Signed by Governor JB Pritzker

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that amends practices associated with inservice training workshops in K-12 schools and outlines procedures for trauma response training before the start of each school year

Highlights:

• Authorizes stylistic changes in provisions concerning institutes or inservice training workshops in the state of Illinois (Sec. 1). 

• Rescinds the requirement that the training regarding health conditions of students include the chronic health conditions of students (Sec. 1). 

• Establishes that school district employees who are trained to respond to trauma under the provisions shall be immune from civil liability in the use of a trauma kit unless the action constitutes misconduct (Sec. 1). 

• Establishes that training regarding the implementation of trauma-informed practices under the provisions concerning institutes or inservice training workshops satisfies the requirements for state regulations governing education employee training (Sec. 1). 

• Rescinds certain provisions that require a school board to conduct inservice training for all school district employees on the methods to respond to trauma (Sec. 1).

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