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| Public Act 103-0399 | ||||
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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 1. Short title; reference to Act. This Act may be | ||||
referred to as Louie's Law. | ||||
Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | ||||
22-81 as follows: | ||||
(105 ILCS 5/22-81) | ||||
Sec. 22-81. Drug education and youth overdose prevention | ||||
Heroin and opioid prevention program. By July 1, 2024, the The | ||||
State Board of Education and the Department of Human Services | ||||
shall work in consultation with relevant stakeholders, | ||||
including the Illinois Opioid Crisis Response Advisory | ||||
Council, to develop and update substance use prevention and | ||||
recovery resource materials for public elementary and | ||||
secondary schools. A Substance Use Prevention and Recovery | ||||
Instruction Resource Guide shall be made available on the | ||||
State Board of Education's Internet website and shall be sent | ||||
via electronic mail to all regional offices of education and | ||||
school districts in this State. The Resource Guide shall | ||||
provide guidance for school districts and educators regarding | ||||
student instruction in the topics of substance use prevention | ||||
and recovery at an age and developmentally appropriate level | ||
and shall be reviewed and updated appropriately based on new | ||
findings and trends as determined by the State Board of | ||
Education or the Department of Human Services develop and | ||
establish a heroin and opioid drug prevention program that | ||
offers educational materials and instruction on heroin and | ||
opioid abuse to all school districts in the State for use at | ||
their respective public elementary and secondary schools. A | ||
school district's use of the Resource Guide participation in | ||
the program shall be voluntary. All resources and | ||
recommendations within the Resource Guide shall align with the | ||
substance use prevention and recovery related topics within | ||
the Illinois Learning Standards for Physical Development and | ||
Health and the State of Illinois Opioid Action Plan. The | ||
Resource Guide shall, at a minimum, include all the following: | ||
(1) Age-appropriate, comprehensive, reality-based, | ||
safety-focused, medically accurate and evidence-informed | ||
information that reduces substance-use risk factors and | ||
promotes protective factors. | ||
(2) Information about where to locate stories and | ||
perspectives of people with lived experiences for | ||
incorporation into classroom instruction. | ||
(3) Resources regarding how to make substance use | ||
prevention and recovery instruction interactive at each | ||
grade level. | ||
(4) Information on how school districts may involve | ||
parents, caregivers, teachers, healthcare providers, and | ||
community members in the instructional process. | ||
(5) Ways to create instructional programs that are | ||
representative of diverse demographic groups and | ||
appropriate for each age, grade, and culture represented | ||
in classrooms in this State. | ||
(6) Resources that reflect the prevention continuum | ||
from universal to selected tactics that address young | ||
people's substance use, and current and projected | ||
substance use and overdose trends. | ||
(7) Citations and references the most up-to-date | ||
version of the State of Illinois Overdose Action Plan. | ||
(8) Resources that reflect the importance of education | ||
for youth, their families, and their community about: | ||
(A) substance types, the substance use continuum, | ||
the impact of substances on the brain and body, and | ||
contributing factors that lead to substance use, such | ||
as underlying co-occurring health issues and trauma; | ||
(B) the history of drugs and health policy in this | ||
State and the country, the impact of zero tolerance, | ||
and restorative justice practices; | ||
(C) risk mitigation and harm reduction, including | ||
abstinence and responding to an overdose with the use | ||
of naloxone and fentanyl test strips; | ||
(D) addressing adverse childhood experiences, such | ||
as witnessing and experiencing violence, abuse, | ||
caregiver loss, and other trauma, especially among | ||
young people of color; | ||
(E) the social and health inequities among racial | ||
and ethnic minorities; and | ||
(F) strategies and resources for coping with | ||
stress, trauma, substance use, and other risky | ||
behavior in non-punitive ways to help oneself or | ||
others. | ||
Subject to appropriation, the Department of Human Services | ||
shall reimburse a grantee for any costs associated with | ||
facilitating a heroin and opioid overdose prevention | ||
instructional program for school districts seeking to provide | ||
instruction under this type of program a school district that | ||
decides to participate in the program for any costs it incurs | ||
in connection with its participation in the program. Each | ||
school district that seeks to participate participates in the | ||
program shall have the discretion to determine which grade | ||
levels the school district will instruct under the program. | ||
The program must use effective, research-proven, | ||
interactive teaching methods and technologies, and must | ||
provide students, parents, and school staff with scientific, | ||
social, and emotional learning content to help them understand | ||
the risk of drug use. Such learning content must specifically | ||
target the dangers of prescription pain medication and heroin | ||
abuse. The Department may contract with a health education | ||
organization to fulfill the requirements of the program.
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(Source: P.A. 102-894, eff. 5-20-22.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law. | ||