Bill Amendment: IL HB4219 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly
NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List
Bill Title: SCH CD-FENTANYL EDUCATION
Status: 2024-05-25 - Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, III [HB4219 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB4219-House_Amendment_002.html
Bill Title: SCH CD-FENTANYL EDUCATION
Status: 2024-05-25 - Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, III [HB4219 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB4219-House_Amendment_002.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4219 | ||||||
2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4219 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | ||||||
5 | 27-13.2 as follows:
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6 | (105 ILCS 5/27-13.2) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-13.2) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 27-13.2. Required instruction. | ||||||
8 | (a) In every public school there shall be instruction, | ||||||
9 | study, and discussion of effective methods by which pupils may | ||||||
10 | recognize the danger of and avoid abduction, and in every | ||||||
11 | public school maintaining any of grades kindergarten through | ||||||
12 | 8, there shall be, for such grades, instruction, study, and | ||||||
13 | discussion of effective methods for the prevention and | ||||||
14 | avoidance of drugs and the dangers of opioid and substance | ||||||
15 | abuse. School boards may include such required instruction, | ||||||
16 | study, and discussion in the courses of study regularly taught |
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1 | in the public schools of their respective districts; provided, | ||||||
2 | however, that such instruction shall be given each year to all | ||||||
3 | pupils in grades kindergarten through 8. The State | ||||||
4 | Superintendent of Education may prepare and make available to | ||||||
5 | all public and non-public schools instructional materials | ||||||
6 | which may be used by such schools as guidelines for | ||||||
7 | development of a program of instruction under this subsection | ||||||
8 | (a); provided, however, that each school board shall itself | ||||||
9 | determine the minimum amount of instruction time which shall | ||||||
10 | qualify as a program of instruction which will satisfy the | ||||||
11 | requirements of this subsection (a). | ||||||
12 | The State Superintendent of Education, in cooperation with | ||||||
13 | the Department of Children and Family Services, shall prepare | ||||||
14 | and disseminate to all public schools and non-public schools, | ||||||
15 | information on instructional materials and programs about | ||||||
16 | child sexual abuse which may be used by such schools for their | ||||||
17 | own or community programs. Such information may also be | ||||||
18 | disseminated by such schools to parents. | ||||||
19 | (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this Section, no | ||||||
20 | pupil in any of grades kindergarten through 8 shall be | ||||||
21 | required to take or participate in any class or course | ||||||
22 | providing instruction in recognizing and avoiding sexual abuse | ||||||
23 | if the parent or guardian of the pupil submits written | ||||||
24 | objection thereto; and refusal to take or participate in such | ||||||
25 | class or course after such written objection is made shall not | ||||||
26 | be reason for failing, suspending or expelling such pupil. |
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1 | Each school board intending to offer any such class or course | ||||||
2 | to pupils in any of grades kindergarten through 8 shall give | ||||||
3 | not less than 5 days written notice to the parents or guardians | ||||||
4 | of such pupils before commencing the class or course. | ||||||
5 | (c) (Blank). Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, in | ||||||
6 | every State-required health course for grades 9 through 12, a | ||||||
7 | school district shall provide instruction, study, and | ||||||
8 | discussion on the dangers of fentanyl. Information for the | ||||||
9 | instruction, study, and discussion of fentanyl shall come from | ||||||
10 | information provided by the National Institutes of Health, the | ||||||
11 | United States Drug Enforcement Administration, or the United | ||||||
12 | States Department of Health and Human Services. This | ||||||
13 | instruction, study, and discussion shall include, at a | ||||||
14 | minimum, all of the following: | ||||||
15 | (1) Information on fentanyl itself, including an | ||||||
16 | explanation of the differences between synthetic and | ||||||
17 | nonsynthetic opioids and illicit drugs, the variations of | ||||||
18 | fentanyl itself, and the differences between the legal and | ||||||
19 | illegal uses of fentanyl. | ||||||
20 | (2) The side effects and the risk factors of using | ||||||
21 | fentanyl, along with information comparing the lethal | ||||||
22 | amounts of fentanyl to other drugs. Information on the | ||||||
