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| Public Act 103-0399
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| SB2223 Enrolled | LRB103 28093 RJT 54472 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 1. Short title; reference to Act. This Act may be |
referred to as Louie's Law.
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Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section |
22-81 as follows:
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(105 ILCS 5/22-81) |
Sec. 22-81. Drug education and youth overdose prevention |
Heroin and opioid prevention program. By July 1, 2024, the The |
State Board of Education and the Department of Human Services |
shall work in consultation with relevant stakeholders, |
including the Illinois Opioid Crisis Response Advisory |
Council, to develop and update substance use prevention and |
recovery resource materials for public elementary and |
secondary schools. A Substance Use Prevention and Recovery |
Instruction Resource Guide shall be made available on the |
State Board of Education's Internet website and shall be sent |
via electronic mail to all regional offices of education and |
school districts in this State. The Resource Guide shall |
provide guidance for school districts and educators regarding |
student instruction in the topics of substance use prevention |
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and recovery at an age and developmentally appropriate level |
and shall be reviewed and updated appropriately based on new |
findings and trends as determined by the State Board of |
Education or the Department of Human Services develop and |
establish a heroin and opioid drug prevention program that |
offers educational materials and instruction on heroin and |
opioid abuse to all school districts in the State for use at |
their respective public elementary and secondary schools. A |
school district's use of the Resource Guide participation in |
the program shall be voluntary. All resources and |
recommendations within the Resource Guide shall align with the |
substance use prevention and recovery related topics within |
the Illinois Learning Standards for Physical Development and |
Health and the State of Illinois Opioid Action Plan. The |
Resource Guide shall, at a minimum, include all the following: |
(1) Age-appropriate, comprehensive, reality-based, |
safety-focused, medically accurate and evidence-informed |
information that reduces substance-use risk factors and |
promotes protective factors. |
(2) Information about where to locate stories and |
perspectives of people with lived experiences for |
incorporation into classroom instruction. |
(3) Resources regarding how to make substance use |
prevention and recovery instruction interactive at each |
grade level. |
(4) Information on how school districts may involve |
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parents, caregivers, teachers, healthcare providers, and |
community members in the instructional process. |
(5) Ways to create instructional programs that are |
representative of diverse demographic groups and |
appropriate for each age, grade, and culture represented |
in classrooms in this State. |
(6) Resources that reflect the prevention continuum |
from universal to selected tactics that address young |
people's substance use, and current and projected |
substance use and overdose trends. |
(7) Citations and references the most up-to-date |
version of the State of Illinois Overdose Action Plan. |
(8) Resources that reflect the importance of education |
for youth, their families, and their community about: |
(A) substance types, the substance use continuum, |
the impact of substances on the brain and body, and |
contributing factors that lead to substance use, such |
as underlying co-occurring health issues and trauma; |
(B) the history of drugs and health policy in this |
State and the country, the impact of zero tolerance, |
and restorative justice practices; |
(C) risk mitigation and harm reduction, including |
abstinence and responding to an overdose with the use |
of naloxone and fentanyl test strips; |
(D) addressing adverse childhood experiences, such |
as witnessing and experiencing violence, abuse, |
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caregiver loss, and other trauma, especially among |
young people of color; |
(E) the social and health inequities among racial |
and ethnic minorities; and |
(F) strategies and resources for coping with |
stress, trauma, substance use, and other risky |
behavior in non-punitive ways to help oneself or |
others. |
Subject to appropriation, the Department of Human Services |
shall reimburse a grantee for any costs associated with |
facilitating a heroin and opioid overdose prevention |
instructional program for school districts seeking to provide |
instruction under this type of program a school district that |
decides to participate in the program for any costs it incurs |
in connection with its participation in the program. Each |
school district that seeks to participate participates in the |
program shall have the discretion to determine which grade |
levels the school district will instruct under the program. |
The program must use effective, research-proven, |
interactive teaching methods and technologies, and must |
provide students, parents, and school staff with scientific, |
social, and emotional learning content to help them understand |
the risk of drug use. Such learning content must specifically |
target the dangers of prescription pain medication and heroin |
abuse. The Department may contract with a health education |
organization to fulfill the requirements of the program.
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