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| Public Act 103-0128
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| HB1561 Enrolled | LRB103 28818 RJT 55203 b |
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AN ACT concerning education.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Sections |
10-20.85 and 34-18.82 and by changing Section 10-22.39 as |
follows:
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(105 ILCS 5/10-20.85 new) |
Sec. 10-20.85. Trauma kit. |
(a) In this Section, "trauma kit" means a first aid |
response kit that contains, at a minimum, all of the |
following: |
(1) One tourniquet endorsed by the Committee on |
Tactical Combat Casualty Care. |
(2) One compression bandage. |
(3) One hemostatic bleeding control dressing endorsed |
by the Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty Care. |
(4) Protective gloves and a marker. |
(5) Scissors. |
(6) Instructional documents developed by the Stop the |
Bleed national awareness campaign of the United States |
Department of Homeland Security or the American College of |
Surgeons' Committee on Trauma, or both. |
(7) Any other medical materials or equipment similar |
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to those described in paragraphs (1) through (3) or any |
other items that (i) are approved by a local law |
enforcement agency or first responders, (ii) can |
adequately treat a traumatic injury, and (iii) can be |
stored in a readily available kit. |
(b) Each school district may maintain an on-site trauma |
kit at each school of the district for bleeding emergencies. |
(c) Products purchased for the trauma kit, including those |
products endorsed by the Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty |
Care, shall, whenever possible, be manufactured in the United |
States.
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(105 ILCS 5/10-22.39)
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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
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programs, at least once every 2 years, licensed school |
personnel and administrators who work with pupils in |
kindergarten through grade 12 shall be
trained to identify the |
warning signs of mental illness, trauma, and suicidal behavior |
in youth and shall be taught appropriate intervention and |
referral techniques. A school district may utilize the |
Illinois Mental Health First Aid training program, established |
under the Illinois Mental Health First Aid Training Act and |
administered by certified instructors trained by a national |
association recognized as an authority in behavioral health, |
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to provide the training and meet the requirements under this |
subsection. If licensed school personnel or an administrator |
obtains mental health first aid training outside of an |
in-service training program, he or she may present a |
certificate of successful completion of the training to the |
school district to satisfy the requirements of this |
subsection.
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Training regarding the implementation of trauma-informed |
practices satisfies the requirements
of this subsection (b). |
A course of instruction as described in this subsection |
(b) may provide information that is relevant to
and within the |
scope of the duties of licensed school personnel or school |
administrators. Such information may include,
but is not |
limited to: |
(1) the recognition of and care for trauma in students |
and staff; |
(2) the relationship between educator wellness and |
student learning; |
(3) the effect of trauma on student behavior and |
learning; |
(4) the prevalence of trauma among students, including |
the prevalence of trauma among student
populations at |
higher risk of experiencing trauma; |
(5) the effects of implicit or explicit bias on |
recognizing trauma among various student groups in |
connection with race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual |
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orientation, socio-economic status, and other relevant |
factors; and |
(6) effective district practices that are shown to: |
(A) prevent and mitigate the negative effect of |
trauma on student behavior and learning; and |
(B) support the emotional wellness of staff. |
(c) School 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.
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(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, |
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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 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.
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(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 |
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management.
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(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. |
(g) At least once every 2 years, a school board shall |
conduct in-service training for all school district employees |
on the methods to respond to trauma. The training must include |
instruction on how to respond to an incident involving |
life-threatening bleeding and, if applicable, how to use a |
school's trauma kit. A school board may satisfy the training |
requirements under this subsection by using the training, |
including online training, available from the American College |
of Surgeons or any other similar organization. |
School district employees who are trained to respond to |
trauma pursuant to this subsection (g) shall be immune from |
civil liability in the use of a trauma kit unless the action |
constitutes willful or wanton misconduct. |
(Source: P.A. 101-350, eff. 1-1-20; 102-197, eff. 7-30-21; |
102-638, eff. 1-1-23; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22.)
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(105 ILCS 5/34-18.82 new) |
Sec. 34-18.82. Trauma kit; trauma response training. |
(a) In this Section, "trauma kit" means a first aid |
response kit that contains, at a minimum, all of the |
following: |
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(1) One tourniquet endorsed by the Committee on |
Tactical Combat Casualty Care. |
(2) One compression bandage. |
(3) One hemostatic bleeding control dressing endorsed |
by the Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty Care. |
(4) Protective gloves and a marker. |
(5) Scissors. |
(6) Instructional documents developed by the Stop the |
Bleed national awareness campaign of the United States |
Department of Homeland Security or the American College of |
Surgeons' Committee on Trauma, or both. |
(7) Any other medical materials or equipment similar |
to those described in paragraphs (1) through (3) or any |
other items that (i) are approved by a local law |
enforcement agency or first responders, (ii) can |
adequately treat a traumatic injury, and (iii) can be |
stored in a readily available kit. |
(b) The school district may maintain an on-site trauma kit |
at each school for bleeding emergencies. |
(c) Products purchased for the trauma kit, including those |
products endorsed by the Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty |
Care, shall, whenever possible, be manufactured in the United |
States. |
(d) At least once every 2 years, the board shall conduct |
in-service training for all school district employees on the |
methods to respond to trauma. The training must include |
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instruction on how to respond to an incident involving |
life-threatening bleeding and, if applicable, how to use a |
school's trauma kit. The board may satisfy the training |
requirements under this subsection by using the training, |
including online training, available from the American College |
of Surgeons or any other similar organization. |
School district employees who are trained to respond to |
trauma pursuant to this subsection (d) shall be immune from |
civil liability in the use of a trauma kit unless the action |
constitutes willful or wanton misconduct.
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
becoming law.
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