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| Public Act 103-0212
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| HB3932 Enrolled | LRB103 30255 RJT 56683 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 Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive |
Health
Education Act is amended by changing Section 3 as |
follows:
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(105 ILCS 110/3)
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Sec. 3. Comprehensive Health Education Program. The |
program established
under this Act shall include, but not be |
limited to, the following major
educational areas as a basis |
for curricula in all elementary and secondary
schools in this |
State: human ecology and health; human growth and
development; |
the emotional, psychological, physiological, hygienic, and
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social responsibilities of family life, including sexual |
abstinence until
marriage; the prevention and control of |
disease, including instruction in
grades 6 through 12 on the |
prevention, transmission, and spread of AIDS; age-appropriate |
sexual abuse and assault awareness and prevention education in |
grades pre-kindergarten through 12; public and environmental |
health; consumer health; safety education and
disaster |
survival; mental health and illness; personal health habits;
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alcohol and drug use and abuse, including the medical and |
legal ramifications
of alcohol, drug, and tobacco use; abuse |
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during pregnancy; evidence-based and medically accurate |
information regarding sexual
abstinence; tobacco and |
e-cigarettes and other vapor devices; nutrition; and dental |
health. The instruction on mental health and illness must |
evaluate the multiple dimensions of health by reviewing the |
relationship between physical and mental health so as to |
enhance student understanding, attitudes, and behaviors that |
promote health, well-being, and human dignity and must include |
how and where to find mental health resources and specialized |
treatment in the State. The program shall also provide course |
material and instruction to advise pupils of the Abandoned |
Newborn Infant Protection Act.
The program shall include |
information about cancer, including, without limitation, types |
of cancer, signs and symptoms, risk factors, the importance of |
early prevention and detection, and information on where to go |
for help. Notwithstanding the above educational areas, the |
following areas may also
be included as a basis for curricula |
in all elementary and secondary
schools in this State: basic |
first aid (including, but not limited to,
cardiopulmonary |
resuscitation and the Heimlich maneuver), heart disease, |
diabetes, stroke, the
prevention of child abuse, neglect, and |
suicide, and teen dating violence in grades 7 through 12. |
Beginning with the 2014-2015 school year, training on how to |
properly administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation (which |
training must be in accordance with standards of the American |
Red Cross, the American Heart Association, or another |
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nationally recognized certifying organization) and how to use |
an automated external defibrillator shall be included as a |
basis for curricula in all secondary schools in this State. |
Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year in grades 9 |
through 12, the program shall include instruction, study, and |
discussion on the dangers of allergies. Information for the |
instruction, study, and discussion shall come from information |
provided by the Department of Public Health and the federal |
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This instruction, |
study, and discussion shall include, at a minimum: |
(1) recognizing the signs and symptoms of an allergic |
reaction, including anaphylaxis; |
(2) the steps to take to prevent exposure to |
allergens; and |
(3) safe emergency epinephrine administration. |
The school board of each
public elementary and secondary |
school in the State
shall encourage all teachers and other |
school personnel to acquire,
develop, and maintain the |
knowledge and skills necessary to properly
administer |
life-saving techniques, including, without limitation, the
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Heimlich maneuver and rescue breathing.
The training shall be |
in
accordance with standards of the
American Red Cross, the |
American Heart Association, or another nationally
recognized |
certifying organization.
A school board may use the
services |
of non-governmental entities whose personnel have expertise in
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life-saving techniques to instruct teachers and other school |
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personnel in
these techniques. Each school board
is encouraged |
to have in
its employ, or on its volunteer staff, at least one |
person who is certified, by
the American Red Cross or by |
another qualified certifying agency,
as qualified to |
administer first aid and
cardiopulmonary resuscitation. In |
addition, each school board is authorized to
allocate |
appropriate portions of its institute or inservice days to |
conduct
training programs for teachers and other school |
personnel who have expressed an
interest in becoming qualified |
to administer emergency first aid or
cardiopulmonary |
resuscitation. School boards are urged to
encourage their |
teachers and other school personnel who coach school athletic
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programs and other extracurricular school activities to |
acquire, develop, and
maintain the knowledge and skills |
necessary to properly administer first aid
and cardiopulmonary |
resuscitation in accordance with standards and requirements
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established by the American Red Cross or another qualified |
certifying agency. Subject to appropriation, the State Board |
of Education shall establish and administer a matching grant |
program to pay for half of the cost that a school district |
incurs in training those teachers and other school personnel |
who express an interest in becoming qualified to administer |
cardiopulmonary resuscitation (which training must be in
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accordance with standards of the
American Red Cross, the |
American Heart Association, or another nationally
recognized |
certifying organization) or in learning how to use an |
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automated external defibrillator. A school district that |
applies for a grant must demonstrate that it has funds to pay |
half of the cost of the training for which matching grant money |
is sought. The State Board of Education shall award the grants |
on a first-come, first-serve basis.
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No pupil shall be
required to take or participate in any |
class or course on AIDS or family
life instruction or to |
receive training on how to properly administer cardiopulmonary |
resuscitation or how to use an automated external |
defibrillator if his or her parent or guardian submits written |
objection
thereto, and refusal to take or participate in the |
course or program or the training shall
not be reason for |
suspension or expulsion of the pupil.
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Curricula developed under programs established in |
accordance with this
Act in the major educational area of |
alcohol and drug use and abuse shall
include classroom |
instruction in grades 5 through 12. The instruction,
which |
shall include matters relating to both the physical and legal |
effects
and ramifications of drug and substance abuse, shall |
be integrated into
existing curricula; and the State Board of |
Education shall develop and make
available to all elementary |
and secondary schools in this State
instructional materials |
and guidelines which will assist the schools in
incorporating |
the instruction into their existing curricula. In
addition, |
school districts may offer, as part of existing curricula |
during
the school day or as part of an after school program, |