23 | risk factors may include, but is not limited to: | ||||||
24 | (A) the lethal dose of fentanyl; | ||||||
25 | (B) how often fentanyl is placed in drugs without | ||||||
26 | a person's knowledge; |
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1 | (C) an explanation of what fentanyl does to a | ||||||
2 | person's body and the severity of fentanyl's addictive | ||||||
3 | properties; and | ||||||
4 | (D) how the consumption of fentanyl can lead to | ||||||
5 | hypoxia, as well as an explanation of what hypoxia | ||||||
6 | precisely does to a person's body. | ||||||
7 | (3) Details about the process of lacing fentanyl in | ||||||
8 | other drugs and why drugs get laced with fentanyl. | ||||||
9 | (4) Details about how to detect fentanyl in drugs and | ||||||
10 | how to save someone from an overdose of fentanyl, which | ||||||
11 | shall include: | ||||||
12 | (A) how to buy and use fentanyl test strips; | ||||||
13 | (B) how to buy and use naloxone, either through a | ||||||
14 | nasal spray or an injection; and | ||||||
15 | (C) how to detect if someone is overdosing on | ||||||
16 | fentanyl. | ||||||
17 | Students shall be assessed on the instruction required | ||||||
18 | under this subsection (c). The assessment may include, but is | ||||||
19 | not limited to: | ||||||
20 | (1) the differences between synthetic and nonsynthetic | ||||||
21 | drugs; | ||||||
22 | (2) hypoxia; | ||||||
23 | (3) the effects of fentanyl on a person's body; | ||||||
24 | (4) the lethal dose of fentanyl; and | ||||||
25 | (5) how to detect and prevent overdoses. | ||||||
26 | The instruction required under this subsection (c) shall |
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1 | be taught by a licensed educator, school nurse, or school | ||||||
2 | counselor. | ||||||
3 | (Source: P.A. 102-195, eff. 7-30-21; 103-365, eff. 1-1-24 .)
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4 | Section 10. The Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive | ||||||
5 | Health Education Act is amended by changing Section 3 as | ||||||
6 | follows:
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7 | (105 ILCS 110/3) | ||||||
8 | Sec. 3. Comprehensive Health Education Program. | ||||||
9 | (a) The program established under this Act shall include, | ||||||
10 | but not be limited to, the following major educational areas | ||||||
11 | as a basis for curricula in all elementary and secondary | ||||||
12 | schools in this State: human ecology and health; human growth | ||||||
13 | and development; the emotional, psychological, physiological, | ||||||
14 | hygienic, and social responsibilities of family life, | ||||||
15 | including sexual abstinence until marriage; the prevention and | ||||||
16 | control of disease, including instruction in grades 6 through | ||||||
17 | 12 on the prevention, transmission, and spread of AIDS; | ||||||
18 | age-appropriate sexual abuse and assault awareness and | ||||||
19 | prevention education in grades pre-kindergarten through 12; | ||||||
20 | public and environmental health; consumer health; safety | ||||||
21 | education and disaster preparedness survival ; mental health | ||||||
22 | and illness; personal health habits; alcohol and drug use and | ||||||
23 | abuse, including the use and abuse of fentanyl, and the | ||||||
24 | medical and legal ramifications of alcohol, drug, and tobacco |
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1 | use; abuse during pregnancy; evidence-based and medically | ||||||
2 | accurate information regarding sexual abstinence; tobacco and | ||||||
3 | e-cigarettes and other vapor devices; nutrition; and dental | ||||||
4 | health. The instruction on mental health and illness must | ||||||
5 | evaluate the multiple dimensions of health by reviewing the | ||||||
6 | relationship between physical and mental health so as to | ||||||
7 | enhance student understanding, attitudes, and behaviors that | ||||||
8 | promote health, well-being, and human dignity and must include | ||||||
9 | how and where to find mental health resources and specialized | ||||||
10 | treatment in the State. The program shall also provide course | ||||||
11 | material and instruction to advise pupils of the Abandoned | ||||||
12 | Newborn Infant Protection Act. The program shall include | ||||||
13 | information about cancer, including, without limitation, types | ||||||
14 | of cancer, signs and symptoms, risk factors, the importance of | ||||||
15 | early prevention and detection, and information on where to go | ||||||
16 | for help. Notwithstanding the above educational areas, the | ||||||
17 | following areas may also be included as a basis for curricula | ||||||
18 | in all elementary and secondary schools in this State: basic | ||||||
19 | first aid (including, but not limited to, cardiopulmonary | ||||||
20 | resuscitation and the Heimlich maneuver), heart disease, | ||||||
21 | diabetes, stroke, the prevention of child abuse, neglect, and | ||||||
22 | suicide, and teen dating violence in grades 7 through 12. | ||||||
