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Public Act 90-0635

HB2493 Enrolled                                LRB9008896THpk

    AN ACT  to  amend  the  School  Code  by  adding  Section
27-23.5.

    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
27-23.5 as follows:

    (105 ILCS 5/27-23.5 new)
    Sec.  27-23.5.  Organ/tissue  donor  and  transplantation
programs.   Each  school district that maintains grades 9 and
10 may include in its curriculum and teach to the students of
either such grade one unit  of  instruction  on  organ/tissue
donor  and  transplantation  programs.   No  student shall be
required  to  take   or   participate   in   instruction   on
organ/tissue  donor  and transplantation programs if a parent
or guardian files written objection thereto on constitutional
grounds,  and  refusal  to  take  or  participate   in   such
instruction   on  those  grounds  shall  not  be  reason  for
suspension or  expulsion  of  a  student  or  result  in  any
academic penalty.
    The  regional superintendent of schools in which a school
district that maintains grades 9  and  10  is  located  shall
obtain and make available to the school board of the district
information  and  data  that  may  be used by the district in
developing  a  unit  of  instruction  under   this   Section.
However, each school board shall determine the minimum amount
of  instructional  time  that  shall  qualify  as  a  unit of
instruction satisfying the requirements of this Section.

    Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  July
1, 1998.
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