Public Act 0168 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HB3327 Enrolled LRB095 06954 NHT 27073 b

Public Act 095-0168

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 27-17 as follows:

(105 ILCS 5/27-17) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-17)

Sec. 27-17. Safety education. School boards of public schools and all boards in charge of educational institutions supported wholly or partially by the State may provide instruction in safety education in all grades and include such instruction in the courses of study regularly taught therein.

In this section "safety education" means and includes instruction in the following:

1. automobile safety, including traffic regulations, and highway safety, and the consequences of alcohol consumption and the operation of a motor vehicle;

2. safety in the home;

3. safety in connection with recreational activities;

4. safety in and around school buildings;

5. safety in connection with vocational work or training; and

6. cardio-pulmonary resuscitation for pupils enrolled in grades 9 through 11.

Such boards may make suitable provisions in the schools and institutions under their jurisdiction for instruction in safety education for not less than 16 hours during each school year.

The curriculum in all State universities shall contain an elective course of instruction in safety education for teachers, comprising at least 48 fifty-minute periods or the equivalent thereof.

(Source: P.A. 80-1283.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.