Public Act 102-0638
 
SB2109 EnrolledLRB102 16385 CMG 21774 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 Sections 
10-16a and 10-22.39 as follows:
 
    (105 ILCS 5/10-16a)
    Sec. 10-16a. School board member's leadership training.
    (a) This Section applies to all school board members 
serving pursuant to Section 10-10 of this Code who have been 
elected after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 
97th General Assembly or appointed to fill a vacancy of at 
least one year's duration after the effective date of this 
amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly.
    (b) Every voting member of a school board of a school 
district elected or appointed for a term beginning after the 
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General 
Assembly, within a year after the effective date of this 
amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly or the first year 
of his or her first term, shall complete a minimum of 4 hours 
of professional development leadership training covering 
topics in education and labor law, financial oversight and 
accountability, and fiduciary responsibilities of a school 
board member, and, beginning with the 2023-2024
school year, 
trauma-informed practices for students and staff.  The school 
district shall maintain on its Internet website, if any, the 
names of all voting members of the school board who have 
successfully completed the training.
    (b-5) The training regarding trauma-informed practices for 
students and staff required by this
Section must include 
information that is relevant to and within the scope of the 
duties of a school board
member. Such information may include, 
but is not limited to:
        (1) the recognition of and care for
trauma in students 
    and staff;
        (2) the relationship between staff wellness and 
    student learning;
        (3) the
effect of trauma on student behavior and 
    learning;
        (4) the prevalence of trauma among students,
including 
    the prevalence of trauma among student populations at 
    higher risk of experiencing
trauma;
        (5) the effects of implicit or explicit bias on 
    recognizing trauma among various student groups in 
    connection with race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual 
    orientation, socio-economic status, and other relevant 
    factors; and
        (6)
effective district and school practices that are 
    shown to:
            (A) prevent and mitigate the negative effect of 
        trauma on
student behavior and learning; and
            (B) support the emotional wellness of staff. 
    (c) The training on financial oversight, accountability, 
and fiduciary responsibilities, and, beginning with the 
2023-24 school year, trauma-informed
practices for students 
and staff may be provided by an association established under 
this Code for the purpose of training school board members or 
by other qualified providers approved by the State Board of 
Education, in consultation with an association so established.

    (d) The State Board of Education may adopt rules that are 
necessary for the administration
of the provisions of this 
Section. 
(Source: P.A. 97-8, eff. 6-13-11.)
 

    (105 ILCS 5/10-22.39)


    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


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, trauma, 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. 

    Training regarding the implementation of trauma-informed 
practices satisfies the requirements
of this subsection (b).
    A course of instruction as described in this subsection 
(b) may provide information that is relevant to
and within the 
scope of the duties of licensed school personnel or school 
administrators. Such information may include,
but is not 
limited to:
        (1) the recognition of and care for trauma in students 
    and staff;
        (2) the relationship between educator wellness and 
    student learning;
        (3) the effect of trauma on student behavior and 
    learning;
        (4) the prevalence of trauma among students, including 
    the prevalence of trauma among student
populations at 
    higher risk of experiencing trauma;
        (5) the effects of implicit or explicit bias on 
    recognizing trauma among various student groups in 
    connection with race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual 
    orientation, socio-economic status, and other relevant 
    factors; and
        (6) effective district practices that are shown to:
            (A) prevent and mitigate the negative effect of 
        trauma on student behavior and learning; and
            (B) support the emotional wellness of staff. 
    (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

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

of Public Health shall jointly develop standards for such 
training.

    (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.

    (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. 

    (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; 101-350, eff. 1-1-20.)


 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 
1, 2023.