Bill Text: IL SB2223 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Provides that by July 1, 2024, 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 (instead of requiring the State Board and Department to 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). Provides that 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. Sets forth provisions concerning the Resource Guide. Provides that, subject to appropriation, the Department 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 (instead of reimburse a school district that decides to participate in the program for any costs it incurs in connection with its participation in the program). Makes other changes. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 40-5)

Status: (Passed) 2023-07-28 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0399 [SB2223 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SB2223-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB2223 Introduced 2/10/2023, by Sen. Laura Fine SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
New Act
Creates the Drug Education and Youth Overdose Prevention Act. Provides that the State Board of Education shall collaborate with the Substance Use Prevention and Recovery Division of the Department of Human Services, the Department of Child and Family Services, the Department of Public Health, and the Illinois Opioid Crisis Response Advisory Council to develop improved K-12 health education standards. Provides that the improved K-12 health education standards shall be comprehensive, reality-based, safety-focused, and evidence-based standards that reduce substance use risk factors and promote protective factors. the State Board of Education shall update state-mandated K-12 health education standards. Sets forth other requirements for the updated standards.
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A BILL FOR
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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 1. Short title; reference to Act. This Act may be
cited as the Drug Education and Youth Overdose Prevention Act.
This Act may be referred to as Louie's Law.
Section 5. Drug and youth overdose education.
(a) The State Board of Education shall collaborate with
the Substance Use Prevention and Recovery Division of the
Department of Human Services, the Department of Child and
Family Services, the Department of Public Health, and the
Illinois Opioid Crisis Response Advisory Council to develop
improved K-12 health education standards. The improved K-12
health education standards shall be comprehensive,
reality-based, safety-focused, and evidence-based standards
that reduce substance use risk factors and promote protective
factors.
(b) Within 12 months after the effective date of this Act,
the State Board of Education shall update State-mandated K-12
health education standards developed under subsection (a). The
updated K-12 health education standards shall:
(1) feature stories and perspectives of people with
lived experiences;

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(2) involve youth who do and do not attend school;
(3) include discussions, activities, and games;
(4) involve parents, caregivers, teachers, healthcare
providers, and community members;
(5) be representative of diverse demographic groups;
(6) be age, grade, demographically, and culturally
appropriate; and
(7) reflect the prevention continuum from universal to
selected tactics that address young people's substance
use, current and projected substance use and overdose
trends, and the most up-to-date version of the Illinois
State Opioid Overdose Action Plan to educate youth,
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 the
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,
caregiver loss, and other traumas, especially among

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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
behaviors in non-punitive ways to help oneself or
others.
The updated standards shall also align with Section 22-81
of the School Code. The updated K-12 health education
standards shall be sent to every school district and shall be
available on the State Board of Education's website.