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91_SB1485
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1 AN ACT concerning education.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing
5 Sections 27-9.1 and 27-9.2 as follows:
6 (105 ILCS 5/27-9.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-9.1)
7 Sec. 27-9.1. Sex Education.
8 (a) No pupil shall be required to take or participate in
9 any class or course in comprehensive sex education if his
10 parent or guardian submits written objection thereto, and
11 refusal to take or participate in such course or program
12 shall not be reason for suspension or expulsion of such
13 pupil. Each class or course in comprehensive sex education
14 offered in any of grades 6 through 12 shall include
15 instruction on the prevention, transmission and spread of
16 AIDS. Nothing in this Section prohibits instruction in
17 sanitation, hygiene or traditional courses in biology.
18 (b) All public elementary, junior high, and senior high
19 school classes that teach sex education and discuss sexual
20 intercourse shall emphasize that abstinence is the expected
21 norm in that abstinence from sexual intercourse is the only
22 protection that is 100% effective against unwanted teenage
23 pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, and acquired immune
24 deficiency syndrome (AIDS) when transmitted sexually.
25 (c) In this subsection (c):
26 "Factual information" includes without limitation
27 medical, psychiatric, psychological, empirical, and
28 statistical statements.
29 "Medically accurate" means verified or supported by
30 research conducted in compliance with scientific methods,
31 published in peer-review journals, where appropriate, and
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1 recognized as accurate and objective by professional
2 organizations and agencies with expertise in the relevant
3 field, such as the Centers for Disease Control and
4 Prevention.
5 All sex education courses that discuss sexual intercourse
6 shall satisfy the following criteria:
7 (0.5) Factual information presented in course
8 material and instruction shall be medically accurate and
9 objective.
10 (1) All course material and instruction shall be
11 age appropriate.
12 (1.5) Course material and instruction shall stress
13 that abstinence is the only contraceptive method that is
14 100% effective and that all other methods of
15 contraception carry a risk of failure in preventing
16 unwanted teenage pregnancy.
17 (1.7) Course material and instruction shall present
18 the latest medically factual information regarding both
19 the possible side effects and health benefits of all
20 forms of contraception, including the success and failure
21 rates for the prevention of pregnancy and sexually
22 transmitted diseases.
23 (2) Course material and instruction shall teach
24 honor and respect for monogamous heterosexual marriage.
25 (3) Course material and instruction shall stress
26 that pupils should abstain from sexual intercourse until
27 they are ready for marriage.
28 (4) Course material and instruction shall include a
29 discussion of the possible emotional and psychological
30 consequences of preadolescent and adolescent sexual
31 intercourse outside of marriage and the consequences of
32 unwanted adolescent pregnancy.
33 (5) Course material and instruction shall stress
34 that sexually transmitted diseases are serious possible
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1 hazards of sexual intercourse. Pupils shall be provided
2 with statistics based on the latest medical information
3 citing the failure and success rates of condoms in
4 preventing AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases.
5 (6) Course material and instruction shall advise
6 pupils of the laws pertaining to their financial
7 responsibility to children born in and out of wedlock.
8 (7) Course material and instruction shall advise
9 pupils that it is unlawful for males or females of any
10 age to engage in sexual conduct or have sexual relations
11 with a minor as specified in of the circumstances under
12 which it is unlawful for males to have sexual relations
13 with females under the age of 18 to whom they are not
14 married pursuant to Article 12 of the Criminal Code of
15 1961, as now or hereafter amended.
16 (7.5) Course material and instruction shall
17 emphasize that the pupil has the power to control
18 personal behavior. Pupils shall be encouraged to base
19 their actions on reasoning, self-discipline, sense of
20 responsibility, self-control, and ethical considerations,
21 such as respect for oneself and others.
22 (8) Course material and instruction shall teach
23 pupils to not make unwanted physical and verbal sexual
24 advances and how to say no to unwanted sexual advances
25 and shall include information about verbal, physical, and
26 visual sexual assault, including without limitation
27 nonconsensual sexual advances, nonconsensual physical
28 sexual contact, and rape by an acquaintance, commonly
29 referred to as date rape. This course material and
30 instruction shall contain methods of preventing sexual
31 assault by an acquaintance, including exercising good
32 judgment and avoiding behavior that impairs good
33 judgment, and Pupils shall be taught that it is wrong to
34 take advantage of or to exploit another person. The
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1 material and instruction shall also encourage youth to
2 resist negative peer pressure. This course material and
3 instruction shall inform pupils of the potential legal
4 consequences of sexual assault by an acquaintance.
