate
considering the age and | ||
grade level of such pupils. The School Board shall
supervise | ||
such training. The State Board of Education and the Department
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of Public Health shall jointly develop standards for such | ||
training.
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(d) In this subsection (d): | ||
"Domestic violence" means abuse by a family or household | ||
member, as "abuse" and "family or household members" are | ||
defined in Section 103 of the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of | ||
1986. | ||
"Sexual violence" means sexual assault, abuse, or stalking | ||
of an adult or minor child proscribed in the Criminal Code of | ||
1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012 in Sections 11-1.20, 11-1.30, | ||
11-1.40, 11-1.50, 11-1.60, 12-7.3, 12-7.4, 12-7.5, 12-12, | ||
12-13, 12-14, 12-14.1, 12-15, and 12-16, including sexual | ||
violence committed by perpetrators who are strangers to the | ||
victim and sexual violence committed by perpetrators who are | ||
known or related by blood or marriage to the victim. | ||
At least once every 2 years, an in-service training program | ||
for school personnel who work with pupils, including, but not | ||
limited to, school and school district administrators, | ||
teachers, school guidance counselors, school social workers, | ||
school counselors, school psychologists, and school nurses, | ||
must be conducted by persons with expertise in domestic and | ||
sexual violence and the needs of expectant and parenting youth | ||
and shall include training concerning (i) communicating with | ||
and listening to youth victims of domestic or sexual violence | ||
and expectant and parenting youth, (ii) connecting youth | ||
victims of domestic or sexual violence and expectant and | ||
parenting youth to appropriate in-school services and other | ||
agencies, programs, and services as needed, and (iii) | ||
implementing the school district's policies, procedures, and | ||
protocols with regard to such youth, including | ||
confidentiality. At a minimum, school personnel must be trained | ||
to understand, provide information and referrals, and address | ||
issues pertaining to youth who are parents, expectant parents, | ||
or victims of domestic or sexual violence.
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(e) At least every 2 years, an in-service training program | ||
for school personnel who work with pupils must be conducted by | ||
persons with expertise in anaphylactic reactions and | ||
management.
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(f) At least once every 2 years, a school board shall | ||
conduct in-service training on educator ethics, | ||
teacher-student conduct, and school employee-student conduct | ||
for all personnel. | ||
(Source: P.A. 100-903, eff. 1-1-19.)
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(105 ILCS 5/34-18.7) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-18.7) | ||
Sec. 34-18.7. Youth mental illness and suicide detection | ||
and intervention. At least once every 2 years, licensed school | ||
personnel and administrators
who work
with pupils in | ||
kindergarten through grade 12 shall be trained to identify the | ||
warning
signs of mental illness and suicidal behavior in youth | ||
and shall be taught
various intervention techniques. The school | ||
district may utilize the Illinois Mental Health First Aid | ||
training program, established under the Illinois Mental Health | ||
First Aid Training Act and administered by certified | ||
instructors trained by a national association recognized as an | ||
authority in behavioral health, to provide the training and | ||
meet the requirements under this Section. If licensed school | ||
personnel or an administrator obtains mental health first aid | ||
training outside of an in-service training program, he or she | ||
may present a certificate of successful completion of the | ||
training to the school district to satisfy the requirements of | ||
this Section. The Such training shall be provided within
the | ||
framework of existing in-service training programs offered by | ||
the Board or as part of the professional development activities | ||
required under Section 21-14 of this Code. | ||
(Source: P.A. 100-903, eff. 1-1-19.)
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