Public Act 098-0471
 
HB3070 EnrolledLRB098 08510 NHT 38621 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 
10-22.39 and 34-18.7 as follows:
 

    (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, school guidance counselors, teachers, school social 
workers, and
other school personnel who work with pupils in 
grades 7 through 12 shall be
trained to identify the warning 
signs of mental illness and 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 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. 96-349, eff. 8-13-09; 96-431, eff. 8-13-09; 
96-951, eff. 6-28-10; 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10; 96-1551, eff. 
7-1-11; 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13.)

 
    (105 ILCS 5/34-18.7)  (from Ch. 122, par. 34-18.7)
    Sec. 34-18.7. Adolescent and teen mental illness and 
suicide detection and intervention. 
School guidance 
counselors, teachers, school social workers, and other school 
personnel who work
with pupils in grades 7 through 12 shall be 
trained to identify the warning
signs of mental illness and 
suicidal behavior in adolescents and teens and shall be taught

various intervention techniques.  Such training shall be 
provided within
the framework of existing in-service training 
programs offered by the Board or as part of the professional 
development activities required under Section 21-14 of this 
Code.
(Source: P.A. 96-951, eff. 6-28-10.)