5 Specifically, pupils shall be advised that it is unlawful
6 to touch an intimate part of another person as specified
7 in the Criminal Code of 1961.
8 (9) Course material and instruction shall teach
9 pupils that it is wrong to take advantage of or to
10 exploit another person.
11 (10) Course material and instruction shall be free
12 of racial, ethnic, and gender biases.
13 (d) An opportunity shall be afforded to parents or
14 guardians to examine the instructional materials to be used
15 in such class or course.
16 (Source: P.A. 86-941.)
17 (105 ILCS 5/27-9.2) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-9.2)
18 Sec. 27-9.2. Family Life.
19 (a) If any school district provides courses of
20 instruction designed to promote wholesome and comprehensive
21 understanding of the emotional, psychological, physiological,
22 hygienic and social responsibility aspects of family life,
23 then such courses of instruction shall include the teaching
24 of the alternatives to abortion, appropriate to the various
25 grade levels; and whenever such courses of instruction are
26 provided in any of grades 6 through 12, then such courses
27 also shall include instruction on the prevention,
28 transmission and spread of AIDS. However, no pupil shall be
29 required to take or participate in any family life class or
30 course on AIDS instruction if his parent or guardian submits
31 written objection thereto, and refusal to take or participate
32 in such course or program shall not be reason for suspension
33 or expulsion of such pupil.
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1 (b) In this subsection (b):
2 "Factual information" includes without limitation
3 medical, psychiatric, psychological, empirical, and
4 statistical statements.
5 "Medically accurate" means verified or supported by
6 research conducted in compliance with scientific methods,
7 published in peer-review journals, where appropriate, and
8 recognized as accurate and objective by professional
9 organizations and agencies with expertise in the relevant
10 field, such as the Centers for Disease Control and
11 Prevention.
12 All family life courses of instruction shall satisfy the
13 following criteria:
14 (1) Factual information presented in course
15 material and instruction shall be medically accurate and
16 objective.
17 (2) All course material and instruction in classes
18 that teach sex education and discuss sexual intercourse
19 shall be age appropriate.
20 (3) Course material and instruction shall stress
21 that abstinence is the only contraceptive method that is
22 100% effective and that all other methods of
23 contraception carry a risk of failure in preventing
24 unwanted teenage pregnancy.
25 (4) Course material and instruction shall present
26 the latest medically factual information regarding both
27 the possible side effects and health benefits of all
28 forms of contraception, including the success and failure
29 rates for the prevention of pregnancy and sexually
30 transmitted diseases.
31 (5) Course material and instruction shall stress
32 that sexually transmitted diseases are serious possible
33 hazards of sexual intercourse. Pupils shall be provided
34 with statistics based on the latest medical information
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1 citing the failure and success rates of condoms in
2 preventing AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases.
3 (6) Course material and instruction shall include a
4 discussion of the possible emotional and psychological
5 consequences of preadolescent and adolescent sexual
6 intercourse outside of marriage and the consequences of
7 unwanted adolescent pregnancy.
8 (7) Course material and instruction shall stress
9 that pupils should abstain from sexual intercourse until
10 they are ready for marriage.
11 (8) Course material and instruction shall teach
12 honor and respect for monogamous heterosexual marriage.
13 (9) Course material and instruction shall advise
14 pupils of the laws pertaining to their financial
15 responsibility to children born in and out of wedlock.
16 (10) Course material and instruction shall advise
17 pupils that it is unlawful for males or females of any
18 age to engage in sexual conduct or have sexual relations
19 with a minor as specified in Article 12 of the Criminal
20 Code of 1961.
21 (11) Course material and instruction shall
22 emphasize that the pupil has the power to control
23 personal behavior. Pupils shall be encouraged to base
24 their actions on reasoning, self-discipline, sense of
25 responsibility, self-control, and ethical considerations,
26 such as respect for oneself and others.
27 (12) Course material and instruction shall teach
28 pupils to not make unwanted physical and verbal sexual
29 advances and how to say no to unwanted sexual advances
30 and shall include information about verbal, physical, and
31 visual sexual assault, including without limitation
32 nonconsensual sexual advances, nonconsensual physical
33 sexual contact, and rape by an acquaintance, commonly
34 referred to as date rape. This course material and
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1 instruction shall contain methods of preventing sexual
2 assault by an acquaintance, including exercising good
3 judgment and avoiding behavior that impairs good
4 judgment, and shall also encourage youth to resist
5 negative peer pressure. This course material and
6 instruction shall inform pupils of the potential legal
7 consequences of sexual assault by an acquaintance.
