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| Public Act 094-0933 |
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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 Section | ||||
27-9.1 as follows:
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(105 ILCS 5/27-9.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-9.1)
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Sec. 27-9.1. Sex Education.
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(a) No pupil shall be required to take or participate in | ||||
any class or course
in comprehensive sex education if his | ||||
parent or guardian submits written
objection thereto, and | ||||
refusal to take or participate in such course or
program shall | ||||
not be reason for suspension or expulsion of such pupil.
Each | ||||
class or course in comprehensive sex education offered in any | ||||
of
grades 6 through 12 shall include instruction on the | ||||
prevention,
transmission and spread of AIDS.
Nothing in this | ||||
Section prohibits instruction in sanitation, hygiene or
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traditional courses in biology.
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(b) All public elementary, junior high, and senior high | ||||
school
classes that teach sex education and discuss sexual | ||||
intercourse shall
emphasize that abstinence is the expected | ||||
norm in that abstinence from
sexual intercourse is the only
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protection that is 100% effective against unwanted teenage | ||||
pregnancy,
sexually transmitted diseases, and acquired immune | ||||
deficiency syndrome
(AIDS) when transmitted sexually.
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(c) All sex education courses that discuss sexual | ||||
intercourse shall
satisfy the following criteria:
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(1) Course material and instruction shall be age | ||||
appropriate.
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(2) Course material and instruction shall teach honor | ||||
and respect for
monogamous heterosexual marriage.
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(3) Course material and instruction shall stress that | ||||
pupils should
abstain from sexual intercourse until they | ||||
are ready for marriage.
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(4) Course material and instruction shall include a | ||
discussion of the
possible emotional and psychological | ||
consequences of preadolescent and
adolescent sexual | ||
intercourse outside of marriage and the consequences of
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unwanted adolescent pregnancy.
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(5) Course material and instruction shall stress that | ||
sexually
transmitted diseases are serious possible hazards | ||
of sexual intercourse.
Pupils shall be provided with | ||
statistics based on the latest medical
information citing | ||
the failure and success rates of condoms in preventing
AIDS | ||
and other sexually transmitted diseases.
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(6) Course material and instruction shall advise | ||
pupils of the laws
pertaining to their financial | ||
responsibility to children born in and out of
wedlock.
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(7) Course material and instruction shall advise | ||
pupils of the
circumstances under which it is unlawful for | ||
males to have sexual relations
with females under the
age | ||
of 18 to whom they are not married pursuant to Article 12 | ||
of the
Criminal Code of 1961, as now or hereafter amended.
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(8) Course material and instruction shall teach pupils | ||
to not make
unwanted physical and verbal sexual advances | ||
and how to say no to unwanted
sexual advances. Pupils shall | ||
be taught that it is wrong to take advantage
of or to | ||
exploit another person. The material and instruction shall | ||
also
encourage youth to resist negative peer pressure.
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(9) (Blank).
Course material and instruction shall | ||
advise pupils of the
provisions of the Abandoned Newborn | ||
Infant Protection Act (325 ILCS 2/)
as well as provide | ||
information about
responsible parenting and the | ||
availability of confidential adoption
services.
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(d) An opportunity shall be afforded to parents or | ||
guardians to examine
the instructional materials to be used in | ||
such class or course.
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(Source: P.A. 93-88, eff. 7-2-03.)
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Section 10. The Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive | ||
Health
Education Act is amended by changing Section 3 as | ||
follows:
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(105 ILCS 110/3) (from Ch. 122, par. 863)
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Sec. 3. Comprehensive Health Education Program. 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
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social responsibilities of family life, including sexual | ||
abstinence until
marriage, prevention and control of disease, | ||
including instruction in
grades 6 through 12 on the prevention, | ||
transmission and spread of AIDS,
public and environmental | ||
health, consumer health, safety education and
disaster | ||
survival, mental health and illness, personal health habits,
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alcohol, drug use, and abuse including the medical and legal | ||
ramifications
of alcohol, drug, and tobacco use, abuse during | ||
pregnancy, sexual
abstinence until marriage, tobacco, | ||
nutrition, and dental health. The program shall also provide | ||
course material and instruction to advise pupils of the | ||
Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act.
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), early prevention
and detection of cancer, | ||
heart disease, diabetes, stroke, and the
prevention of child | ||
abuse, neglect, and suicide.
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
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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
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American Red Cross or by another qualified certifying agency,
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as qualified to administer first aid and
cardiopulmonary | ||
resuscitation. In addition, each school board is authorized to
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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
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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
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established by the American Red Cross or another qualified | ||
certifying agency.
No pupil shall be
required to take or | ||
participate in any class or course on AIDS or family
life | ||
instruction if his parent or guardian submits written objection
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thereto, and refusal to take or participate in the course or | ||
program shall
not be reason for suspension or expulsion of the | ||
pupil.
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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. 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 develop and make
available to all elementary | ||
and secondary schools in this State
instructional materials and | ||
guidelines 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
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school day or as part of an after school program, support | ||
services and
instruction for pupils or pupils whose parent, | ||
parents, or guardians are
chemically dependent.
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(Source: P.A. 92-23, eff. 7-1-01.)
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Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding | ||
Section 8.30 as
follows:
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(30 ILCS 805/8.30 new)
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Sec. 8.30. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 | ||
of this
Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the | ||
implementation of
any mandate created by this amendatory Act of | ||
the 94th General Assembly.
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law.
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