Amends the School Code, the Care of Students with Diabetes Act, the Physical Fitness Facility Medical Emergency Preparedness Act, and the Illinois Vehicle Code. With respect to school personnel training on (i) food allergies, (ii) the use of psychotropic and psychostimulant medications, (iii) youth who are parents, expectant parents, or victims of domestic or sexual violence, (iv) educator ethics, teacher-student conduct, and school employee-student conduct, and (v) diabetes care, training is required only upon employment of a person, the renewal of a person's license, or a change to a person's job duties that would require this training; makes related changes. With respect to AED-trained public school personnel, provides that the training is required only upon employment of a person, the renewal of a person's license, or a change to a person's job duties that would require this training. With respect to a school bus driver permit, provides that the refresher course in school bus driver safety must be taken upon renewal of the permit (instead of annually). Effective July 1, 2014.
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Amends the Local Government Debt Reform Act. In provisions concerning leases and installment contracts, provides for an exception to the prohibition on indebtedness exceeding the debt limits provided by applicable law if the indebtedness is incurred by a school district or regional office of education to purchase or lease equipment. Effective July 1, 2014.
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Chicago School District Article of the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the application of the Article and definitions.
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the general purposes of the Code.
Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning boundary changes.
Amends the School Code. Provides that school districts need not comply with and may discharge any mandate or requirement placed on school districts by the Code or by administrative rules adopted by the State Board of Education that is unfunded; with exceptions. Provides that before a school district may lawfully discharge an unfunded mandate, it must hold a public hearing on the matter; sets forth requirements concerning the hearing. Requires a school board to report each unfunded mandate it has discharged to the State Board of Education, and requires the State Board to compile and report this information to the General Assembly each year. Repeals a Section of the Code concerning an unfunded mandates prohibition.
Amends the Counties Code. Provides that in every case in which heroin is determined to be contributing factor in a death, the coroner shall, after removing all of the decedent's personally identifiable information, report that death to the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health for the purposes of academic research and reporting.
Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Makes a technical change to a Section concerning regulations.
Amends the Code of Civil Procedure and the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986. Provides that if a victim of rape or domestic violence is deceased, has been adjudged by a court to be a person under legal disability, or has been reported missing for more than 6 months, a judge may inspect in camera the records of a rape crisis organization or domestic violence program to determine whether those records contain relevant information about the victim's death, legal disability, or disappearance and may order the disclosure of information the court determines is necessary for: (1) an official law enforcement investigation or criminal proceeding regarding the cause of that victim's death, legal disability, or disappearance; or (2) a guardianship or custody proceeding involving the victim's minor child or children.