Bill Text: IL HB3932 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive Health Education Act. Provides that beginning with the 2024-2025 school year in grades 9 through 12, the Comprehensive Health Education Program shall include instruction, study, and discussion on the dangers of allergies. Provides that 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. Sets forth what topics this instruction, study, and discussion shall include.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-06-30 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0212 [HB3932 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB3932-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3932 Introduced , by Rep. Janet Yang Rohr SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 5/27-17 from Ch. 122, par. 27-17
Amends the Courses of Study Article of the School Code. In provisions regarding safety education, provides that allergen safety for students enrolled in grades 9 through 12 shall be included in the definition of "safety instruction". Provides that the allergen safety instruction shall include instruction on recognizing signs and symptoms of an allergic reaction, including anaphylaxis; steps to take to prevent exposure to allergens, and safe emergency epinephrine administration.
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AN ACT concerning education.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
27-17 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/27-17) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-17)
Sec. 27-17. Safety education. School boards of public
schools and all boards in charge of educational institutions
supported wholly or partially by the State may provide
instruction in safety education in all grades and include such
instruction in the courses of study regularly taught therein.
In this section "safety education" means and includes
instruction in the following:
1. automobile safety, including traffic regulations,
highway safety, and the consequences of alcohol
consumption and the operation of a motor vehicle;
2. safety in the home, including safe gun storage;
3. safety in connection with recreational activities;
4. safety in and around school buildings;
5. safety in connection with vocational work or
training;
6. cardio-pulmonary resuscitation for students
enrolled in grades 9 through 11; and

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7. for students enrolled in grades 6 through 8,
cardio-pulmonary resuscitation and how to use an automated
external defibrillator by watching a training video on
those subjects; and .
8. allergen safety for students enrolled in grades 9
through 12; this instruction shall include instruction on
(i) recognizing signs and symptoms of an allergic
reaction, including anaphylaxis, (ii) steps to take to
prevent exposure to allergens, and (iii) safe emergency
epinephrine administration.
Such boards may make suitable provisions in the schools
and institutions under their jurisdiction for instruction in
safety education for not less than 16 hours during each school
year.
The curriculum in all educator preparation programs
approved by the State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board
shall contain instruction in safety education for teachers
that is appropriate to the grade level of the educator
license. This instruction may be by specific courses in safety
education or may be incorporated in existing subjects taught
in the educator preparation program.
(Source: P.A. 102-971, eff. 1-1-23.)