Bill Text: IL HB5613 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Requires school districts to develop and adopt a trauma response protocol by the 2019-2020 school year. Requires the trauma response protocol to include long-term responses to a traumatic incident, long-term care and counseling, and community engagement. Allows school districts to partner with local community providers in establishing and implementing the protocol.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB5613 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HB5613-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,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Sections | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | 10-20.67 and 34-18.60 as follows:
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6 | (105 ILCS 5/10-20.67 new) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 10-20.67. Trauma response protocol. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) School districts shall, by the 2019-2020 school year, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | develop and adopt a trauma response protocol to establish how | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | the school district responds to traumatic incidents. The trauma | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | response protocol shall include a long-term response to a | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | traumatic incident, long-term care and counseling, and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | community engagement. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | (b) School districts may partner with local community | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | providers of these services in establishing and implementing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | the trauma response protocol.
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17 | (105 ILCS 5/34-18.60 new) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | Sec. 34-18.60. Trauma response protocol. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | (a) The board shall, by the 2019-2020 school year, develop | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | and adopt a trauma response protocol to establish how the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | school district responds to traumatic incidents. The trauma | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | response protocol shall include a long-term response to a |
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1 | traumatic incident, long-term care and counseling, and | ||||||
2 | community engagement. | ||||||
3 | (b) The board may partner with local community providers of | ||||||
4 | these services in establishing and implementing the trauma | ||||||
5 | response protocol.
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