23 | Beginning with the 2014-2015 school year, training on how to | ||||||
24 | properly administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation (which | ||||||
25 | training must be in accordance with standards of the American | ||||||
26 | Red Cross, the American Heart Association, or another |
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1 | nationally recognized certifying organization) and how to use | ||||||
2 | an automated external defibrillator shall be included as a | ||||||
3 | basis for curricula in all secondary schools in this State. | ||||||
4 | (b) Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year in grades 9 | ||||||
5 | through 12, the program shall include instruction, study, and | ||||||
6 | discussion on the dangers of allergies. Information for the | ||||||
7 | instruction, study, and discussion shall come from information | ||||||
8 | provided by the Department of Public Health and the federal | ||||||
9 | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This instruction, | ||||||
10 | study, and discussion shall include, at a minimum: | ||||||
11 | (1) recognizing the signs and symptoms of an allergic | ||||||
12 | reaction, including anaphylaxis; | ||||||
13 | (2) the steps to take to prevent exposure to | ||||||
14 | allergens; and | ||||||
15 | (3) safe emergency epinephrine administration. | ||||||
16 | (c) The school board of each public elementary and | ||||||
17 | secondary school in the State shall encourage all teachers and | ||||||
18 | other school personnel to acquire, develop, and maintain the | ||||||
19 | knowledge and skills necessary to properly administer | ||||||
20 | life-saving techniques, including, without limitation, the | ||||||
21 | Heimlich maneuver and rescue breathing. The training shall be | ||||||
22 | in accordance with standards of the American Red Cross, the | ||||||
23 | American Heart Association, or another nationally recognized | ||||||
24 | certifying organization. A school board may use the services | ||||||
25 | of non-governmental entities whose personnel have expertise in | ||||||
26 | life-saving techniques to instruct teachers and other school |
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1 | personnel in these techniques. Each school board is encouraged | ||||||
2 | to have in its employ, or on its volunteer staff, at least one | ||||||
3 | person who is certified, by the American Red Cross or by | ||||||
4 | another qualified certifying agency, as qualified to | ||||||
5 | administer first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation. In | ||||||
6 | addition, each school board is authorized to allocate | ||||||
7 | appropriate portions of its institute or inservice days to | ||||||
8 | conduct training programs for teachers and other school | ||||||
9 | personnel who have expressed an interest in becoming qualified | ||||||
10 | to administer emergency first aid or cardiopulmonary | ||||||
11 | resuscitation. School boards are urged to encourage their | ||||||
12 | teachers and other school personnel who coach school athletic | ||||||
13 | programs and other extracurricular school activities to | ||||||
14 | acquire, develop, and maintain the knowledge and skills | ||||||
15 | necessary to properly administer first aid and cardiopulmonary | ||||||
16 | resuscitation in accordance with standards and requirements | ||||||
17 | established by the American Red Cross or another qualified | ||||||
18 | certifying agency. Subject to appropriation, the State Board | ||||||
19 | of Education shall establish and administer a matching grant | ||||||
20 | program to pay for half of the cost that a school district | ||||||
21 | incurs in training those teachers and other school personnel | ||||||
22 | who express an interest in becoming qualified to administer | ||||||
23 | cardiopulmonary resuscitation (which training must be in | ||||||
24 | accordance with standards of the American Red Cross, the | ||||||
25 | American Heart Association, or another nationally recognized | ||||||
26 | certifying organization) or in learning how to use an |
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1 | automated external defibrillator. A school district that | ||||||
2 | applies for a grant must demonstrate that it has funds to pay | ||||||
3 | half of the cost of the training for which matching grant money | ||||||
4 | is sought. The State Board of Education shall award the grants | ||||||
5 | on a first-come, first-serve basis. | ||||||
6 | (d) No pupil shall be required to take or participate in | ||||||
7 | any class or course on AIDS or family life instruction or to | ||||||
8 | receive training on how to properly administer cardiopulmonary | ||||||
9 | resuscitation or how to use an automated external | ||||||
10 | defibrillator if his or her parent or guardian submits written | ||||||
11 | objection thereto, and refusal to take or participate in the | ||||||
12 | course or program or the training shall not be reason for | ||||||
13 | suspension or expulsion of the pupil. | ||||||
14 | (e) Curricula developed under programs established in | ||||||
