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Educators’ Advantage • Volume 3, Issue 3 • Page 6 THIS AND THAT March into Poison Prevention Month Prepared Join the Illinois Poison Center in elebrating Illinois Poison Prevention onth throughout March! All poison prevention/education mateials are FREE (except videos/DVDs); ost are available in English and panish. To order and/or download, go o the Illinois Poison Center’s Poison revention Education Resource Center PPERC) at www.IllinoisPoisonCenter. rg/outreach and first complete the REE online Poison Prevention Educator raining Course, if you haven’t already one so, then select “Resources” from he top, red tool bar. LIMITED OFFER: FREE Promotional Items for IPPM Activities New! CD of Poison Prevention Computer Games (for activities involving kids ages 6- 13) New! Children’s Activity Books (for activities involving kids ages 2-8) New! Jar Grippers (for activities involving seniors) Handouts/Brochures Winter Poison Prevention Brochure: Colorful and informative! (“Educational Materials”) Your Guide to Poison Prevention (“Online Order Form”) Your Guide to Medicine Safety (“Online Order Form”) Carbon Monoxide Fact Card - (“Online Order Form”) Your Guide to Preventing Cough Medicine Abuse: Colorful and informative! “Educational Materials” Activity Book/Sheets: Offers children K-4 fun educational games and safety tips on how to be “poison smart”. (“Educational Materials”) Tool Kits/ Guides NEW! Poison Prevention Month Tool Kit: Fact sheet, flyer, newsletter article template, etc. (“Resources”) • Inhalant Abuse Prevention Tool Kit: Facilitator’s Guide, FAQ sheet, interactive PowerPoint presentation, posters and a “What Every Parent Needs to Know about • Inhalant Abuse” brochure. (“Presentation Tools”) • Story Time Tool Kit: Flannel board instructions, discussion points and templates, finger play activity and craft project centered around the book “Five Little Monkeys With Nothing To Do” (“Presentation Tools”). • Presentation Guide: Ready-to-use presentations with tips, activities and stories appropriate for different audiences: children (preschool, K-3, 4-8), adults, older adults and caregivers. (“Presentation Tools”) Videos/DVDs • Spike’s Poison Prevention Adventure (video/DVD - $15 .00) - for children up to 10 years of age (“Presentation Tools”) • Poison Control In Action (video/DVD - English/Spanish, $15.00) – for adults “Presentation Tools” Don’t forget to order FREE magnets, stickers, poison prevention tip/fact cards for all your educational events! Use these resources for: report card meetings w/caregivers, parent/teacher meetings, welcome/discharge packets, health/safety fairs, reception areas, home visits, etc. To Order 1. Log on to the IPC’s Poison Prevention Education Resource Center (PPERC ) at IllinoisPoisonCenter.org/outreach 2. At the HOME page, select “Resources” from the bullets or top, red tool bar 3. Select “Online Ordering System” 4. Complete one order form for each education/outreach event (allow 2-3 weeks for delivery) ISBE NEWS • ISBE brings national figure in to call attention to education of homeless teens. The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) highlighted the issue of homeless youth during the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Annual Statewide Conference in Chicago. • ISBE announces $7.5 million to assist fastgrowing districts. The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) announced $7.5 million in fast growth grants that will be distributed to 43 districts around the state for the 2007-2008 school year. • Gov. Blagojevich announces free college prep testing program for high school freshmen and sophomores. Governor Rod R. Blagojevich announced the launch of a new voluntary testing program aimed at improving student achievement at the high school level. • Gov. Blagojevich takes action to give schools a $560 million state funding increase. Governor Rod R. Blagojevich took action on a Budget Implementation Bill (BIMP) that will give Illinois schools a $560 million increase in state funding. • Illinois recognized as a leader for National Board Certified Teachers. The Illinois State Board of Education announced that Illinois ranks fourth in the nation for having the highest number of teachers achieving National Board Certification in 2007. HAVE YOU HEARD? The Regional Office of Education #13 will once again be offering summer school classes to area high school students. This will be the tenth year that the office has funded this opportunity for high school students in need of additional course work to complete graduation requirements. The courses rotate each year to different hosting high school campuses. This year the courses to be offered are yet to be determined. The courses will be offered in Marion County at Salem Community High School and the Clinton and Washington county courses will be hosted by Mater Dei High School. For more information contact David Wilson at the Salem ROE office at 548-3885.
