From the ECS State Policy Database Whole Child

This database is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States (ECS). Most entries are legislative, although rules/regulations and executive orders that make substantive changes are included. Every effort is made to collect the latest available version of policies; in some instances, recent changes might not be reflected. For expediency purposes minimal attention has been paid to style (capitalization, punctuation) and format. Please cite use of the database as: Education Commission of the States (ECS) State Policy Database, retrieved [date]. State Status/Date Level Summary IL Signed into law 08/2008 P-12 Postsec. Community College Creates the Commission on Children and Youth Act. Provides for membership, appointments, goals, recommendations, and reports. Provides that the Early Learning Council must have primary responsibility for development of a five-year strategic plan for children age birth to five, and that the commission on children and youth must develop a comprehensive 5-year strategic plan for providing services to children, youth and young adults ages birth to 24. Requires that the commission's plan include specific recommendations to achieve specified outcomes related to preventive health, education completion, workforce development, social and emotional development, and civic engagement. Requires the commission to provide an interim report to the governor and general assembly by December 31, 2009. Requires that draft strategic plan be submitted to the governor and general assembly by December 31, 2010, and that a final strategic plan be submitted to the same by June 1, 2011. Requires the Department of Human Services to provide administrative support. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HB/PDF/09500HB4456lv.pdf Title: H.B. 4456 Source: www.ilga.gov IL Signed into law 08/2007 P-12 Provides that it is the duty of a county board to allow, when the county board deems it proper, reasonable expenses of the regional superintendent of schools to administer life-skills programs related to the healthy social and emotional development of children. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB0850lv.pdf Title: S.B. 850 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet IL Adopted 07/2007 P-12 Creates new Part of rules, "Children's Mental Health Initiative Grants." Subpart A, "School Mental Health Support Grants," (pages 136-141 of 201 http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume31_issue30.pdf) includes the following sections: 555.10 Purpose and Applicability 555.20 Eligible Applicants 555.30 Program Specifications 555.40 Application Procedure 555.50 Criteria for the Review of Initial Proposals 555.60 Allocation of Funds Provides that programs will support students' mental health by: (a) enhancing the recipients' capacity to identify and meet students' needs for early, coordinated mental health intervention services in "natural" settings; (b) contributing to the development of a mental health support system for students that is integrated with community mental health agencies and other agencies and systems that serve children; and (c) reducing the stigma associated with mental health and mental illness within the school community. Provides that eligible applicants for both "School Mental Health Support Grants" and "Grants for Implementation of Social and Emotional Learning Standards" (below) include school districts, public university laboratory schools, charter schools and area vocational centers. Provides that it is expected that 20% of the available funds will be allocated to the Chicago Public Schools and that approximately 25% of grant recipients will be districts that either operate only one school or enroll no more than 1,000 students. Subpart B, "Grants for Implementation of Social and Emotional Learning Standards," (pages 141-147 of 201 http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume31_issue30.pdf) includes the following sections: 555.110 Purpose and Applicability 555.120 Eligible Applicants 555.130 Program Specifications – Planning and Training Grants 555.135 Program Specifications – Implementation Grants 555.140 Application Procedure 555.150 Criteria for the Review of Planning and Training Grant Proposals 555.155 Criteria for the Review of Implementation Grant Proposals 555.160 Allocation of Funds 555.APPENDIX A Social and Emotional Learning Standards Provides that the goal of each planning and training grant project is the development of a three-year plan for implementation of the state social and emotional learning (SEL) standards. Provides each participating school must establish an implementation team responsible for: (1) Participation in training and technical assistance activities made available by the state-designated regionally based training entity (2) Conducting at least two family education sessions on the social and emotional learning standards (3) Identifying gaps in available resources and services related to social and emotional learning (4) Preparing a plan setting forth a specific, three-year sequence of steps for moving toward the comprehensive integration of the social and emotional learning standards into the participating schools' educational programs, school environment, and other mental health supports. Title: 23 IAC 555.10 thru .160, and Appendix A Source: www.cyberdriveillinois.com RI Signed into law 07/2000 P-12 Requires the state department to develop model programs that encourage "emotional and social competency and learning." The new law states that emotional competency includes self-awareness, emotional self-regulation, motivation, empathy and social skills. It promotes good mental health and is an effective prevention intervention in such problem areas as: aggressive, violent and delinquent behaviors; school truancy and drop out; depression and suicidal thought; and substance abuse. Requires model programs to be evidence-based and include an evaluation component. Title: S.B. 2572 Source: http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText00/SenateText00/S2572.htm