15 | accordance with this Act in the major educational area of | ||||||
16 | alcohol and drug use and abuse shall include classroom | ||||||
17 | instruction in grades 5 through 12 , shall be age and | ||||||
18 | developmentally appropriate, and may include the information | ||||||
19 | contained in the Substance Use Prevention and Recovery | ||||||
20 | Instruction Resource Guide under Section 22-81 of the School | ||||||
21 | Code, as applicable . The instruction, which shall include | ||||||
22 | matters relating to both the physical and legal effects and | ||||||
23 | ramifications of drug and substance abuse, shall be integrated | ||||||
24 | into existing curricula; and the State Board of Education | ||||||
25 | shall determine how to develop and make available to all | ||||||
26 | elementary and secondary schools in this State instructional |
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1 | materials and guidelines that which will assist the schools in | ||||||
2 | incorporating the instruction into their existing curricula. | ||||||
3 | In addition, school districts may offer, as part of existing | ||||||
4 | curricula during the school day or as part of an after-school | ||||||
5 | after school program, support services and instruction for | ||||||
6 | pupils or pupils whose parent, parents, or guardians are | ||||||
7 | chemically dependent. Curricula developed under programs | ||||||
8 | established in accordance with this Act in the major | ||||||
9 | educational area of alcohol and drug use and abuse shall | ||||||
10 | include the instruction, study, and discussion required under | ||||||
11 | subsection (c) of Section 27-13.2 of the School Code. | ||||||
12 | Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, the program | ||||||
13 | shall include instruction, study, and discussion on the | ||||||
14 | dangers of fentanyl in grades 6 through 12. Information for | ||||||
15 | the instruction, study, and discussion on the dangers of | ||||||
16 | fentanyl shall be age and developmentally appropriate and may | ||||||
17 | include information contained in the Substance Use Prevention | ||||||
18 | and Recovery Instruction Resource Guide under Section 22-81 of | ||||||
19 | the School Code, as applicable. The instruction, study, and | ||||||
20 | discussion on the dangers of fentanyl in grades 9 through 12 | ||||||
21 | shall include, at a minimum, all of the following: | ||||||
22 | (1) Information on fentanyl itself, including an | ||||||
23 | explanation of the differences between synthetic and | ||||||
24 | nonsynthetic opioids and illicit drugs, the variations of | ||||||
25 | fentanyl itself, and the differences between the legal and | ||||||
26 | illegal uses of fentanyl. |
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1 | (2) The side effects and the risk factors of using | ||||||
2 | fentanyl, along with information comparing the lethal | ||||||
3 | amounts of fentanyl to other drugs. Information on the | ||||||
4 | risk factors may include, but is not limited to: | ||||||
5 | (A) the lethal dose of fentanyl; | ||||||
6 | (B) how often fentanyl is placed in drugs without | ||||||
7 | a person's knowledge; | ||||||
8 | (C) an explanation of what fentanyl does to a | ||||||
9 | person's body and the severity of fentanyl's addictive | ||||||
10 | properties; and | ||||||
11 | (D) how the consumption of fentanyl can lead to | ||||||
12 | hypoxia, as well as an explanation of what hypoxia | ||||||
13 | precisely does to a person's body. | ||||||
14 | (3) Details about the process of lacing fentanyl in | ||||||
15 | other drugs and why drugs get laced with fentanyl. | ||||||
16 | (4) Details about how to detect fentanyl in drugs and | ||||||
17 | how to save someone from an overdose of fentanyl, which | ||||||
18 | shall include: | ||||||
19 | (A) how to buy and use fentanyl test strips; | ||||||
20 | (B) how to buy and use naloxone, either through a | ||||||
21 | nasal spray or an injection; and | ||||||
22 | (C) how to detect if someone is overdosing on | ||||||
23 | fentanyl. | ||||||
24 | Students in grades 9 through 12 shall be assessed on the | ||||||
25 | instruction, study, and discussion on the dangers of fentanyl. | ||||||
26 | The assessment may include, but is not limited to: |
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1 | (i) the differences between synthetic and nonsynthetic | ||||||
2 | drugs; | ||||||
3 | (ii) hypoxia; | ||||||
4 | (iii) the effects of fentanyl on a person's body; | ||||||
5 | (iv) the lethal dose of fentanyl; and | ||||||
6 | (v) how to detect and prevent overdoses. | ||||||
7 | The instruction, study, and discussion on the dangers of | ||||||
8 | fentanyl may be taught by a licensed educator, school nurse, | ||||||
9 | or school counselor. | ||||||
10 | (Source: P.A. 102-464, eff. 8-20-21; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21; | ||||||
11 | 102-1034, eff. 1-1-23; 103-212, eff. 1-1-24; 103-365, eff. | ||||||
12 | 1-1-24; revised 12-12-23.)
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