8 Specifically, pupils shall be advised that it is unlawful
9 to touch an intimate part of another person, as specified
10 in the Criminal Code of 1961.
11 (13) Course material and instruction in classes
12 that discuss sexual intercourse shall teach pupils that
13 it is wrong to take advantage of or to exploit another
14 person.
15 (14) Course material and instruction shall be free
16 of racial, ethnic, and gender biases.
17 (c) The State Superintendent of Education shall prepare
18 and make available to local school districts courses of
19 instruction designed to satisfy the requirements of this
20 Section.
21 The State Superintendent of Education shall develop a
22 procedure for evaluating and measuring the effectiveness of
23 the family life courses of instruction in each local school
24 district, including the setting of reasonable goals for
25 reduced sexual activity, sexually transmitted diseases and
26 premarital pregnancy. The goals shall be set by the beginning
27 of the 1991-92 school year. The State Superintendent shall
28 distribute a copy of the procedure to each local school
29 district. Each local school district may develop additional
30 procedures or methods for measuring the effectiveness of the
31 family life courses of instruction within the district.
32 Before the beginning of the 1993-94 school year, the State
33 Superintendent shall collect and evaluate all relevant data
34 to determine whether the goals are being achieved.
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1 (Source: P.A. 86-941.)
2 Section 10. The Critical Health Problems and
3 Comprehensive Health Education Act is amended by changing
4 Sections 2 and 3 as follows:
5 (105 ILCS 110/2) (from Ch. 122, par. 862)
6 Sec. 2. Definitions. In this Act, the following terms
7 shall have the following meanings respectively prescribed for
8 them, except as the context otherwise requires:
9 (a) "Comprehensive Health Education Program": a
10 systematic and extensive educational program designed to
11 provide a variety of learning experiences based upon
12 scientific knowledge of the human organism as it functions
13 within its environment which will favorably influence the
14 knowledge, attitudes, values and practices of Illinois school
15 youth; and which will aid them in making wise personal
16 decisions in matters of health.
17 "Factual information" includes without limitation
18 medical, psychiatric, psychological, empirical, and
19 statistical statements.
20 "Medically accurate" means verified or supported by
21 research conducted in compliance with scientific methods,
22 published in peer-review journals, where appropriate, and
23 recognized as accurate and objective by professional
24 organizations and agencies with expertise in the relevant
25 field, such as the Centers for Disease Control and
26 Prevention.
27 (Source: P.A. 77-1405.)
28 (105 ILCS 110/3) (from Ch. 122, par. 863)
29 Sec. 3. Comprehensive Health Education Program.
30 (a) The program established under this Act shall
31 include, but not be limited to, the following major
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1 educational areas as a basis for curricula in all elementary
2 and secondary schools in this State: human ecology and
3 health, human growth and development, the emotional,
4 psychological, physiological, hygienic and social
5 responsibilities of family life, including sexual abstinence
6 until marriage, prevention and control of disease, including
7 instruction in grades 6 through 12 on the prevention,
8 transmission and spread of AIDS, public and environmental
9 health, consumer health, safety education and disaster
10 survival, mental health and illness, personal health habits,
11 alcohol, drug use, and abuse including the medical and legal
12 ramifications of alcohol, drug, and tobacco use, abuse during
13 pregnancy, sexual abstinence until marriage, tobacco,
14 nutrition, and dental health.
15 (b) All comprehensive health education programs
16 established under this Act shall satisfy the following
17 criteria:
18 (1) Factual information presented in course
19 material and instruction shall be medically accurate and
20 objective.
21 (2) All course material and instruction in classes
22 that teach sex education and discuss sexual intercourse
23 shall be age appropriate.
24 (3) Course material and instruction shall stress
25 that abstinence is the only contraceptive method that is
26 100% effective and that all other methods of
27 contraception carry a risk of failure in preventing
28 unwanted teenage pregnancy.
29 (4) Course material and instruction shall present
30 the latest medically factual information regarding both
31 the possible side effects and health benefits of all
32 forms of contraception, including the success and failure
33 rates for the prevention of pregnancy and sexually
34 transmitted diseases.
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1 (5) Course material and instruction shall stress
2 that sexually transmitted diseases are serious possible
3 hazards of sexual intercourse. Pupils shall be provided
4 with statistics based on the latest medical information
5 citing the failure and success rates of condoms in
6 preventing AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases.