SEX OFFENDER VOTING RESTRICTIONS Public Act 95-0440 (HB 263) • Amends the Election Code. Provides that when a qualified elector’s precinct polling place is a school and the elector will be unable to enter the school to vote because the elector is a child sex offender, the elector may vote early or by absentee ballot. Requires that an election authority that designates permanent or temporary early voting polling places must designate at least one that a child sex offender may lawfully enter. Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. In the provision prohibiting a child sex offender from entering a school, removes language providing that a child sex offender has the right to be present in a school building to vote. Provides that it is a Class 4 felony for a child sex offender to knowingly be present within 100 feet of a site posted as a pickup or discharge stop for a conveyance owned, leased, or contracted by a school to transport students to or from school or a school related activity when one or more persons under the age of 18 are present at the site. Effective immediately. PASSING A STOPPED SCHOOL BUS PENALTY Public Act 95-0105 (HB 1475) • Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that if the owner of a vehicle that illegally passed a stopped school bus contends that another person was driving the vehicle at the time of the alleged violation, the State’s Attorney or other designated person (rather than the State’s Attorney or other authorized prosecutor), acting in response to a signed complaint, may require the owner to identify the driver in a written statement or deposition. Provides that failure to Educators’ Advantage • Volume 3, Issue 3 • Page 7 Legislative Did Ya Know? provide the required information shall result in a 3-month suspension of the owner’s vehicle registration. Effective date January 1, 2008. CELL PHONE USE PROHIBITED Public Act 95-033895 (SB 140) • Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Prohibits a person under the age of 19 years (instead of 18 years) who holds an instruction permit or a graduated license from driving on a roadway while using a wireless phone, except for emergency purposes. Effective date January 1, 2008. COMMUNITY USE OF SCHOOL FACILITIES Public Act 95-0308 (SB 538) • Amends the School Code. Encourages school boards to allow community organizations to use school facilities during non-school hours. Provides that if a school board allows a community organization to use school facilities during non-school hours, the board must adopt a formal policy governing the use of school facilities by community organizations during nonschool hours. Provides that the policy shall prohibit such use if it interferes with any school functions or the safety of students or school personnel or affects the property or liability of the school district. Effective August 20, 2007. GED TESTING REQUIREMENTS CHANGE Public Act 95-0609 (SB 853) • Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning a high school equivalency testing program. With respect to the high school equivalency testing program, provides that an individual is eligible to apply if he or she is a person who is 17 (instead of 18) years of age or older and is not a high school graduate (instead of is not a high school graduate, but whose high school class has graduated); makes related changes. Provides that applicants may provide as sufficient proof of residence and as an acceptable form of identification, a driver’s license, valid passport, military ID, or other form of government-issued national or foreign identification that shows the applicant’s name, address, date of birth, signature, and photograph (instead of providing as sufficient proof of residence a picture identification card and 2 pieces of correctly addressed and postmarked mail). Makes a change concerning who is eligible to apply for a high school equivalency certificate upon showing evidence that he or she has successfully completed the high school level General Educational Development Tests Effective date June 1, 2008. “ALCOPOP” ADVERTISING PROHIBITED Public Act 95-0618 (SB 1625) • Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Prohibits the advertising, promotion, or marketing of alcopop beverages to children (Alcopop beverages are flavored alcoholic beverages or flavored malt beverages that include natural or artificial fruit juices or flavors added to beer, wine or distilled alcohol). Provides that to advertise, promote, or market alcopop beverages to children includes, but is not limited to, billboards advertising alcopops placed within 500 feet of schools, public parks, amusement parks, and places of worship. Provides that any person who violates the Section is guilty of a business offense and shall be fined $500 for a first offense and $1,000 for a second or subse quent offense. Effective date June 1, 2008. TAKE NOTE ANNUAL SECRETARY/BOOKKEEPER LUNCHEON, JUNE 18, 2008 The staff at ROE 13 is pleased to announce the eighth annual Secretary/Bookkeeper Luncheon will be held on Wednesday, June 18, 2008, at Governor’s Run Golf Course in Carlyle. All public and private school secretarial and bookkeeper staff will be invited to attend. This year, we are honored to have Mr. Brian Schwartz, Associate Director and General Counsel for the Illinois Principal’s Association (IPA), as our speaker. Mr. Schwartz will address a number of schoolrelated topics, including student records, the administration of medications, and much more. Invitations for the luncheon will be sent out to all districts in April. Mark your calendar!
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