Public Act 096-0349
 		





HB0281 Enrolled
LRB096 03885 NHT 13920 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 adding Section 
2-3.148 and changing Section 10-22.39 as follows:
 
    (105 ILCS 5/2-3.148  new)
    Sec. 2-3.148. Food allergy guidelines.
    (a) Not later than July 1, 2010, the State Board of 
Education, in conjunction with the Department of Public Health, 
shall develop and make available to each school board 
guidelines for the management of students with 
life-threatening food allergies. The State Board of Education 
and the Department of Public Health shall establish an ad hoc 
committee to develop the guidelines.  The committee shall 
include experts in the field of food allergens, representatives 
on behalf of students with food allergies, representatives from 
the several public school management organizations, which 
shall include school administrators, principals, and school 
board members, and representatives from 2 statewide 
professional teachers' organizations. The guidelines shall 
include, but need not be limited to, the following:
        (1) education and training for school personnel who 
    interact with students with life-threatening food 
    allergies, such as school and school district 
    administrators, teachers, school advisors and counselors, 
    school health personnel, and school nurses, on the 
    management of students with life-threatening food 
    allergies, including training related to the 
    administration of medication with an auto-injector;
        (2) procedures for responding to life-threatening 
    allergic reactions to food;
        (3) a process for the implementation of individualized 
    health care and food allergy action plans for every student 
    with a life-threatening food allergy; and
        (4) protocols to prevent exposure to food allergens.
    (b) Not later than January 1, 2011, each school board shall 
implement a policy based on the guidelines developed pursuant 
to subsection (a) of this Section for the management of 
students with life-threatening food allergies enrolled in the 
schools under its jurisdiction. Nothing in this subsection (b) 
is intended to invalidate school district policies that were 
implemented before the development of guidelines pursuant to 
subsection (a) of this Section as long as such policies are 
consistent with the guidelines developed pursuant to 
subsection (a) of this Section.
 



    (105 ILCS 5/10-22.39)  (from Ch. 122, par. 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, school guidance counselors, teachers and
other 
school personnel who work with pupils in grades 7 through 12 
shall be
trained to identify the warning signs of suicidal 
behavior in adolescents
and teens and shall be taught 
appropriate intervention and referral techniques.

    (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 in Sections 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. 
(Source: P.A. 95-558, eff. 8-30-07.)


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