Bill Text: IL HB3447 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Interscholastic Athletic Organization Act. Provides that an association or other entity that has as one of its purposes promoting, sponsoring, regulating, or in any manner providing for interscholastic athletics or any form of athletic competition among schools and students within this State shall require high school coaching personnel to complete annual training on youth mental health best practices. Requires the training to include information about athlete nutrition and eating disorders.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-07 - Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Laura Faver Dias [HB3447 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2025-HB3447-Introduced.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning education.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Interscholastic Athletic Organization Act | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | is amended by adding Section 1.30 as follows:
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| 6 | (105 ILCS 25/1.30 new) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Sec. 1.30. Youth mental health training for coaches. An | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | association or other entity that has as one of its purposes | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | promoting, sponsoring, regulating, or in any manner providing | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | for interscholastic athletics or any form of athletic | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | competition among schools and students within this State shall | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | require high school coaching personnel to complete annual | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | training on youth mental health best practices. The training | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | shall include information about athlete nutrition and eating | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | disorders. | |||||||||||||||||||