7 (6) Course material and instruction shall include a
8 discussion of the possible emotional and psychological
9 consequences of preadolescent and adolescent sexual
10 intercourse outside of marriage and the consequences of
11 unwanted adolescent pregnancy.
12 (7) Course material and instruction shall stress
13 that pupils should abstain from sexual intercourse until
14 they are ready for marriage.
15 (8) Course material and instruction shall teach
16 honor and respect for monogamous heterosexual marriage.
17 (9) Course material and instruction shall advise
18 pupils of the laws pertaining to their financial
19 responsibility to children born in and out of wedlock.
20 (10) Course material and instruction shall advise
21 pupils that it is unlawful for males or females of any
22 age to engage in sexual conduct or have sexual relations
23 with a minor as specified in Article 12 of the Criminal
24 Code of 1961.
25 (11) Course material and instruction shall
26 emphasize that the pupil has the power to control
27 personal behavior. Pupils shall be encouraged to base
28 their actions on reasoning, self-discipline, sense of
29 responsibility, self-control, and ethical considerations,
30 such as respect for oneself and others.
31 (12) Course material and instruction shall teach
32 pupils to not make unwanted physical and verbal sexual
33 advances and how to say no to unwanted sexual advances
34 and shall include information about verbal, physical, and
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1 visual sexual assault, including without limitation
2 nonconsensual sexual advances, nonconsensual physical
3 sexual contact, and rape by an acquaintance, commonly
4 referred to as date rape. This course material and
5 instruction shall contain methods of preventing sexual
6 assault by an acquaintance, including exercising good
7 judgment and avoiding behavior that impairs good
8 judgment, and shall also encourage youth to resist
9 negative peer pressure. This course material and
10 instruction shall inform pupils of the potential legal
11 consequences of sexual assault by an acquaintance.
12 Specifically, pupils shall be advised that it is unlawful
13 to touch an intimate part of another person as specified
14 in the Criminal Code of 1961.
15 (13) Course material and instruction in classes
16 that discuss sexual intercourse shall teach pupils that
17 it is wrong to take advantage of or to exploit another
18 person.
19 (14) Course material and instruction shall be free
20 of racial, ethnic, and gender biases.
21 (c) Notwithstanding the above educational areas, the
22 following areas may also be included as a basis for curricula
23 in all elementary and secondary schools in this State: basic
24 first aid (including, but not limited to, cardiopulmonary
25 resuscitation and the Heimlich maneuver), early prevention
26 and detection of cancer, heart disease, diabetes, stroke, and
27 the prevention of child abuse, neglect, and suicide. The
28 school board of each public elementary and secondary school
29 in the State is encouraged to have in its employ, or on its
30 volunteer staff, at least one person who is certified, by the
31 American Red Cross or by another qualified certifying agency,
32 as qualified to administer first aid and cardiopulmonary
33 resuscitation. In addition, each school board is authorized
34 to allocate appropriate portions of its institute or
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1 inservice days to conduct training programs for teachers and
2 other school personnel who have expressed an interest in
3 becoming qualified to administer emergency first aid or
4 cardiopulmonary resuscitation. School boards are urged to
5 encourage their teachers and other school personnel who coach
6 school athletic programs and other extracurricular school
7 activities to acquire, develop, and maintain the knowledge
8 and skills necessary to properly administer first aid and
9 cardiopulmonary resuscitation in accordance with standards
10 and requirements established by the American Red Cross or
11 another qualified certifying agency.
12 (d) No pupil shall be required to take or participate in
13 any class or course on AIDS or family life instruction if his
14 parent or guardian submits written objection thereto, and
15 refusal to take or participate in the course or program shall
16 not be reason for suspension or expulsion of the pupil.
17 (e) Curricula developed under programs established in
18 accordance with this Act in the major educational area of
19 alcohol and drug use and abuse shall include classroom
20 instruction in grades 5 through 12. The instruction, which
21 shall include matters relating to both the physical and legal
22 effects and ramifications of drug and substance abuse, shall
23 be integrated into existing curricula; and the State Board of
24 Education shall develop and make available to all elementary
25 and secondary schools in this State instructional materials
26 and guidelines which will assist the schools in incorporating
27 the instruction into their existing curricula. In addition,
28 school districts may offer, as part of existing curricula
29 during the school day or as part of an after school program,
30 support services and instruction for pupils or pupils whose
31 parent, parents, or guardians are chemically dependent.
32 (Source: P.A. 90-566, eff. 1-2-98.)
33 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
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1 becoming law.