Bill Text: IL HB3305 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following change. Requires the Make Sexual Abuse Fully Extinct Task Force to report the findings of its review to the General Assembly on or before January 15, 2020 (rather than January 1, 2020). Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-12 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3305 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB3305-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB3305 Introduced , by Rep. Fred Crespo SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 5/22-85 new
Amends the School Code. Creates the Make Sexual Abuse Fully Extinct Task Force to address issues concerning the sexual abuse of students in school-related settings. Provides for the membership, meetings, and support of the Task Force. Provides that the Task Force shall review the best practices for preventing the sexual abuse of students in a school-related setting or by school-related perpetrators, including school district employees or other students, how to best address that abuse, and the proper support for students who have suffered from that abuse. Provides that on or before January 1, 2020, the Task Force must report the findings of its review to the Governor and the General Assembly, at which time the Task Force is dissolved; specifies what the report must include. Repeals the provision on July 1, 2020. Effective immediately.
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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
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 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section
22-85 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/22-85 new)
Sec. 22-85. Make Sexual Abuse Fully Extinct (Make S.A.F.E.)
Task Force.
(a) The General Assembly finds that the most precious
resource in this State is our children. The General Assembly
also finds that the protection of children from sexual abuse
and exploitation is at the core of the duties and fundamental
responsibilities of the General Assembly and is of the utmost
importance.
(b) The Make Sexual Abuse Fully Extinct (Make S.A.F.E.)
Task Force is created to address issues concerning the sexual
abuse of students in school-related settings. The Task Force
shall consist of all of the following members, who must be
appointed no later than 30 days after the effective date of
this amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly:
(1) One representative appointed by the Speaker of the
House of Representatives.
(2) One representative appointed by the Minority

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Leader of the House of Representatives.
(3) One senator appointed by the President of the
Senate.
(4) One senator appointed by the Minority Leader of the
Senate.
(5) One member who represents the Children's Advocacy
Centers of Illinois appointed by the State Superintendent
of Education.
(6) The Executive Director of an urban, accredited
Children's Advocacy Center appointed by the State
Superintendent of Education.
(7) The Executive Director of a suburban, accredited
Children's Advocacy Center appointed by the State
Superintendent of Education.
(8) The Executive Director of a rural, accredited
Children's Advocacy Center appointed by the State
Superintendent of Education.
(9) One member of the State Board of Education
appointed by the State Superintendent of Education.
(10) One member representing a State's Attorney office
appointed by the State Superintendent of Education.
(11) One member representing a statewide organization
that unites the services and resources of rape crisis
centers, alleviates the suffering of sexual assault
survivors, and helps build communities appointed by the
State Superintendent of Education.

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(12) One member representing the Department of State
Police appointed by the State Superintendent of Education.
(13) One member representing the Department of
Children and Family Services appointed by the State
Superintendent of Education.
(14) One member representing the Office of the Attorney
General appointed by the State Superintendent of
Education.
(15) One member representing a statewide organization
representing school management positions appointed by the
State Superintendent of Education.
(16) One member representing a statewide professional
teachers' organization appointed by the State
Superintendent of Education.
(17) One member representing a different statewide
professional teachers' organization appointed by the State
Superintendent of Education.
(18) One member representing a professional teachers'
organization in a city having a population of over 500,000
appointed by the State Superintendent of Education.
(c) The Task Force shall first meet at the call of the
State Superintendent of Education within 90 days after the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 101st General
Assembly, and each subsequent meeting shall be at the call of
the Chairperson, who shall be elected by a majority of
appointed members at the first meeting of the Task Force. The

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State Board of Education shall provide administrative and other
support to the Task Force. Members of the Task Force shall
serve without compensation, but may be reimbursed for travel
and related expenses from funds appropriated for that purpose,
subject to the rules of the appropriate travel control board.
(d) The Task Force shall review the best practices for
preventing the sexual abuse of students in a school-related
setting or by school-related perpetrators, including school
district employees or other students, how to best address that
abuse, and the proper support for students who have suffered
from that abuse. The review shall examine the best practices at
all schools maintaining prekindergarten through grade 12,
regardless of whether the school is a public school, nonpublic
school, or charter school. On or before January 1, 2020, the
Task Force must report the findings of its review to the
Governor and the General Assembly, which must, at a minimum,
include all of the following topics:
(1) The best practices for preventing sexual abuse in
school-related settings or by school-related perpetrators,
including, but not limited to, criminal history records
checks for school district employees, the employment
status of a school employee accused of sexual abuse of a
student, and procedural safeguards for personnel who
regularly interact with children as part of school or
school activities, even if the personnel are not officially
employed by a school district.

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(2) The best practices for addressing sexual abuse in a
school-related setting or by school-related perpetrators,
including, but not limited to, the nature and amount of
forensic interviews and forensic interview information
sharing, school cooperation with multidisciplinary teams
under the Children's Advocacy Center Act, and model school
policies.
(3) The best practices for support for students who
have suffered sexual abuse in a school-related setting or
by a school-related perpetrator, including, but not
limited to, emotional, psychological, and academic
support.
(4) Any other topic the Task Force deems necessary to
advance the safety or well-being of students in relation to
sexual abuse stemming from a school-related setting or
school-related perpetrator.
The Task Force is dissolved upon submission of the report
under this subsection.
(e) This Section is repealed on July 1, 2020.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.